Good Morning, Burlington!

I hope you had a nice weekend, and that you made the most out of your extra day, if you had one. I spent the day alternating between work mode, play mode, and relaxation mode, and it wasn’t a bad way to spend a Monday that felt like a Sunday.

So here we are on a Tuesday that feels like a Monday, and there are just a few things to note as we start out the work week:

• Trash collection is delayed by a day this week because of the holiday.
• There is no school in BPS Thursday, January 19, due to a district-wide professional development day.
• Sunday, January 22, is the start of the Lunar New Year, a holiday that is celebrated throughout East and Southeast Asia. There will be a Lunar New Year Crafts session at 4PM on Thursday at the library for grades PreK-3. Register at the link! Learn more about this prosperous holiday here, and if you know of any local events happening for Lunar New Year, please let me know!
• I’ll be summarizing the Town Meeting Warrant Articles here in the next couple of days. Right now there’s just a structure, but as I get time I’ll start filling in all the different things Town Meeting will be discussing and voting on. I’ll let you know when it’s done!

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Today in Burlington

Meetings and Events

Publication day, which has been 4 years in the making, is finally here. Starting today, buy When We Were Mothers on paperback and ebook wherever you buy books online—and, after the promotional pricing takes effect, you can get the ebook version for 99₵ for a limited time. If you’re a fan of The Handmaid’s Tale, you’d probably enjoy the book. Learn more about it at my website.

• 5:30 PM - Medicare IRMAA Info Session at the library
• 7:00 PM - Board of Appeals executive session, followed by public hearings at 7:30. Basement meeting room, 29 Center Street. They’ll continue talking about the J. Crew Factory Sign at Wayside Commons and begin a new public hearing about a sign for a business called Hotworx, a studio where members can participate in virtually led sauna workouts.
• 7:00 PM - Land Use Meeting at Town Hall Annex and online. They’ll discuss the amendments for the upcoming January 23 Town Meeting and hear from Economic Development Director, Melisa Tintocalis about the Mall Road Corridor/128 District plans.
• 7:00 PM - Friends of the Library Annual Meeting (Register for this Zoom event)

Sports and Activities

Our Boys’ Swim team took lost their meet against Reading on Saturday with a score of 92-73. They get another chance to show their strength today at 4:30 against Winchester at the Shawsheen Tech Pool.

Varsity Girls’ gymnastics goes up against Arlington at home tonight at 6:30.

And it’s a big day for basketball, with all teams playing Belmont—boys at home and girls on the road.

Boys (home)

• 4:00 - Freshmen
• 4:00 - JV
• 6:00 - Varsity

Girls (away)

• 4:00 - Freshmen
• 4:30 - JV
• 6:00 - Varsity

That’s it for today. I hope you have a good one, and don’t forget it’s Tuesday already!

Nicci