The Beacon-Villager Blog

Mural painting

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Around town, Just for kicks, Maynard | Leave a Comment

A friendly Maynard resident emailed me yesterday wondering who had painted a mural on the parking lot behind Gruber Bros., during Maynard Fest. Unfortunately, I have no idea. But do you? Please leave a comment, or shoot me an email at mkelly@cnc.com.

Want to win a Wii?

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Maynard, PSA, Sports | Leave a Comment

If you were at Maynard Fest on Saturday, which I was, I hope you stopped by the Maynard Boosters’ table - they are raffling off a Wii video game console. You can pay $5 for one ticket, or get three tickets for $10. The drawing will be held at their fall banquet, on Dec. 3, and you don’t need to be there to win. Wiis are awesome (I should know, I got up at the crack of dawn a few years ago to be one of the first people to buy one, and I totally wrenched my arm this weekend playing Boom Blox) and they are still pretty hard to get.

All the proceeds go to Maynard student athletics. There is some contact info for the Boosters right here.

Photo taken of the actual Wii to be raffled off, taken by yours truly

Got questions for the candidates?

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Around town, Crime, Education, Local politics, Maynard, Stow | Leave a Comment

This week we are meeting with Sonny Parente and Kate Hogan, separately, as part of an editorial board meeting, which we usually do with such candidates. (Next week we meet with David Goulding, who is running as an independent. His site is dgoulding.com.) All three are vying for the state rep. seat for the Third Middlesex District, which is made up of Maynard, Hudson, Stow and Bolton.

Do you have any questions for any of the candidates? Leave a comment or drop me an email at mkelly@cnc.com. Don’t worry - we won’t use your name or anything like that. I’m just trying to get an idea of what the voters care about this year.

Picture is of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, courtesy of Wikipedia

Name that trail

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Around town, Maynard, PSA, Stow | Leave a Comment

The Friends of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge (can you say that five times fast?) are holding a a contest to name the trails at the refuge. Right now they are named pretty boring names like Trail Z. There are three divisions, based on ages, and tons of prizes. Click on the “contest” link above to find out more, and how to submit your ideas. The contest ends on Nov. 1.

Image courtesy of Wikipedia

Graphic learning tools

Posted on September 29, 2008 by jfloyd
Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Anyone sick of discussions about global climate change would do well to look at this Web site. Done by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories at Cal Tech, the site is a real eye-opener for anyone sick of hearing politicos and guys in hemp T-shirts drone on about the dangers of climate change.
http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ClimateTimeMachine/climateTimeMachine.cfm

Did you miss the School Committee meeting last night?

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Education, Maynard | Leave a Comment

Not to worry - I have the Power Point presentation they gave. For some reason uploading it directly to the blog isn’t working, so if you’d like a copy, please email me.

Don’t have Power Point? Mention that in your email and I can see about getting you a hard copy, or a copy in a different format.

Candidate selected to replace John Buonomo

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Local politics | Leave a Comment

A Middlesex-wide caucus last night chose 37-year-old Medford resident Tara DeCristofaro to replace John Buonomo on the ballot in November for Register of Probate. Buonomo, as you may recall, is under investigation for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars in cash from office machines. He had said he wouldn’t be running again, but his named appeared on the primary ballot anyway and he won pretty handily.

Got school questions?

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Around town, Education, Local politics, Maynard | Leave a Comment

Then come to a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m., at the high school. The School Committee and members of the school department will be there to present an update on where the high school is with the MSBA and its facilities problems, and to answer any questions you may have. (MSBA stands for Massachusetts School Building Authority, which is in charge of paying for any school building improvements/renovations/construction). And you definitely don’t have to be a parent to attend or ask questions - any solution for the high school is going to require support from a majority of town residents, not just parents. The School Committee and the school department will need non-parent support if they want to get anywhere, and they welcome questions from the public.

Oh wow

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under Well, isn't that interesting | Leave a Comment

I just got an email from Crate & Barrel telling me cheerfully, “it’s not too early to think gifts” and they clearly mean Christmas gifts (they also say, “this holiday season.”)

Come ON. It is the first day of fall. Christmas is eons away!

Verrill Farm is still open

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Meghan Kelly
Filed Under PSA | Leave a Comment

The farmstand at Verrill Farm may have burned down on Saturday afternoon, but the farm is still up and running. They’ve got tomatoes, pumpkins and plenty of corn for all your fall vegetable needs. It sounds like they’re going to remain open so go and support your local economy.

UPDATED: Just came across this link for the farm’s blog, verrillfarm.wordpress.com. Looks like they have stuff up to date.

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