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State Rep.
Thomas M. Stanley
State House, Room 167
Boston, MA 02133
(617) 722-2230
Thomas.Stanley@mahouse.gov
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Rep. Stanley
Black Lives Matter Rally
at State House
Black Lives Matter Rally in Waltham
Black Lives Matter
Waltham Common
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter
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Congrats to William Vazquez, recipient of the William F. Stanley Outstanding Student Award
Kayaking on the Charles
Waltham City Hall
Sailing
Springtime
Planting time
Late spring rhododendron
Gone fishing
Library
Lincoln
Blooms
Gore Estate
We are living through difficult and stressful times. There is help for victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Do not hesitate to contact the JaneDoe.
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Rep. Stanley speaks out to affirm that Black Lives Matter and to end racism and injustice while supporting our well trained Police Departments and Community Police Programs
Today we are all called upon to speak out in unison against injustice and racism whenever and wherever it exists in our nation, our state and our communities. We share the grief of families broken by the loss of loved ones due to unacceptable police violence across the country.
Here in Massachusetts, citizens have expressed their deep concerns in peaceful demonstration and solidarity with the black and broader minority community here and nationwide.
Read the full statement here
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Three Waltham City Council Resolutions
The Waltham City Council this week filed resolutions which were adopted by the Council:
Black Lives Matter,
Waltham Police Chief Discusses 8 Can't Wait Guidelines
Waltham Police Chief Keith MacPherson issued a statement on the 8 Can't Wait guidelines, specifically how his department is addressing the policies. Please read the statement below. Read an
article by the Waltham Patch which include's Chief MacPherson's statement. Lincoln Chief Kevin Kennedy also issued a statement on the death of George Floyd which can be read below.
To learn more about the 8 Can't Wait campaign, click
here
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Councillor-at-Large Tom Stanley speaks at length at Council Meeting over Black Lives Matter Resolution and Support for the Waltham Police Department
Rep. Stanley spoke in support of a Black Lives Matter resolution while supporting the Waltham Police Department at this past Monday night's Council Meeting.
"It's real important to send a message that Black lives matter but also that our police department by all accounts has been doing a very good job," Rep. Stanley said. "All of the horrendous things that we're hearing about happening around the country that just make my heart sink, they don't happen here. We should recognize that.
"It's clear that our police department is well ahead of the curve nationally," he added. "We have to differentiate between what has happened in other parts of our country which is horrendous, horrible...it is important to talk about that and to take a vote to affirm that Black lives matter," he said. "But let's also not lump our police department in with the bad behavior of other police departments. The City Council is taking this seriously."
Read the full article by Wicked Local Waltham
here.
COVID-19 Information Information
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is working closely with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide updated information about the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Learn more.
For updates, emergency orders, and guidance associated with the COVID-19 state of emergency, click
here.
Mayor McCarthy & Councillor Brasco issued an important update regarding COVID-19 and Waltham city business/services.
Read here.
The Town of Lincoln is also offering coronavirus updates on its website.
Learn more.
Please follow Rep. Stanley on
Facebook and
Twitter
for the latest information and updates.
Information on Unemployment and the Coronavirus
Learn more or apply for unemployment benefits online.
Waltham Mutual Aid Network
The Waltham Mutual Aid Network was created by volunteers to connect people who can provide help to those seeking it during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. The
network has recently launched for residents to submit requests and offer assistance. Services include
Requests and offers include: personal care items, transportation, housing, storage, childcare, food, financial support, social support, translation services, social services referrals and neighborhood outreach. Requests are confidential and are only viewed by volunteers who have offered a matching service. Volunteers are emailed when a new request matches their offer. The WMA Network includes more than 170 volunteers across the city and has already responded to more than 170 requests! Click here to request or offer assistance.
Jane Doe resources for survivors during COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis leaves survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence particularly vulnerable - spending more time isolated in potentially unsafe situations. This is especially true for survivors living with disabilities, immigrants, young people, LGBTQQI+ communities and survivors of color. If you or someone you know is experiencing violence, you are not alone. Service providers across Massachusetts continue to provide critical healthcare, housing, and economic support for survivors. If you or someone you know is at risk please call 877-785-2020 or visit
https://janedoe.org/find_help/.
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Offers Resource for COVID-19
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition is offering multiligual coronavirus-specific immigration updates. Click here to read MIRA's agenda for an inclusive response to COVID-19.
Healthy Waltham is Supporting our Community with help from 128mainst.com
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Healthy Waltham is immediately doubling the offerings of two mobile food pantries in Waltham. Beginning April 2nd, it will be offering its Watch City Market food pantry twice a month, outdoors from 4 to 5:30pm, at St. Mary's Parish, 133 School Street in Waltham.
Rep. Stanley helped connect 128mainst.com with Healthy Waltham. 128mainst.com donated $10,000, food and gift cards from Market Basket. The group also committed to raising money from Waltham corporations to benefit the Healthy Waltham food pantry.
Watch City Market, Waltham's largest mobile food pantry originally located at McDevitt Middle School 75 Church Street, has been providing 300 grocery bags per month full of fresh food and pantry staples to local children and families for the past three years. Starting next week, it will double the amount offered to a total 600 bags/month, through offerings twice per month.
The Waltham Senior Pantries, sponsored by the Waltham Connections for Healthy Aging coalition, for older adult residents of Waltham Housing Authority buildings, has been delivering 200 bags per month of groceries and essential personal care and sanitary goods to seniors for the past two years. In April, it increased its offering to a total of 400 bags of groceries per month.
Healthy Waltham is following all recommended protocols to keep its staff and volunteers and pantry safe, including safe distancing, curbside pickups, mask and glove requirements, and storage of items.
Healthy Waltham is seeking funds to continue to run the expanded pantry. It currently has funds to run through June but seeks to provide the increased service through August. If you want to help, please consider a donation to Healthy Waltham. To donate, please visit:
www.healthy-waltham.org/donate/.
Children's Grief Support Available
The Children's Room, the state's largest child bereavement organization, serves families from 110 cities and towns across the Commonwealth. It supports children and teens ages 3.5-18 who have experienced the death of a parent or sibling. All grief support services are free of charge, including new family parent consultations. Parents and caregivers can get more information at
www.childrensroom.org or can call the main line at 781-641-4741 and a member of the program team will respond.
Waltham City Council Calendar
To view the Waltham City Council and Committee 2020 calendar, click
here
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Rep. Stanley Urges Passes of HEROES Act
In a letter to Cong. Katherine Clark, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Ed Markey, Rep. Stanley urged Congress to pass The HEROES Act, providing essential support to our state and local governments, including public schools and colleges. This critically important legislation would provide $900 billion for state and local fiscal relief and an additional $100 billion in emergency aid for public education, from pre-K through college.
In the letter, Rep. Stanley stressed the importance of working together to ensure the continued investment in the Commonwealth's public schools and colleges. Many public-school districts and campuses have already announced layoffs and furloughs due to budget concerns and in the absence of a swift and robust response from both the federal and state governments, further cuts to personnel and services will follow. Now more than ever, our students deserve access to a high-quality public education that meets their academic, and social and emotional needs.
Rep. Stanley Helps Pass Bill to Provide Voting Options amid Pandemic
Rep. Stanley voted in favor of legislation that will allow a number of voting options, including early voting by mail, in the midst of COVID-19. The bill aims to facilitate a number of options for voters confronting health risks due to the Coronavirus. Under the provisions of the bill, voters can elect to vote-by-mail, submit an absentee ballot, vote early in-person or vote on Election Day with public health safeguards in place.
The bill allows early voting by mail application which requires the Secretary of State to mail all registered voters an application to vote early by mail in advance of the primary and general elections. It also asks voters to apply by seven days prior to the primary and general elections and allows for electronic signature and submission of applications. In regard to early voting by mail, the city or town clerk will mail an early voting by mail ballot and an envelope with return postage pre-paid to voters who apply and allows voters to return their early voting by mail ballot in the mail, secure drop box, or in person. The bill provides for absentee voting by any person taking precaution related to COVID-19 and allows electronic signature and submission of absentee voting applications.
The legislation requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, to promulgate emergency regulations requiring public health safeguards for in-person voting, including social distancing of voters and election officers; face coverings and personal protective equipment; frequent use of sanitizers; and sanitary use of marking pens. It also provides for seven days of in person early voting in the primary-from Saturday, August 22 to Friday, August 28-including one weekend - and 14 days of in person early voting in the general-from Saturday, October 17 to Friday, October 30-including two weekends. Voters can still cast a ballot at the polls on Election Day. In regard to local elections, the bill provides for early voting by mail for any city or town elections held at the same time as the primary or general or on or before December 31, 2020.
Rep. Stanley asks House leaders to advance legislation protecting police, fire and EMS officials
In a letter to Speaker DeLeo and Chair Michlewitz, Rep. Stanley voiced support for House Bill 2261, legislation relative to disability or death caused by contagious diseases. H.2261 was given a favorable recommendation by the Joint Committee on Public Service and is now pending in the House Committee on Ways and Means.
The bill would establish a rebuttable presumption with respect to any disability retirement or workers' compensation claim relative to the death or disability of a full-time uniformed member of a municipal police, fire or EMS department that may have been suffered in the line of duty. This presumption can be rebutted with a prevalence of evidence. Moreover, the provisions under the bill will also apply to any condition of Hepatitis A, B, or C, tuberculosis, HIV, and any other contagious disease which is found by the Department of Public Health to have a statistically significant correlation with police, fire or emergency medical service.
This legislation is endorsed by the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, whose members are sacrificing their health and lives to be on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Passage of this legislation would put in place the necessary protections police, fire and EMS officials need during these challenging times.
Reps. Stanley and Lawn Help Pass Bond Bill to Strengthen State's IT Infrastructure
Rep. Stanley and Rep. John Lawn joined their colleagues in the House to pass legislation authorizing up to $1.7 billion in spending for the improvement of information technology equipment and related projects in Massachusetts. The House voted for the IT financing package - which also contains key funding for food security -- using its remote voting procedures for the COVID-19 emergency. The bill will now head to the Senate.
The plan includes $650 million in IT needs, including $40 million in education grants to public schools to enhance remote learning environments and services. It also includes the following:
* $30 million in municipal grants for proper safety equipment for first responders;
* $100 million for capital projects at Health and Human Services facilities to better handle providing amenities throughout the pandemic;
* $41 million for food infrastructure and security needs to the most vulnerable populations;
* $10 million for software/hardware upgrades at community health centers;
* $5 million for SNAP Gap development.
* Other highlights include grants to cities and towns for a number of needs, including expanded access to broadband, library construction, ADA compliance, and other generic capital needs our municipalities might have.
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Reps. Stanley and Lawn Help Pass Bill to Support Commonwealth's Restaurants
Rep. Stanley and Rep. Lawn joined their colleagues in the House to pass legislation that provides more tools to the restaurants of Massachusetts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The legislative package adopted aims to assist a sector that has been hard hit by COVID-19. The measures passed are intended to help restaurants weather the economic crisis in the wake of the pandemic. The package eases outdoor dining restrictions, expands alcohol delivery options to include mixed drinks, extends takeout options to February 2021, waives interest on late meals tax payments and caps the amount that can be charged a food delivery service.
In 2019, the House created the Restaurant Promotion Commission, which is being repurposed as the Restaurant Recovery Commission. The bill builds on the House's general focus on restaurants and previous action to permit alcohol delivery with meals as well as its focus on restaurants as an anchor on main streets.
The package:
* Streamlines the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission (ABCC) approval process for restaurants to establish outdoor seating by waiving the approval of these licenses. Instead, it only requires restaurants to notify and place on file with the ABCC their outdoor seating plan;
* Temporarily suspends some relevant local zoning laws on outdoor seating if cities and towns wish to do so;
* Waives interest and late penalties for restaurants on their meals tax payments until December 2020;
* Allows restaurants to include cocktails to-go with take-out food until February 2020;
* Caps commissions on on-line restaurant delivery at 15% across the board so that these apps can continue to operate without placing an undue burden on our restaurants.
The bill will now go to the Senate.
Reps. Stanley and Lawn and Sen. Barrett support the Waltham High School Project's Draft Environmental Impact Report
In a letter to the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Reps. Stanley and Lawn and Sen. Barrett expressed full support and approval for the Waltham High School (WHS) Project's Draft Environmental Impact Report. This project is critical for the community of Waltham as it will deliver the high quality, rigorous, 21st century education which will prepare our students for the continuously evolving world of work and future studies.
After receiving the Environmental Notification Form (ENF) Certificate from the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on December 6, 2019, the City sought alternatives to address concerns raised by the Secretary to mitigate impacts on the environment, specifically the planned location of the playing field and underground parking facility. An additional 6-acre, city-owned parcel (Jericho Parcel ll) was identified as an alternative, one that could potentially address the Secretary's concerns and keep the project's timeline on schedule. As such, the Jericho II Parcel has been transferred by the City Council to the School Department. Not only will the Jericho Parcel II avoid any altering of the Bordering Vegetated Wetland (BVW) and relocating of the stream, it allows the School Department to accommodate the overall building program for approximately 1,830 high school students.
With a scope and budget of 374.6 million, the proposed WHS is one of the largest and most ambitious capital projects the City has ever embarked upon. The project is on track to receive significant funds from the MSB, helping to reduce the burden of local taxpayers to finance the entire costs associated with building the new facility. With the latest estimates putting the completion of the new WHS in September 2024, and as construction costs continue to soar, MEPA approval is needed so that this project can stay on-time and on-budget.
Mass Cultural Council Launches COVID-19 Recovery Survey
The Mass Cultural Council launched a COVID-19 recovery survey to gather this data from cultural organizations across the Commonwealth so that it can better communicate the necessary financial, human, intellectual, and social capital needed to fully recover. MCC intends to collect data on its field's existing recovery timelines and strategies, identify specific implementation needs, and determine the total financial investment required to bring its sector back to pre-COVID-19 levels.
This survey will be used as a critical advocacy tool to inform legislators on the specific cultural economic needs in Massachusetts - what programs, services, and financial assistance our organizations will require to safely reopen and what it would cost the Commonwealth in the long run if that public investment is not made. The survey will be open through June 30, 2020. Findings will be available in early July 2020. Access the survey.
Rep. Stanley cosigns letter to increase meat processing capabilities in MA
In a letter to Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen A. Theoharides, Rep. Stanley join his colleagues in requesting support for increased meat processing capabilities with the Commonwealth. Rep. Stanley is a member of the Food Systems Caucus. The letter asks Sec. Theoharides to office solicit feedback from agricultural stakeholders and explore our state's capacity to increase meat processing opportunities.
COVID-19 has forced us to re-examine the food supply chain within the United States and think of more localized ways citizens can access food. Meat processing is a key part of this chain and one that is under major stress right now. Recently, the Senate Sub-group on Supply Chain and Price Gouging Issues enlisted the help of the Food System Caucus co-chairs and other agricultural advocacy groups to discuss this issues as it relates to Massachusetts.
Rep. Stanley cosponsors letter in support of establishing a COVID-19 nonprofit cultural organizations emergency relief fund
In a letter to Sen. Ed Kennedy and Rep. Paul McMurtry, Rep. Stanley requested support for H.4755, a bill to establish a COVID-19 nonprofit cultural organizations emergency relief fund. The fund would make available $75 million in grants to nonprofit cultural organizations to help them offset some of the costs associated with the reopening of their organization. Rep. Stanley is also a cosponsor of the bill.
Nonprofit cultural organizations are an essential component of the state's economy and serve as catalysts in growing the economy of communities. The impact they have on the leisure, hospitality, and tourism industry is enormous. In 2018, over 376,000 people were employed in this industry, generating over $28 billion in economic output along with $1.6 billion in state and local taxes. Beyond this is the fact that an additional 232,000 jobs exist as a direct result of the creative economy. Creative economy businesses have generated on average over $41 billion for Massachusetts.
Waltham Business Receives M-ERT Award
Boston Engineering Corporation based in Waltham recently received a $160,000 award as part of the Manufacturing Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) Funding Program. Boston Engineering Corporation is a provider of product development consulting for companies manufacturing electromechanical. The grant from M-ERT will fund eight weeks of support to manufacturers to respond to ventilator demand, working with OEMs that already have FDA approval, where possible.
Last month, the state made $10.6 million in funding available to help manufacturers scale their operations to produce PPE and other critical items. Companies were encouraged to apply for grants through an online form for equipment, materials, supplies, workforce training and other critical needs.
Rep. Stanley Signs onto letter to ensure meal sites for children continue to operate through the summer
Rep. Stanley joined his colleagues in signing onto a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting action to allow meal sites around Massachusetts to continue their work feeding children through the summer by approving Massachusetts' application for an extension to the area eligibility waiver. Without this waiver, meal sites in 217 communities in the Commonwealth will be forced to close.
Thanks to a collaboration of efforts, the USDA just announced that the area eligibility waiver will be extended until August 31st. This will allow thousands of children in Massachusetts to continue to receive school meals at all sites throughout the summer.
In this time of national crisis, the USDA has granted critical waivers in the Child Nutrition Programs.
These flexibilities have allowed school meal sites serving breakfast and lunch to children during the pandemic to greatly expand their reach to more children in the community and to provide meals while complying with social distancing guidelines. The recent extension of these waivers will allow meal sites to continue the innovative and successful models they have developed to safely provide meals during this time.
Rep. Stanley Supports Three Bills to Boost Restaurant Industry
Rep. Stanley cosponsored three pieces of legislation drafted to aid the restaurant industry during this difficult time and help ease the burden during the Commonwealth's reopening. The bills, which are supported by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, take small, common sense approaches in temporarily adjusting our laws to accommodate the challenges our local restaurants are facing.
House Bill 5101 authorizes the waiver of interest that accrues on late filed meals tax collections that have been deferred during the pandemic.
House Bill 5102 authorizes the distribution of tips to certain restaurant employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Establishments that are open and operating are doing so with very streamlined operations. There are no defined roles for the employees that remain. Currently, operators cannot distribute tips to the kitchen staff, even if the customer's intent is for the gratuity to be shared with all employees, as the current law says tips must be shared only with employees who meet the definition of wait staff employees. By pausing the existing tip law during the pandemic, restaurant operations will have the ability to reward all employees that are working on the front lines to ensure food demand is met.
House Bill 5103 allows local licensing authorities to grant a change in the description of liquor licenses as they deem reasonable and proper for the purpose of outdoor alcohol service. This will allow restaurants to take advantage of any outdoor seating space, meet their customers' needs and follow distancing protocols.
MassDOT Announces Funding Program to help cities and towns create Shared Streets and Spaces
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), in partnership with the Barr Foundation, announced Shared Streets and Spaces, a funding program to provide technical and funding assistance to help Massachusetts cities and towns conceive, design and execute shared streets and spaces projects and engage their residents and businesses in that process. The quick-launch/quick-build grant program will provide grants as small as $5,000 and as large as $300,000 for municipalities to quickly launch or expand improvements to sidewalks, curbs, streets, on-street parking spaces and off-street parking lots in support of public health, safe mobility and renewed commerce in their communities. These improvements can be intentionally temporary, in the style of tactical urbanism, or can be pilots of potentially permanent changes to streets and sidewalks.
Types of projects may include: Shared Streets and Spaces: supporting increased rates of walking and/or biking by increasing safety and enabling social distancing; Outdoor Dining and Commerce: calming roadways, modifying sidewalks and streets, and/or repurposing on- or off-street parking to better support curbside/sidewalk/street retail and dining; Better Buses: supporting safer and more reliable bus transit, including expanded bus stops and lanes dedicated for bus travel, (extra scoring credit will be granted for dedicated bus lanes); and Safe Routes to School: creating safe routes to schools (and childcare and programs for children and youth), including safer walking and biking networks with lowered vehicle speeds.
Rep. Stanley Signs Resolution to Designate May as Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Rep. Stanley signed onto a resolution commending the National Brain Tumor Society for its recognition of May 2020 as Brain Tumor Awareness Month to raise awareness of this devastating disease. In 2020, brain tumors will affect an estimated 87,240 Americans and over 1,360 people in the Commonwealth.
Increasing public awareness of brain tumors through advocacy and support for targeted research as well as education is critical in supporting patients with brain tumors and their families.
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A message from Council on Aging regarding how you can help seniors during this time
Marybeth Duffy from the COA said they are getting numerous calls from people in the community asking how they can help Waltham seniors in need. She is recommending that everyone check in with their neighbors to see if they have enough food and medication. At this time it will be a grassroots effort because formal systems are being shut down. Just a friendly phone call to the seniors will be reassuring. Messages left on the senior center's voicemail are being checked throughout the day.
If there is a senior in need, please call COA at 781-314-3499. COA also has free handmade masks to give out.
If you would like to donate non-perishable food items and paper goods, please contact Ann Callahan at 781-894-3357 ext. 268 or 781-975-6720. She will coordinate donation drop-offs to each of the sites below. Please refrain from direct contact with the seniors. Social distancing of six feet is important with this frail population.
About Thom Charles River Early Intervention
Thom Child & Family Services continues to provide clinical services to children and families through the expanded availability of telepractice. Its allied health professionals, nurses, social workers, developmental specialists, and other skilled clinicians remain dedicated to providing therapeutic services to existing clients just as we did prior to the coronavirus pandemic and state of emergency.
For safety reasons, these visits cannot take place face-to-face but clinicians at all of our programs have the capacity to safely and confidentially provide services remotely. In addition to providing services for existing clients, Thom continues to accept referrals for new clients. It accepts referrals from parents, physicians, etc. and making a referral is easy to do via its online
referral form.
Learn more about Thom.
Publish your events in The Stanley Report!
We want to hear from you! The Stanley Report is a great way to spread the word about an upcoming event. Please forward any community, civic or nonprofit upcoming events that you would like included in next month's Stanley Report. If interested, please email
Mark Phillips
, Rep. Stanley's legislative assistant, with information about your event.
South Lincoln's Revitalization Project
The Town of Lincoln is working to make the area around Lincoln Station a vibrant, walkable and sustainable village center. In order to achieve these goals, the Lincoln Planning Board created the "South Lincoln Planning Implementation Committee" (SLPIC). SLPIC and its project teams are working on a range of planning projects to make these goals a reality.
The public process, which will include in-person workshops and events, will be supported by an interactive project
website, where the Planning and Land Use Department and SLPIC will post updates and respond to comments by community members. Join SLPIC and the teams in creating a vibrant village center for all to enjoy!
Lincoln School Building Committee Website
The Lincoln School Building Committee website is up and running! The website offers a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for all aspects of our school's future development. Learn more.
Do you have a loved one living with a mental health condition?
Family to Family, brought to the community by The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is offering a free program to help understand mental health conditions and medications and learn about supports and services in your community. To find out more and to register for the course, please contact: Nancy at 781-642-7284 or
nestanton1@verizon.net or Suzi at 781-724-2709 or
suzinewman@verizon.net.
Meals on Wheels program
Through Minuteman Senior Services, the Meals on Wheels (MOW) program delivers lunch to homebound seniors who are unable to provide their own meals, and who meet certain guidelines. Special dietary considerations are available for those with chronic health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. This daily check in by a volunteer driver may be the only social contact an elder has and helps reduce the isolation often experienced by disabled seniors. Drivers are trained to identify and report observations or emergencies that might indicate a medical problem or the need for more intervention.
Learn more.
Learn about Loving Spoonfuls
Lovin' Spoonfuls collects fresh food from dozens of food retail locations including Whole Foods Markets, Trader Joe's, and Hannaford Supermarkets, as well as multiple local farms, wholesalers, and bakeries. This food goes directly to local food assistance entities including Pine Street Inn, Boston Rescue Mission, Haley House, and Community Servings, among many others. Founded in 2010, it has rescued more than 3,500,000 pounds of fresh food in the Greater Boston area.
Learn more.
Kids Cooking Green Hosts Events
Kids Cooking Green is the educational arm of the Lexington, MA Farmers' Market. Classes are designed for kids as young as Pre-K through 8th grade, and there are some classes for adults. Kids Cooking Green also provides programming through its Fund for City Schools, which brings classes to communities that could otherwise not afford it. Click
here to learn more.
Upcoming Events at Stonehurst!
Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate in Waltham, is hosting a variety of events in the upcoming monnts. Learn more about upcoming events at Stonehurst
here.
Learn about The Leland Home
The Leland Home provides a safe and affordable residence for persons age 62 and over who desire or need assistance in their daily living. The group helps to maintain the dignity and independence of our residents by offering a warm friendly and homelike setting. Learn more.
Communities against Abuse in Later Life
Communities against Abuse in Later Life (CAALL) is a partnership of agencies working to end elder abuse. REACH Beyond Domestic Violence is the lead partner joined by the Waltham Police Department, Waltham Council on Aging, Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Springwell, Inc., and the Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Please click here to learn more or call the 24-hour CAALL Helpline at 781.790.3966.
About the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra
Now in its 32nd season, the mission of the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra is to provide the community opportunities to perform in and attend orchestral and chamber concerts of the highest quality. It provides a venue for musicians with a range of ages and abilities to enjoy the art and music making. It makes a long lasting impact to society by creating engaging programs that inspire, entertain and nurture the minds and spirits of its audience and members. Click here to learn more and see a calendar of events.
Learn more about The Waltham Land Trust
The Waltham Land Trust is creating a legacy of land conservation in Waltham by promoting, protecting, restoring, and acquiring open space. To learn more about the non-profit group and their events celebrating Waltham's natural environment, visit walthamlandtrust.org.
Waltham Public Library Offers Events
The Waltham Public Library offers many events for residents of all ages. To view a calendar of events, click here.
Meals on Wheels program
The Waltham Council on Aging's Meals on Wheels (MOW) program delivers lunch to homebound seniors who are unable to provide their own meals, and who meet certain guidelines. Special dietary considerations are available for those with chronic health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. This daily check in by a volunteer driver may be the only social contact an elder has and helps reduce the isolation often experienced by disabled seniors. Drivers are trained to identify and report observations or emergencies that might indicate a medical problem or the need for more intervention.
Learn more or call 718-314-3300.
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State Representative
City Council
Former City Council President
State Committees:
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
Joint Committee on Financial Services
City Council:
Veterans Committee
License and Franchise Committee
Long Term Debt Committee
Education:
Suffolk University (MPA), Bentley University (BS - Management), Mass Bay Community College (AS - Business Administration)
Community Involvement (Past & Present):
Waltham Boys & Girls Club, Waltham Youth Basketball Association, Basketball Plus Program, Central Middle School Basketball, Little Nippers Baseball, Warrendale Little League, Waltham Youth Soccer, Waltham Police Athletic League, CCD Teacher, St. Jude Church, Waltham Lions Club, Waltham Rotary Club, Reagle Players Board of Directors, Warrendale Little League Board of Directors, Waltham Partnership for Youth Board of Directors, Waltham Day Center (Homeless) Advisors Board, Waltham Family School Advisory Board, Waltham Safe & Healthy Schools YRBS Steering Committee, Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Advisory Board, Waltham Public Library Planning Committee, Waltham Sons of Italy, Middlesex Area Enough Abuse Campaign.
Work, Community, Independence - Human Service Advocate of the Year, 2008 COFAR - award recipient for support of people with mental disabilities, 2003 MassBay Community College Distinguished Alumni Award WATCH CDC - Housing Advocate Award, 2007 Minuteman Senior Services - Certificate of Appreciation, 2006 Boston Bar Assoc., Greater Boston Legal Services and MetroWest Legal Services - Pillar of Justice Award, 2003 Shining Star Award, Edinburg Center, 2019 Community Health Center Leader Award, The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Personal:
Married to the former Kimberly A. Bayliss
Children: Ryan, age 26, Parker, age 17
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