5 Things: Magpie Puppets At The Library, E. B. White's Birthday

1. Maggie Whalen and her wonderful puppets will perform "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" in a unique tabletop show by the Magpie Puppets from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Assembly Room of the Belmont Public Library.

2. Are you interested in shaping the future of Belmont? Then come attend the Belmont Vision 21 Implementation Committee meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Flett Room of the Belmont Public Library. The Belmont Vision 21 Implementation Committee facilitates, enables, and helps the Town of Belmont realize the Working Vision adopted by the Town Meeting on April 23rd, 2001.

3. Here's a Heads Up: Figure out which company offers the best drug formulary for you. SHINE Health Insurance counseling comes by twice a month to the Beech Street Center during which a highly-knowledgeable counselor trained by the government offers free assistance. Apply for Medicaid if you are financially eligible.This month’s appointments are Friday, July 12 by appointment only. Call 17-993-2970.

4. The excavation of sewer service will continue, today at Cottage Street. Keep clear of the roadway. 

5. America's greatest essayist and one of its great editors, E.B. White, was born today in 1899. Editor at the The New Yorker for decades, "[h]is comments, pieces and poems ... helped to set the tone of sophisticated wit, irreverence and necessary candor almost since the magazine's beginnings in the 1920's," said White's obituary in the New York Times. He was also a major children's author having penned ''Stuart Little,'' ''Charlotte's Web'' and ''The Trumpet of the Swan.'' 
And writers continue to follow his advice on English usage in ''The Elements of Style" which he revised and expanded on William Strunk Jr.'s textbook.