The city passed a motion tonight to make Derby a one-way street westbound from Waltham to Cherry (towards Franklin). The decision can be appealed in the next 20 days. But a big win for the people (and the kids!) tonight.

Derby St is only 19-20′ wide, which is not wide enough for traffic to be passing in both directions. That section of street is 1,150 feet long and over 2,000 cars travel it each day.

The city’s major concern is that making Derby a one-way will encourage drivers to speed and that won’t be necessarily any safer.

Huge shout out to Miles & Brad for making this happen and all the parents that came out to voice concern for our kids. And Ken the crossing guard – he was there and spoke up for us.

Oh yeah it turns out there are no parking restrictions on Derby. Probably because no one in their right mind would park there. That being said, you’ll be able to park on Derby during pick up/drop off now. The city actually likes this since it will force traffic to slow down.

20 Day appeal period but good start you guys.

62 Davis is a 4 bed/2.5 bath with 2,608 sq/ft. Huge lot with almost 10,000 sq/ft you guys. FYI – Tamara from the lake thinks it’s a big price.

Only took a few days to find a buyer for this house that was listed on the corner of Watertown & Heaven… I mean Randlett Park you guys. Closing at the end of June. Maybe they’ll introduce themselves on the blog before then?

Everyone knows I do my Krav Maga at BSC W Newton. Kicks, punches, roundhouses you name it.

Well someone roundhoused Beacon Hill Athletic Club cause they’re closed you guys.

BHAC is down for the count. Owner is trying to find new tenants. Better not be another mattress store like the one next door.

Block Party is coming you guys. June 10th starting at 2ish. Food, drinks, games — the usual. Watch your email for sign ups.

783 Watertown is the brick home at the corner of Watertown St with the big backyard. It’s been listed twice before in 2015 & 2016 for $979k. Re-listed yesterday for $939k.

You maybe wondering is this the Randlett house I blogged about coming on the market? And the answer is no it is not you guys. That one is coming on this or next week and is actually on America’s Favorite Street (.com).

If you want to move to Randlett Park, you’re only gonna have 1 opportunity this year. This opportunity will be coming soon, so get your story straight now. Your family could be in this photo you guys.

Mayor Fuller issued a RFI (request for information) for a new site for the W. Newton police HQ. The mayor believes the existing building is too small, does not have enough parking and doesn’t meet current structural safety codes. Because HQ is a historic building on a small lot, it doesn’t make sense to knock it down and build new. Just find a bigger lot and build a bigger HQ.

If the Mayor is able to find another site for police HQ, she would be interested in converting the existing HQ to recreational space.

It’s just an idea at this point you guys but I could be into it.

Thanks a lot you guys. Because of you, yard waste pick is running 1 to 1.5 days behind schedule. There’s been “extremely heavy volume” causing pick up delays. Basically you guys are putting more shit in the yard waste barrels than the city can pick up.

Our normal pick up day is Friday (obviously). But now it’s more like Monday possibly Tuesday. Hope you’re happy.