An update on the Dedham Square Improvement Project.
See the attached report from Dedham Square Improvement Project officials for an update on the project, and planned closings this weekend and next week.
The committee voted to reverse a previous vote to approve a new student conduct policy.
The Dedham School Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to rescind a vote it took in March that called for changes in how the school department works with police on disciplining students. "We had to bring it back first, now we can move it forward," School Committee chairman Mayanne Briggs said. The original policy called for 12-month enforcement, as opposed to 10 months in the current plan, and for the policy to apply to students as young as sixth grade. The current policy only applies to Dedham High School students. Committee members voted to break up the discipline for a student caught in the possession of drugs or alcohol and for a student caught in the presence of either. The current policy doesn't make that distinction. But when …
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Members are unhappy with the condition of the practice field.
A key ingredient to a suitable athletic practice field is grass, and that's exactly what the new Dedham High School field is missing, officials said Monday. School Building Rehabilitation Committee members said they will withhold roughly $30,000 from Fillion's Landscaping until the SBRC is satisfied with the condition of the Dedham High School practice field. The field was hydroseeded in April, and little grass has grown in since. "You just have to look at it to realize it isn't what we bargained for," SBRC member Andrew Lawlor said. "It's just not in good condition at this point," SBRC chairman Michael Butler said. But Todd McCabe, of Consigli, the construction contractor, said rarely does hydroseeding produce a thick field of grass on…
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Neighbors displeased with the vote, saying they were looking for many more.
Homeowners on Whiting Avenue and Hazelnut Place will get some measure of privacy and shade back after the School Building Rehabilitation Committee voted Monday to spend up to $25,000 to plant trees - enough cash for up to 35 trees. Construction crews began chopping down the trees last fall without notifying the SBRC, members said at the time - then the committee approved removal of other trees during the final phases of the new Avery Elementary School project. In all, according to a town document, 96 trees were cut down; 21 near a new practice field and 75 along an old railroad bed, where the committee authorized to store roughly 11,000 cubic yards of fill. "That's a long railroad bed to put 35 trees," said Whiting Avenue resident …
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An update on the Dedham Square Improvement Project.
See the attached report from Dedham Square Improvement Project officials for an update on the project, and planned closings this weekend and next week.
The act, which expands benefits and increases access to a range of services for veterans, active-duty military and their families.
Press Release from Senator Rush's Office The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday unanimously passed “The Valor Act,” new legislation that will expand benefits and increase access to a range of services for veterans, active-duty military and their families, Senator Mike Rush (D-West Roxbury) announced. “I am proud to support this bill and proud of the bill’s sponsor, Senator (Michael) Rush, who not only serves this Commonwealth but has put his own life on the line to protect the citizens of our nation,” Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) said. “Massachusetts does more than any other state to support its veterans. Even during recent fiscal challenges, we increased funding for outreach centers, homelessness services and mental health…
The former permit lot will remain closed this weekend.
See the above report from Dedham Square Improvement Project officials for an update on the project, and planned closings this weekend and next week.
Carmen Dello Iacono will serve as the Board of Selectmen chair for a second time.
Facing re-election next April, Carmen Dello Iacono renewed his call for the Town of Dedham to produce a yearly report of how the town spends taxpayer money. "lf we just explain what the taxes are and why they are what they are, people will be more comfortable with it," he said in a phone interview. The selectman took over as chair at the board's April 26 meeting, his second term as chairman. Dello Iacono acknowledged that the board has put this on the goals sheet before, but even though it hasn't been done, he said he believes people need to see the justification for the tax rate. "I think that's owed and it isn't unreasonable," he said. Dello Iacono, who first won a seat on the board in 2004, also advocated for open office hours for …
It’s been an interesting week in the U.S. Senate Race between Democrat Elizabeth Warren and incumbent Republican Scott Brown.
First it was revealed that Harvard University once touted Warren’s marginal Native American heritage as proof of their faculty’s diversity. That story was followed up with another revealing one that Warren had listed herself as a minority professor between 1986 and 1995 in the Association of American Law Schools desk book, a major reference for legal professors. On Tuesday it was revealed that Brown, who ran for office vowing to kill President Obama’s health care law (and who has since voted three times to repeal it) took advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. Meanwhile, both candidates downplayed their wealth this week as they revealed …
Telling it like it is
4:28 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Elizabeth how short sighted you are. It's really only $100.- per tree. And $600.- per for the cop working the detail, staring at the hole being dug. more ›