Volunteers Plant, Clean Up at Lone Tree Hill

 May/June 2023, Newsletter  Comments Off on Volunteers Plant, Clean Up at Lone Tree Hill
Apr 262023
 
Volunteers Plant, Clean Up at Lone Tree Hill

By Radha Iyengar The Belmont Citizens Forum (BCF), in conjunction with the Judy Record Conservation Fund, held its ninth annual Lone Tree Hill Volunteer Day on Saturday, April 22, an overcast and cool day. Volunteers included Girl Scouts Troop 82027, employees of Cityside Subaru, M&T Bank,and the Sai Group, and residents of Belmont and the surrounding communities. Many hands made light work.   At the Pine Allee, efficient volunteers planted forty white pine saplings. The new plants replaced the Allee’s missing trees and some of the dead saplings from previous volunteer day plantings. At the adjacent meadow the volunteers planted slender [READ MORE]

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McLean Barn Gets Scrubbing, Stabilization

 Sept/Oct 2019  Comments Off on McLean Barn Gets Scrubbing, Stabilization
Sep 162019
 
McLean Barn Gets Scrubbing, Stabilization

By Radha Iyengar The historic McLean Barn has been vacant and deteriorating for many years—but thanks to Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds approved last May, the barn is finally being cleaned and stabilized. The barn may also get a new electrical line to support exterior lighting and cameras to deter vandals. Located at 248 Mill Street, the McLean Barn was built around 1915. It was used by the McLean Farm until it was transferred to the town in 2005 as part of the memorandum of agreement with McLean Hospital. The McLean Barn is a New England-style banked barn that sits [READ MORE]

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