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Image of Boston Marathon by John Beagle from Flickr.
The world's largest annual marathon can be viewed at various locations along its route from its start in Hopkinton to its finish in Boston.
Click here for the day's schedule.
Recommended local viewing locations include:
Wellesley - Hunnewell Park
Newton Lower Falls/West Newton - Newton Fire Station
Newton - green space along Commonwealth Avenue
Brookline - Beacon toward Kenmore Square
For more viewing locations, click here. Boston Marathon event and other information is available here.
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What is the citizen's petition about? I checked the town website, and the only information I could find on town meeting articles was from last year. The public hearing dates for 2026 are posted as February 24-25.
Apparently, you need to submit a public records request through the town's FOIA portal. What a shame, since it should have been posted to the town website upon certification of petition signatures.
Moderate or heavy snow showers, with a high of 41 and low of 24 degrees. Sunny in the morning, clear for the afternoon and evening, light freezing rain overnight.
Rob - your departure is Westwood's loss. I know well the time, effort and energy our elected officials expend. Thank you for all you have done on Westwood's behalf.
Chris McKeown
The Select Board has no one to blame but themselves for what has transpired the past two days.
Thank you for your commnet with some very valid observations. As a resident of over 35 years I have participated in the past in Town Meeting and do vote. But now, as with other senior residents, it is not always possible to attend the Select Board meeting in the evening.
This didn't need to happen. Unfortunately, out of everything described of said individual, by the individual, there were key attributes not recognized and spoken of.
337 people showed up on a cold February night to vote against a non-binding resolution.
Yes, they did.
And this attendance and participation demonstrates how strongly folks on both sides of this issue feel about it, and how a majority of voters want the Select Board to withdraw from the lawsuit. It was a far larger turnout than in annual town meetings.
It is false to assume a large majority of voters want the Select Board to withdraw. You can only say that the majority who showed up wanted to say that. According to Google AI, the average turnout at annual town meetings is 3.9% from 2018-2025, this was 4.6%.