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and said we had going to stop breathing no hospital staff intervened and were able to remove the pillow according to the police on november the th according to the d a s office according to the report and torne had been admitted to the hospital for the previous ten days suffering from dementia tonya who is the health care proxy for  father was staying with him in the hospital a patient care assistant kevin olsen was assigned to be a sitter for and one on october th to ensure his safety during his stay that same day at approximately two pm also and said tanya was sleeping in the room with her father when she woke up from a deep sleep and began to cry because he saw she was upset olson closed the curtain to give her privacy after a few minutes olson said he heard tanya utter we're going to stop breathing now at this time olson open the curtain and witness tiny allegedly attempting to suffocate her father with a pillow he quickly put pulled the pillow away and asked her what she was doing according to olson statement to cambridge police she dove back into or caught and proceeded to cry even louder he called a nurse who was walking by and asked him to get the patients and nurse and inform the manager about what happened he remained in the room security was called while the staff was waiting for security and talking to tanya went to the kitchen and returned with orange juice for her father the nurse in the siddur told her she wasn't allowed to give him anything as security was coming up tanya ran down the stairwell they followed her and called security to cut her off from the l security then escorted tanya it to the emergency department for a psychiatric evaluation tanya was evaluated in the emergency room and admitted voluntarily that the pembroke hospital for a psychiatric evaluation according to the report the psychiatrist who evaluated her issued a terror soft warning upon her release meaning law enforcement should be aware that she may attempt to visit her father and may still be a threat on october the th mon op and hospital chief operating officer nicholas de lisi zero told police he would send tanya a stay away letter and attempt to file for temporary  antwon since the incident and one was moved to a different room and placed in the system as anonymous and case tinier attempted to return according to delist c e o jennifer phelps a social worker w spring well incorporated of waltham completed an adult protective service intake report on october th according to the cambridge police report in her report phelps question why cambridge police were not notified of the incident immediately after it happened the hospital notified spring well of the incident october th but spring will staff could not come to the investigate come to investigate until october the  staff thought of the incident as a distressed caregivers situation which is why it wasn't reported to the cambridge police phelps report also states prior to being admitted to moan auban and primary care physician noted concerns his daughter was not it hearing two into one's prescription medication regimen and on to my colleague clare thank you both bethel temple miles security measure congregations tightening security following the pittsburgh killings by either i sure am an and joana case of dallas congregations across massachusetts including belmont bethel temple are mulling changes to security measures after a shooting on october twenty seven left eleven dead at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh rabbi jonathan kraus of  said they have already been tightening their security procedures in response to the anti semitism and least during the hateful march and deadly attack in charlottesville last year even before the attack in pittsburgh we are aware of the need to do more to keep our community safe against mike lee but definitely not impossible him out of hatred against our congregation wrote crouse in an e mail to the citizen herald practicing lockdown drills cross said exteriors doors to the building are locked and access to the building is restricted so they can monitor who goes in and out cameras have also been installed inside and out we've had to practice lockdown drills with the children in our sunday school classrooms we've consulted with security professionals from within our congregation from the larger jewish community and of course with the belmont police department he wrote crowe said the bethel temple is doing its best to balance taking reasonable security precautions with preserving the freedom meaning and joy of the life they share and we've had to engage in complicated and sometimes painful conversations about the level of risk we're willing to accept and audit to preserve the freedom and joy of our congregations life and to continue being true to religious values that call was to be an open and welcoming community actively working for justice wrote crouse growing number of anti semitic incidents the fatal shooting in pennsylvania is believed to be the deadliest attack on the jewish community and you u s history the gun man robert gregory bowers is suspected of used in an a r fifteen rifle to fatally shoot a loving people and injure another six he purposely targeted members of the jewish faith telling a law enforcement officer i just want to kill jews and quote jewish people needed to die according to a federal affidavit the shooting happened on saturday the jewish day of rest and worship no one has the pittsburgh shooting fits into a growing number of anti semitism incidents happening across the country in two thousand and seventeen the number of such events increased nearly sixty percent to one thousand nine hundred and eighty six according to the anti defamation league a new york no one prophet that tracks anti semitism and bigotry massachusetts was among states with the most reported in events incident took place in every state across the country but consistent with prior reports the states with the highest numbers of incidents tend to be those with the largest jewish populations according to the group in two  thousand one hundred and eighty eight events were reported in massachusetts fourteen more had been reported to the st six months of two thousand and eighteen it is unfortunate that hate speech has become an acceptable form of conversation in certain circles and that some people actually act on that hate this tragedy is a reminder that freedom and democracy require constant vigilance to ensure that they endure said the belmont board of selectmen chairman adam dash who was also a member of bethel temple and now he has his max thanks cl rats still a concern in joey's park and beyond by took a slim sub the suburbs have long been seen as a place to get away from all the craziness of the city but well boston suburbs are still a safe haven from city congestion blaring car horns and overcrowded apartment complexes there is one urban pet peeve that has managed to burrow and crawl its way outbound rats beginning a little over a year ago concern over these pesky little rodents closed down joey's park twice initially in october two thousand and seventeen that once again in february of this year after the park reopened for the final time this past spring the belmont board of selectmen voted to institute a carry out policy removing all trash cans from the park and asking visitors to take any trash with them when they leave in an effort to reduce waste in the park that might have been attracting the rats some belmonte hands were not pleased on september  resident emily peterson started a petition to install rodent proof big belly solar trash cans at joey's park which received over two hundred dollars signatures after holding a public hearing on the carry out policy on september t board of selectmen determined it was not fiscally feasible to purchase and maintain these big belly barrels but ask the that belmont department of public works director j market to return four of the original barrels to joey's park to address citizen concerns but a month after the carry out policy was rescinded there is still worry of rats returning market wrote in an email market said that over the past four weekends public works has picked up over eighty large trash bags at all the parks in town some of them overflowing the town will continue monitoring the situation until the end of the calendar year market said reminding belmonte ins that keeping the park safe and clean is a team effort and to dispose of their trash responsibly it's not just joey's park that's affected belmont's health department director wesley chan provided that data showing that the number of rat sightings reported to the health department more than doubled the last year from a total of forty four in two thousand and sixteen to ninety eight in two thousand and seventeen the health department has currently reported eighty four reports of rat sightings since the start of two thousand and eighteen just a few reports shy of reaching last year's total with two months still left in the year well it's not generally known why boston suburbs are seeing in rats in greater numbers jim said properly disposing of trash is definitely a key component in keeping them away whether in public spaces like joeys park or within one's own home chin also pointed to large scale construction projects that are disturbing underground boroughs and warmer winter winters brought on by climate change allowing rats to reproduce at an exponentially higher rate as causes for the uptick in rats sightings lead a laser a resident of belmont said is up to her and her neighbors to clean up after themselves in order to keep the best keep rodents out of the park and the neighborhood in general it's just a matter of common sense it's a matter of trying to make sure to keep the trash contained in a well covered lisa said people keep too much junk in their yards in this serves as habitats for rats another belmont resident caitlin finlayson said the fact that rats are an issue in an area where the neighborhood kids play is concerning it's really disturbing i don't like the idea of our kids playing around an area that has a ton of rodents finlayson said keeping an eye on her own toddler as she played in joey's park underneath the playground i think is what i've heard and that's disturbing makes me question the structure itself if it's safe if any residents of belmont have concerns about a rat problem in their own home chin said the town officers offer free educational inspections in which they'll send over an expert to a residence home to look out for telltale signs of rodent life including chewing marks rat droppings and holes in the ground that may resemble rat burrows the expert will also advise resident residents on what to do to best address the problem however when all is said and done chin said belmont's proximity to boston and the resilient nature of rodents in general mean that rats are just something that the townspeople will have to live with will never be able to entirely rid the area of rats but it's really a community wide effort to combat the problem jane said if people take the proper steps  precautions to try to keep their property as unattractive as possible to rats it can help with the problem over to you bob thank you max cockroaches caused restaurant closures over the past  french in the past year board of health inspections caused to belmont restaurants el centro and because sheesh to close their doors temporarily in both instances the issue is the same cockroaches in some cities like boston a grading system denotes how restaurants up performing but in belmont there's no such thing as failing in inspection instead some restaurants are just faced with temporary closures due to address to address their code violations if there are any observations or violations that pose an immediate threat to safety of any customer as we have the the ability to close them down on a temporary basis so in both of these cases there were severe infestations of cockroaches said wesley chin the director of belmont's board of health both restaurants address the problems immediately after their inspections and now meet board of health standards chin said violations are quite common the ones with severe ones this severe are unusual without a doubt we can go into most restaurants on any given time and find a violation gin said but it's few and far between that we encounter situations as we did in these two restaurants because she shows closure was in december of and seventeen but the indian restaurant reopened quickly after getting the help of professional pest control management of the restaurant did not return repeated calls for comment el centro closed too close to professionally address their tests in september also reopening shortly thereafter grabby islam a general manager of the this room of the restaurant with locations in brookline  am and boston salt then denied that they were forced closure that they were forced to close saying instead that the restaurant was closed for maintenance reasons but according to chine that's a pretty typical response he said that when a forced closure happens the board of health gives the restaurant the option to close on their own telling customers the closure is for maintenance or others or other reasons any issues in the health report have always been addressed and taken care of immediately islam wrote therefore we closed the restaurant for maintenance due to the health report findings el centro takes all matters seriously when it comes to the health of the public all issues have been addressed if st runs failed to close on their own the board of health will force them to close by placing a sign on the door reading closed by the board of health that option chin said is not so popular when you go to a restaurant you often see the same violations over and over and over again just because people are creatures of habit and it's hard for them to change certain processes chine said it may also be immediately obvious to belmont residents whether their favorite restaurants have had red flags from the board of health but all inspection records are open and available to the public i don't think people in belmont should be worried were there we conduct inspections on a regular basis to make sure places safe and sanitary chintz good and now over the clear thank you bob with shops cocksure salesman says goodbye to famous customers by e murphy melvin mel kravitz of belmont loves helping people he wants help katie couric track down two pairs of converse sneakers that you couldn't find in new york he can guess a person's shoes  just by looking at them he guessed this report is shoe size based on voice alone his ability to strike up conversation with just about anyone and his passion for helping is why kravitz a longtime previous owner of mel's capital shoes too which operated at the same location is something of a local celebrity and why customers have kept coming to this store forty years after it opened coolidge corner at the end of september downtown shoes closed it was a tough decision said owner andy kasi several factors determined decision to close including the end of his lease the high cost of rent and the rise of online shopping while the store did still make money not stars he had noticed a shift as more customers go online to shop at one point people didn't do that for footwear but now if you're an online shopper you're an online shopper said no stars he contributing to no stars his decision was a desire to pursue a newfound passion this month as he started attending gordon college for theology and interest he discovered six years ago after becoming involved in a boston church this is a notable shift from  wholesale business for years he worked for saga cloggs in boston which is how in a stars he came to meet kravitz who would pick up items for his store mel's capital shoes too which had operated at the harvard street location currently occupied by downtown shoes eventually not stars he and a partner purchased the shop from kravitz kept the name and interior the same and most importantly kept cravats on as a sales person the friendly atmosphere the st thing i think of with mel is his uniqueness to talk to any age three years old to ninety years old said mr anyone who has step the door was downtown shoes while cravats was working has likely been met with a quick smile and question where are you from he really just created the atmosphere of being friendly just as he said that atmosphere has and downtown to too many in the neighborhood a wall by the register is filled with notes from custom is including one from brian vig leoni from the dresden dolls which reads quote to my buddy m complaints fill filed about air traffic noise over belmont have increased dramatically in the past five years between january and august two thousand and eighteen the massachusetts port authority received four hundred and fifty six noise complaints from thirty five belmont residents during that same period five years ago there were only eight noise complaints from six residents in may two thousand and thirteen the federal every aviation administration implemented a procedure for airplanes that routes more air traffic over belmont and nearby communities and residents bothered by the noise remain active in fighting the rerouting procedures quote there is a spectrum of reactions some people are highly annoyed to others it's a mild annoyance to others it's not an issue says myron kasparov the belmont representative on the massport community advisory committee this committee comprises thirty five communities in greater boston and aims to represent those impacted by mass port operations  said a now active regional organization boston west fair skies began as quiet belmont five years ago he says it is a complex issue and mostly involving both congress and the f a a this isn't a call the mayor and fix this thing said cassar of boston west fair skies an organization originally started by belmont resident adriana poole as quiet belmont skies in two thousand and fifteen their mission is to keep cambridge pool believes it has made a difference but there is still much work to do according to cast it is very hard to change the rerouting procedure he says it was an unprecedented change to air tran aircraft traffic and town representatives and legislators were caught off guard in may two thousand and thirteen the f a a released a report that concluded the increase in noise from the rerouting procedure would have no significant impact this report also served as the final decision to him implement the procedure according to the legislature trusted the f a a data and provide a little push back for the procedures implementation quote if i knew then what i know now i would have more seriously considered legal fully how residents were bothered by it the f a a used a metric called d n l which is a measure of the level of noise quote the key thing that people don't necessarily appreciate is the d l is a measure of the level of noise at a single point in time but does not reflect the continuous and repeated noises disruptions over time said brownsburg or the f a a has been working with mit to conduct a new study to evaluate possible changes to the rerouting procedure the st phase of the study was completed in two thousand and seventeen and recommended the that climb speeds of the aircraft be reduced the study also suggested guiding incoming aircraft over the ocean avoiding population centers brownsburg are said that although many efforts have been made to implement changes to the rerouting nothing has had a large impact yet more remedies will become clear once the mit study is complete over to you bob  universalist at four all for concord ave belmont police department the belmont police department is currently joining twenty two dollars other communities in the middle sex and suffolk district attorney's bipod during with communities for restorative justice see for r j is a nonprofit that provides a restored of justice option as a response to a crime using a process of circle dialogues restorative justice seeks to repay a caused by criminal be a via by bringing stakeholders together in a safe environment and giving the victim of voice to determine how it should be rep the community is invited to hear a panel of experts speak about restorative justice learn how restorative justice is practice how it is used currently in middlesex county and surrounding communities and what the impact is on criminal justice system panelists include senators william brown's berger attorney district attorney marion ryan going to police chief and board member of c for r j for ed ryan belmont police chief richard mcglothlin and executive director of committees for restorative justice aaron free born there will be a question and answer period at the end of the discussion and  display and sell their crafts including a wide variety of jewelry greeting cards needed items such as scarves and sweaters quilts photography pottery toys holiday on a mince and other handmade items there will be a vendor raffle as well as a fabulous bake sale also a light lunch and refreshments will be available for purchase we are seeking additional vendors so if you know of a talented craft and run this event so if you have some free time please contact karen nichols this is a fun time for those of all ages in the belmont community and other local communities to do some really shot holiday shopping and support local craftspeople please tell your friends and plan to attend this event is sponsored by the friends of the belmont council on aging and the proceeds will help with programs at the beach street center now you claire now going down uses for the incinerator site land by joanna case of alice on october th the residents had the opportunity to voice their opinions on the final five options the selectmen are considering for the post closure use of the former incinerator land and about twenty five acres of land three parcels located on concord have close to the lexington line the five options being considered are open space passive use storage ice rink bike and skate park and anaerobic digestion facility the selectmen will continue the discussion at their nov th meeting and hope to make a decision on the post closure use before the end of the year open space passive use rather than build anything the land would be untouched for nature lovers to enjoy with the potential for being used as a recreational field in the future and slash storage according to the town's environmental engineering consultant bruce haskell p v storage is currently the most common use for a landfill however the full potential revenue need needs further evaluation by belmont light bike and skate park haskell said the bike and skate park idea would not be a revenue source for the town and it would have maintenance and security costs associated with that lucio while who formed an ad hoc committee for the bike and skate park idea work with a local resident who designed a concept for it said a solar farm could be incorporated with the use that could generate at least one megawatt anaerobic digestion and anaerobic  used to collect organic food waste inside it enclosed tipping area it is then it then goes through a digestion process and releases methane which becomes electricity it also makes compost according to haskell the developer of the end of  for the capping which would save the town an estimated six hundred thousand dollars and it could potentially reduce town solid waste tonnage it also requires engineering and operational controls for potential voters there would be additional truck traffic in the area ice rink according to haskell an ice rink would incur additional cost for the foundation because it would need to go up above the landfill and back to you bob along with my colleagues claire and max we thank you for listening to the talking news and hope you'll enjoy the show we will return next week for another edition of local news happenings around belmont