Monitoring Water Quality

Mystic River Watershed

"A Year on the Mystic" is the topic of a program to be given by Tufts Professor Steve Chapra on February 21 at 7 p.m. in the Winchester Room in Winchester Town Hall. Chapra spent every day one year going out on the river to monitor water quality.

He is the second speaker in the Mystic River Watershed Association's spring series.

For information about future programs in the series as it's available, check the Watershed Association's website: www.tufts.edu/mystic

McLean Files for MEPA Review

McLean Hospital has filed for state review of its development plans under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act.

To obtain a copy of the 3-inch-thick Environmental Notification Form, which contains detailed technical information about the proposed development and some of its effects on traffic and storm water runoff, call Delia Kaye at VHB in Watertown: (617)924-1770. :p>

IRS Says Belmont Citizens Forum Is Educational Group

The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the Belmont Citizens Forum is qualified to receive tax-deductible donations as a charitable and educational organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The approval, received in December 2000, is retroactive to the Forum's application in the fall of 1999 for 501(c)(3) status. This means that all donations to the Forum since its inception are tax-deductible.

Planning Board Hearings Scheduled

Public Hearing #1: Development as a Whole
Tuesday, January 30    7 p.m.
Town Hall, Selectmen's Meeting Room

Public Hearing #2: Townhouses
Thursday, February 1    7 p.m.
Town Hall, Selectmen's Meeting Room

Public Hearing #3: Retirement Community
Tuesday, February 6    7 p.m.
Town Hall, Selectmen's Meeting Room

Public Hearing #4: R & D Complex
Tuesday, February 27    7 p.m.
Town Hall, Selectmen's Meeting Room

Warrant Committee Budget Forum

Wednesday, January 31
7:30 p.m.
Chenery Middle School Auditorium

Preliminary budgets for the coming fiscal year will be presented by Town Administrator Mel Kleckner and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Peter Holland. Questions and comments from the public are welcome as department heads explain where cuts may be necessary. The general public is invited and Town Meeting Members are strongly urged to attend.