Photo of the Day: Town Plants a Tree in Memory of John Hanright

Got a great photo captured in Stoneham? Email it to mark.ouellette@patch.com or upload it to our Pics & Clips community photo gallery for future Photo of the Day consideration.

Our Photo of the Day is of a tree the town recently planted in front of the police station in memory of former Stoneham Town Clerk John Hanright, who passed away in July 2011. Got a great photo captured in Stoneham? Email it to mark.ouellette@patch.com or upload it to our Pics & Clips community photo gallery for future Photo of the Day consideration.

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Poll Results: Readers Speak Out About Brown/Warren Controversies

Indian claim stirs outrage among some Patch readers against US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren.

The controversy over US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's claim to be part Native American is not going over well with Patch readers in the Greater Boston area, according to an unscientific Patch poll. As of Thursday morning 52 percent of the 304 Patch readers who took our unscientific poll said they believe US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is more of a hypocrite than incumbent Republican US Senator Scott Brown. Meanwhile some 19 percent who took the poll said they believe Brown is more of a hypocrite for voting against President Barack Obama's health care law while taking advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. 30 Comments Left on May 3 …

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Richie M : Troll & Victim

11:27 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012

You wouldn't be refering to the same EVIL Wall Street whose donations Liz Warren's campaign accepts? I bet when Liz said ; "I do accept Wall Street donations, but I only accept money from the good people on Wall Street" you breathed a big sigh of relief.   more ›

Villa Mexico Cafe Will Not Relocate to 12 Grove St. in Beacon Hill

The city's zoning board ruled against the applicants Tuesday morning.

The city's zoning board decided Tuesday to oppose a request by the owners of 12 Grove St. that would have allowed Villa Mexico Cafe to relocate there from Grampy's gas station on Cambridge Street. The ruling ends the restaurant's effort to open on Grove Street.  "Zoning forbids this use. It’s not a personal thing," Robert Shortsleeve, the chairman of the city board, said. The space lies in a zone in which properties revert to residential use if they have not been housing a business for more than two years. This address has not been in commercial use for at least 15 years. The owner of Villa Mexico Cafe, Stoneham resident Julie King, was asking for a variance to this statute.  But opponents to the application said that a restaurant at 12 …

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TOWN MEETING TIMELINE: Stoneham Voters Approve North School Articles, Stun Guns for the Police Department

At about 7:05 p.m., the Town Meeting began.

Here are updates from the Town and Special Town Meetings Monday night at Stoneham Town Hall: Thank you for following along with our live blog from the Town and Special Town Meetings Monday night.

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Upper Section of Ravine Road to Become One-Way Stretch

On Saturday, May 5, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will change the upper section of Ravine Road from Fellsway East to Woodland Road a one-way state-controlled street for the next six months.

Brown and Warren: Is It Just Politics As Usual?

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 their …

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Jay Konieczka

10:14 am on Saturday, May 12, 2012

No. There wouldn't.   more ›

2012 Tax Rate Breakdown: How Does Stoneham Compare to Other Municipalities?

Stoneham's tax rates are below regional averages.

Stoneham's tax rates are set to rise in 2012, but they're still lower than nearly half of the 22 communities in the region, according to data by the state Department of Revenue's Division of Local Services. Stoneham's 2012 residential tax rate will be $12.61 per $1,000 of value, while the commercial rate will be $20.25 per $1,000 of value.  Salem's 2012 residential tax rate of $15.63 tops the list of communities surveyed. Meanwhile, Cambridge continues to have the lowest residential taxes, with a 2012 rate of $8.48. On average the residential tax rate for those communities surveyed was $12.74 in 2011 as compared to $13.19 for 2012. Everett's commercial tax rate of $41.66 is the highest commercial rate in the area, while Belmont is the …

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