you hello everyone i'm jeff hansell the executive director of the belmont media center and you're watching belmont journal your source for hyper local news and community updates and if you'd like to be involved in this your news program please send an e mail to our news director frederick regal oh at fred at belmont media dot org because we need your help to not only report the news but findus a news item or be a host here on belmont journal in fact in coming weeks you're going to see other people sit in this chair and host belmont journal so stay tuned for that this weekend velma journal and we are coming up on thanksgiving there's a lot of things happening as we always provide every show we're going to give you a community calendar a little taste of what's coming up in belmont programming update from our programming director julie to stefano of what to tune in for here on belmont media center we'll also be talking with join the jubilance on our segment this week in the citizen herald and a new segment this week with franklin tucker the editor of the belmont tony and for this week in the belmont tony and but first up we want to make sure you're all aware of the gift of hope telethon raising money and food for the belmont food pantry celebrating their twenty fifth anniversary that's coming up on december second and here's a look at i think it's an interview with patty polish who is the director of the food pantry let's take a look hi my media center located at nine lexington street in waverly square and we look forward to having you come down and bring i don't nation either more money or food to come down and say hi get on live oh are you happy to be here jeff great and i'm doing join a delicious cup of coffee because joanna lost a bet and what was that bet all about we bet that town meeting would be i bet that would be two nights you bet it would be one belmont specially the past two months overnight break in clusters of streets in different neighborhoods most recently the when brooke neighborhood had how about how many cars had been broken into more than twenty five and some cars were even stolen because what's happening jeff is people are leaving their cars unlocked some people are even leaving the valet key in the car ok so what happened is the patrol off you know police patrol officers overnight and one of the patrol officers in the middle of the night on channing road saw lights on in a car in a driveway and he went over to the car and he saw someone in the passenger seat it was a it was a cambridge juvenile ok so it came at you when i was was arrested and ok we'll see what happens he did have some things they did find him with things on him that were stolen from many of the cars we don't know if he was the only one but they arrested the juvenile what and what are the police tell people to do to perhaps a lock your cars overnight biggest story this week was tell me the results of town meeting ok so a town meeting passed three major articles which are all financial articles the big the big one was the burbank classrooms plus site improvements for two million seven hundred thirty four thousand dollars so that that past there there was discussion some some were asking why are we getting brand new modulars how long we're going to need them and superintendent said that depending on what happens with the high school project they may not need them for long if the high school is built for grades seven through twelve that will help reduce the class sizes and elementary schools with all going to depend on what happens with the high school but no time we need them he decided to get new he thought that was the best investment because they could be sold if the town need them and you need to get that you need to have them in any case to keep the class size down right it's all about gather was the working conditions the general work conditions are so out of line that they really needed something done right the major capital projects working group chairman  a bigger command center a vehicle washing station vehicle washing station i was intrigued by because what's happening right now right now the vehicle washington station is inside the public works it's already they want to add on a vehicle station interesting thing about hunting for that tell us right really the headline of that is right so so they funded designed to do these short term improvements for the police station right what they're going to look at first is can an elevator be added to the police station because if they if the designer determines that an elevator can't be added then they're going to move right to in the direction of working toward getting a brand new police to sell it and they want to build it on the public works campus but they're going to invest it but we comes about when you come back and tell us absolutely where apple now if they can put in an elevator then they're going to move forward with the short term improvements for the police facility which will add a sally port which is a safer way of bringing prisoners into the station a weapons the key point so you'll come back you'll let us know what's happening there and as we will even get the police chief to come back and talk about your show right oh man i'm thirty sure and see where the next steps are definitely that's a big thing anything else a town meeting all  of well no actually oh the library i got funding for designs so that now they see the big one hundred fifty thousand dollars which will go toward designs for a brand new library to be built and i heard that actually the seven were for it so so it's a clear vote but eighty seven people did vote for it so do you think this issue will be coming back i asked paul roberts who is one of the proponents of that petition and he said it's a possibility it's been in town meaning he was you know he was disappointed obviously but he writes a forty percent you know that does show that a lot of people were interested but also a lot more people were exiting right but it all came down to jeff as people thought that you would get people to run that was that was a concern of many of the tommy members would you get qualified people to run i saw and a good pool of candidates a diverse pool of candidates and that's what it all came down to talk to right now there are fourteen a ping and kids are doing it in the bathroom they've been they've been caught so this high school is aware of it i'm going to find out what they're doing prevent it and they need to educate kids about the risks of it and i think kids don't realize that some kids think it's good for them they don't realize that's they're covering that next week let me just also mention we produced a program called hidden in plain sight that will be on and that is on the air now we're going to be doing a special event around that that's about  who's a director of food pantry has been there twenty five years so right december second twelve to five here at the media center right you can donate that food you can donate money to the food pantry please come down come down or it will be live my media center it's my world famous chocolate pudding or highway shop it's what in fact looks like a flying saucer and you might be wondering why i brought that today and that's because one of my stories this week was about the pie contest the macbook had a pie contest ok they had author louise miller in she wrote a book the city bakers guide to country living and one of the themes of the book is this pipe contest and there were thirteen pies that were judged and i did a story about it and the when i was home baked apple pie mom told me ok let's take a look at that clip now this is  and we're back here in the belmont journal i'm jeff hansel and i'm here with franco tucker from the belmont tony and franklin tucker from the belmont tony and he is our other local news site i let you know i like to think of copy editor sometimes you're the chief bottle washer and that's it so tell us a little bit about the belmont tony and well it started two days after i was fired from the belmont patch i started because it was the best thing i could think about doing i also had you were talking in your last segment paul roberts he heard that i had been fired and he just said you've got to start your own site and i did and it turned out great i love it  many followers do you have on facebook i have about thirty one hundred which is a fabulous number and but people grilli go on to the web site to to really read the stories themselves so it's great so i think we're we're lucky here in a town as small as beaumont to have two places you can go online and in one case you have a hard copy but with this is narrow but you really get a good dose of news and now with the month journal even more that so you'll be coming on from time to time to tell us what's going on on the belmont on it that's right and we have breaking news breaking you have break we have breaking news what is it the breaking news is that the  education association which is a teacher's union has has a tentative agreement with the belmont school committee after spending about two and a half months without a contract they just have a contract it's being hammered out as we speak it's important for people in belmont to realize that the belmont education association with its three hundred thirty teachers and about five hundred educators in total that's about about twenty two percent of the town's budget and about half of the school budget so this is a significant contract so that is breaking news that is but that's a good thing it's been resolved it has been resolved which is which is good because now they can start to think about the budget they can think about more  long term planning also and how long the contracts force for years it's it's it's really it is a three year contract like most education contracts are in this state so that having that done now they can concentrate on things like a operational override in the next three years and that's going to be contentious as it always is so least we know what the teacher salaries are going to be you can really start planning around and override vote simple because you have those numbers ok so you can make a comprehensive commonsense as it were case for why you need the override that's right exactly and then you can also think about after three years what the next contract will be and you can start to go almost negotiating right now so you know we we want to talk about news but what's your opinion if you if you want to give it to us on can't really go crazy and do things out of order or anything like that so it's going along fasten a lot of people think i mean the next meeting is coming up is coming up and and it may have already happened by the time you journal go to beaumont tony and dot com and more detail about it perhaps you'll come back and give us your take on it i did want to say i've been to a few of those meetings and you know when you contrast that with the ward committee of the board of selectmen and let's face it they're dealing with a lot of issues that are constantly changing so they're having to adjust additions i did notice that in the fall when i was called building committee they really are very organized they really keep things going and you know knocking projects again the wellington elementary school the middle school that you can expect that this is going to be a very well thought out plan ok great and i know we're doing on our end as well we're we're doing a lot of coverage of those meetings and reporting about that you'll get some updates on that finally and certainly not lastly but finally you are at almost every sporting match contest boma high school it's better than being at this at the warren committee no matter how cold it is we had a very cold game last friday with the boys soccer losing unfortunately to conquer carlisle two to one and then i travel quickly back to football which has been having a tough year this year they lost in overtime draycott so there they leave two and six or something like that but they seem to have a lot of spirit oh they do board come out every year you know they don't they don't g they've only been blown out twice this year so it's they've been really in every match that they've been inspirational coach yes of course i know one of the one of our former producers here as a producer looking struggles won an award for his coverage documentary about the football team the coach and their whole program so it's attracting a lot of people and we also won two other two other awards for our sports coverage so to look like i could have a good top five finish and we have thanksgiving day i was going to ask you that so ok what's your prediction it's what i've heard so far the only prediction you need to know about thanksgiving day it's going to rain like be like or to well you know let's see what happens on thanksgiving we'll see we'll see what happens ok well thank you for being here sorry i was sorry don't have a pipe to give you that's ok it  my love for supports goes back pretty much when i was a kid and frankly i just wasn't very athletically coordinated and i guess the old saying those who can't do teach or i guess maybe  sports level it would be those who can't play announce or talk about it and that's kind of where i got into it i started following the boston seems as a child and still root for them today and still still a big sports fan for that reason hello everyone and welcome the time out for a sports talk show number four hundred all time in this long running series that dates all the way back to january of ninety nine for  and i'm very thrilled about it and of course it took a lot of people to help make this award possible i've had many volunteers over the years lot of crew my long time help co host howie mccloughan i certainly couldn't have done this without him in fact part of the reason that we've been going as long as we have is that that how he and i have been able to kind of maintain a passion for what we do and we joy talking sports and we continue to to do it's a lot of fun the things i've done for for many years here is a volunteer i've had to get up and do speeches or talk about the belmont media center and for anyone who's interested in becoming a volunteer producer or wants to produce their own show i say whatever your passion is follow it and you know just kind of jump in and you know you know really enjoy what you do in and that's going to show in whatever you produce  always good to see you we're back on october eighteenth by the way and happy birthday one more time to kathy to will be back october eighteenth until then bye and now here's jane peters with this week's community calendar hello i'm jane and this is your can account for the next two weeks december that's december fourth with the thanksgiving holiday upon us there isn't too much going on in the town of belmont so we hope your holiday is spent gathered with friends and family but here are a few events you can enjoy in the meantime the beach street center is hosting real estate agent patrick murphy for a photo tour of homes that demonstrate why belmont is known as the town of homes learn about the various architectural styles that are present in town both historic and contemporary and gain an insider's look at some local home renovations this free event for the beach street center is taking place on tuesday november twenty first at one fifteen skipping ahead to saturday the twenty fifth dance off that thanksgiving turkey at the international folk dance party at the pace in park congregational church from eight to eleven pm folk art center of new england thanksgiving weekend party features dancing for all levels on tuesday november twenty eighth join quest adventures at the belmont women's club for giving tuesday after black friday and cyber monday giving tuesday is your chance to give back to the community organizations that you care about this evening of cocktails and live music will benefit quest adventurers who will provide critical relief to vulnerable communities devastated by hurricanes in puerto rico houston coastal rica and new orleans if you are unable to attend you can still make a donation for quest adventures to help students join recovery efforts where they are needed the most by tickets for the event on event brite by searching for hash tag giving tuesday celebration for quest ventures the law books as hosting another great author to read from their latest work listen to howard mansfield read from his latest essay collection about life in small town new hampshire summer over autumn you can find them at belmont books on thursday november thirtieth from seven to eight pm attend an intensive lightroom develop module workshop at digital silver imaging on saturday december second learn how to work with adobe lightroom develop module to edit your photos this workshop is taught by adobe lightroom certified expert kathy cherundolo you can learn more about this course in how to register on digital silver image and website visit the belmont garden club at their annual holiday green sale on saturday december second at the united methodist church from ten am to two pm a few beautiful floral arrangements handmade reaves as well as purchased generous bags of greens cuttings for your own decoration five hour telethon from twelve pm to five pm featuring local musicians interviews with members of the community and more or by the media center at any point throughout the day to drop off your own donations to the food pantry b m c will be posting several updates about the journal for our programming update and then stay tuned right after that and we've got another new segment for you right here on belmont journal  the following editorial contains views and opinions of the speakers and are not those of belmont media center of the town of belmont comcast or horizon hello and welcome i name is anne reynolds and i'm here with a new segment called s m age for all of you that have teenagers you know that means shaking my head so what are we shaking our heads at this time in belmont well there's a couple of things first one is the new vote on the planning board and i'm glad to say i'm not shaking my head at the town meeting that voted against having an elected board for the planning board i think that would have been a real problem for belmont and i'm glad to see they came to their senses and voted down a citizen petition that is doing nothing but distracting the people belmont from the things they should be thinking about because i'm still shaking my head at a new police station a new high school a new life station and where are we going to get the money to pay for all these things i won't shake my head about belmont how that belmont center whatever happened to the three million dollars that we wasted on a green space that i haven't yet to see anybody using i'm shaking my head at that one also we lost there were parking spaces and gained something in the middle of a lot of traffic a lot of noise that no one's using so what else is going that's having me shake my head i've been looking into a stories about our high school field the harris field and the history behind it talk about shaking my head i can't even get through the paperwork but more than anything let me just say it's coming up to time for thanksgiving and i've been talking to us of people who are giving back to the town and they're not having me shake my head because they're really lovely and i can't wait to tell you more about it but more than that it's almost thanksgiving let's go we will beat watertown thank you and everyone have a nice holiday speakout belmont encourages differing opinions if you would like to appear on this segment please call the belmont media center at six one seven four eight four two four 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