watch and listen to the talking news every day at twelve noon and six pm on channel ninety six comcast six finity and channel thirty verizon fi os it can also be heard mondays and tuesdays at brake green line bikes are now available for anyone in belmont to use by gun loading the lyme app belmont officially became the th boston area community to join the lyme network with the official launch of its dock list bike share program on july th part of a fifteen community project led by the metropolitan area planning council according to spencer staff planner of belmont's community development planning division as of august th they have been a total of four hundred and forty dollars rides taken two hundred and eighty six dollars of which have been since the launch on july the th belmont is averaging seventeen rides per day since the launch she said on average ridership tends to be highest on tuesdays and wednesdays with each day averaging twenty four and twenty seven rides respectively he said since the start of the month we are averaging fewer than seventeen bikes in town per day i am working with a lime to ensure that the number of bikes in belmont is within the range that roadway curb so long as compliance with the americans with disabilities act is maintained at a public bike rack or other locations expressly permitted by the missing municipality that is consistent with the local laws and regulations bicycles they must not be pocked immediately adjacent to or within loading zones accessible pocking zones or other facilities designated fandy kept accessibility fire hydrants curb ramps entryways driveways and park let's use a public sidewalk by law must not adversely affect the streets or sidewalks not inhibit  or create conditions which are a threat to public safety and security bicycles pocked in one location for more than seven consecutive days without moving may be removed b any bicycle that is pocked incorrectly shall be repacked or removed by law i'm within three hours if notified between eight am and six pm on weekdays not including the holidays and all other times within twelve hours of receiving notice in an inoperable bike or any bicycle that is not safe to operate shall be removed from the public right of way by lime and made unavailable to the public within twenty four hours of notice gober said lime is responsible for educating riders on how to properly pock the bicycles and for managing the fleet town approval to increase the fleet in the future is contingent upon lymes ability to manage the current fleet he said go over strongly encourage residents to contact him directly any time they observe a bicycle being improperly pocked they are contract contractually obligated to address the issue he said and now over to my colleague thomas thank you bob west nile virus confirmed in mosquitoes from belmont the massachusetts department of public health announced that west nile virus has been detected mosquitoes collected from belmont accordingly the department of public health has raised the risk of west nile virus infection from low to moderate in belmont and surrounding communities in the greater boston area west nile virus is most commonly transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito the mosquitoes that carry this virus are common throughout the state and are found in urban as well as more rural areas while west nile virus can infect people of all ages people over the age of fifty are at higher risk for severe infection by taking a few basic precautions people can help to protect themselves and their loved ones be aware  hours the hours from dusk to dawn are peak biting times for many mosquitoes consider rescheduling outdoor activities that occur during evening or early morning if you are outdoors at any time and notice mosquitoes around  you take steps to avoid being bitten by moving indoors covering up and or wearing repellent clothing can help reduce mosquito bites although it may be difficult to do when it's hot wearing long sleeves to the instructions on the product label note the date products should not be used on infants under two months of age and should be used in concentrations of thirty percent or less on older children oil of lemon eucalyptus should not be used on children under three years of age from efren products are intended for use on items such as clothing shoes bed nets and camping gear and should not be applied to the skin drain standing water mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water limit the number of places around your home for mosquitoes to breed either by draining or getting rid of items that hold water check rain gutters and drains empty unused flower pots and wading pools and change water and bird baths frequently install or repair screens some mosquitoes like to come indoors keep them outside but having tightly fitting screens on all of your windows and doors information about west nile virus and reports of current and historical west nile virus activity in massachusetts can be found on the mass department of public health website at w w w dot  gov forward slash d p h forward slash mosquito and now over to max thanks thomas firefighters train on a house prior to its did its demolition by joanna cates of alice on a perfect sunny summer day on july th several belmont firefighters had the opportunity to practice ventilating the roof of an actual home work with a ladder truck by quote throwing the stick unquote raising which is raising the ladder to an actual roof line the belmont house was scheduled to be demolished on july th for a new home to be built in its place rarely do we get to pull up to a house and throw the stick to an actual roofs at belmont firefighter and paramedic mi dayton who's been with belmont fire for seven years and recently become cleared as a letter driver lieutenant brian core senos said it's a rare opportunity for belmont firefighters to get a real life hands on opportunity to practice with equipment not under fire conditions they were able to simulate throwing the letter to the roof add making a vent hole to vent super heated gases and smoke and allow crews inside a list dangerous atmosphere during their hands on training belmont firefighters practiced taking a roof letter off a truck and placing it on the roof of the home they also practiced cutting four by four foot holes with different saws into the roof and breaking the hole for a ventilation exercise andy butler firefighter paramedic said the training was invaluable to him it gives us a live action sense of what we can be doing obviously when we're doing it in real life it's a much more urgent situation with flames and fire and it's more frantic in nature but a day like today gives us the opportunity to do it without those extra variables this allows us to revert to our training and remember what it's like to come back to these scenarios and cut and be able to vent a roof like we're supposed to sit the owner of the belmont house maria all up along would you said during the planning process of redeveloping her home a contractor mentioned that if they chose to demolish the house to consider in gauging with their local fire department to offer their home for training prior to demolition quote months later we when we were in the process of getting permits we were required to get approval on our building plans for the fire department during this time i mentioned that we would be willing to offer our home to the fire department for training purposes prior to demolition and we were able to set up a time shortly after that she said in an e mail to the citizen harold hill modifier chief david fritz well said that opportunities like this may only come along three or four times a year depending on how many demolitions are going on they usually receive short notice and have a limited window of opportunity if we can fit the opportunity in our schedule around other previously scheduled training we seize the opportunities that for his own he said the benefit of training on an actual home cannot be duplicated at a fire academy or with heart with training props when it comes to a real life situation the conditions are actually going to be a lot worse than this most of the times it's not going to be a bright sunny day like this it will be night time three o'clock in the morning of winter when the roof is going to be icy said they practicing in these good conditions allows us to see the kind of hazards we're going to face that will be worse weather over you bob thanks max all trash recycling and bulky items are now limited all residents should have received their carts if you do waste management picks up between seven am and six pm if you have excess trash it needs to be placed in an official overflow bag these bags a sold at stock market hillside true value and the public works office there are a five hundred and thirty two gallon beggs to a sleeve and the sleeve cost fifteen dollars cash a check if you have excess recycling experience three recycling pick ups before calling public works all cod would boxes must be flattened neatly returned deposit bottles and cans and only put items with a picture with the pictured on the lid in the recycling  aturday september twenty nine from nine am to noon at the town thirty seven dollars c street belmont there will be a drop off for oversized cardboard and old barrels and recycling bin that can't be reused cardboard must be flattened at home and kept dry for september twenty nine cardboard that is not properly prepared will not be collected barrel small of them thirty two gallon can be reused as a container for yod waste stickers for these barrels are available to the public works office winter's hardware and hillside true value recycling bins can be reused to storage or as a container to bring your recyclables from the host to the curb to the every household is now allowed one bulk item per week bulk items need to be called into the waste advance if you have lots of trash and bulky items please get rid of them privately excess of trash will not be picked up at the curb and now over to thomas  salvaging materials before demolition somerville resident amy bauman says she has always been one who prefers to reuse rather than waste quote where you started for me when i was a kid growing up in ohio i don't think i ever let go of it even when i worked in the investment industry for decades she said when she was doing her own home renovation she began to see building materials as assets which is what led her to start her own nonprofit organization green goat in two thousand  i saw the waste is the inefficiency of a shortened life cycle paired with bad environmental effects it bothered me enough that i started thinking about a start up and this became green goat she said green goat is a building reuse charity that recovers unwanted building materials and sells them to developers quote we offer a commonsense alternative to the dumpster without slowing down the project we typically take on entire houses rather than  baum and the proceeds from the salvage materials get plowed right back into the industry we sponsor educational products projects do pro bono work when needed and we also help nonprofit scout for free or very inexpensive materials for their innovations said bauman said she initially planned to do large scale recycling for commercial and institutional building projects quote we still do that but the power  is a much better deal environmentally reuse in a commercial setting hasn't caught on yet or trying but residential customers see this correctly as a great way to save the environment and get a potential tax break our donors give us a fundraiser with every bundle of flooring she said bauman recently salvaged materials from a home in belmont which was demolished on july th doors windows awaiting cool cedar parting tables from a greenhouse and much more homeowner maria oleg and who said friends who redevelop homes in cambridge told her about the great benefit green coat could offer to any remodel or route redevelopment effort quote we have a tremendous responsibility to ensure our plan remain safe and clean for future generations and our family believes that there are many small decisions you make along the way that contribute to this end working with green coat on this project was one of those small decisions that we feel will have a large impact on the help of our planet said ongoing jus in an email to the citizen herald homeowners who call green go to benefit in two ways quote it's a common sense way for homeowners worried about ways to feel better about their renovation along the way they may also get a tax deduction which is a nice boost said bauman continues we're the only company who takes a comprehensive list of materials including used carpet most sellers companies are more interested in high end appliances she said one of their recent industry projects was to help one of the design teams use sustainable materials in the design for their week last october it took months of planning and at the end of the festival they guided the materials into reuse baumann hopes to take on trash island a huge floating garbage patch in the pacific there are other trash islands but the one of the pacific is about the size of france there's got to be a way to deal with the mess out there and hopefully stop waste material at its source which would be rivers were doing research right now on how to clean the plastic she said and now back to max thank you thomas local veterans participate in honor flight in new england on june th belmont resident and u s navy world war two veteran robert de young traveled to washington d c with a group of sixty two area veterans courtesy of honor flight knowing also in attendance and providing assistance and support before the fellow veterans shipped out was bill maher vietnam era veteran joe white day began at five thirty am at the state police barracks at logan airport it's where world war two and korean war veterans began gathering in preparation for the full day of travel to the nation's capital as the veterans assembled at the rally point family members and loved ones came together to assist them as they prepared to load up the buses which transported them to terminal a at southwest airlines at approximately seven am three buses filled with veterans and their escorts from hon flight to england arrived at the terminal to be quick greeted by large crowds of boy scouts girl scouts bikers family members loved ones and airline travelers all wearing leaving american flags and cheering them on as the veteran service officer for the top of the one i can honestly say this was a very special occasion and quite emotional for me as well to witness this event firsthand it was quite an experience to share the moment with mrs jones and she very proudly sorr husband join with all the other veterans off on their journey to washington d c to see the world war two and korean war memorials at our nation's capital said robert upton bill once a veteran services officer after a long day of traveling and enjoying the company of fellow navy veterans and many others from all the other military branches young returned home to boston at logan airport at about midnight it was quite the sight to see mr and mrs bobby are reunited after such a long  apart it was probably the st time that they had been separated for such a long period and as you can see and feel the relief at the sheer happiness on their faces when they greeted each other as bob got off the bus upon his return sent up dollars governor charlie baker signed into law a bill imposing a two dollars tax on car rentals to fund municipal police training of ten million annually providing the brave men and women who protect and serve a commonwealth every day with the necessary tools to do their jobs and stay safe is a priority for administration said baker in the wake of recent tragedies in weymouth  and the passage of the bill represents an important opportunity to improve police training and recruitment at the local level and to do more to keep lauren foresman and our community safe i completely support our police in the budget with existing revenues firefighters and cancer that's house bill two thousand five hundred and twenty five governor charlie baker signed into law legislation that allows firefighters temporarily incapacitated from work due to certain forms of cancer to leave with full pay while they deal with this serious illness the measure requires that certain cancers sustain sustained by firefighters be presumed to disabling condition sustained in the line of duty unless it can be proven that the cancer originates from other from another source under current law firefighters not covered under the leave with a statue and must use all their bank leave time to be treated for presumptive conditions and now over to thomas thank you bob council on aging celebrates new van c e o a used funds from a massachusetts department of transportation grant and eleven thousand dollars of capital budget funds approved by town meeting in two thousand and seventeen to pay for the fifty two thousand dollars van the van will be used to take director j marcotte said said he is pleased with how the new carry and carry out policy for belmont's parks is helping eliminate the amount of litter however he said that since the policy was put in place in the spring people have been putting their plastic bags dog ways to inside the park porta potties rather than carry the waste out of the park this became a very big problem during the soccer and baseball seasons requiring the porta potties to be locks and more cot coaches had the keys most of the port a potties are gone now that the season for those sports is over however there are port a potties in place for ten as that wind broke and they will remain locked to prevent this dog waste problem assistant d p w director mike santoro's of the plastic logs of the machinery the porta potty companies used to play pump out the toilets putting a plastic bag and there is like putting it in a regular toilet of those bags are not meant to be flushed of regular toilets he said market said he will be working with the town's help department to revamp the off leash program he believes out of town people who participate in the off leash leash program may be responsible for this problem and need to be educated about the  along with my colleagues thomas and max we thank you for listening to the talking news and hope you've enjoyed the show we'll return next week for another edition of local news happenings around belmont