The Week in Review: GPS Leads Driver Astray, Library's Hail Mary

Like a scene from the movie "Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail," the proponants for a new Belmont Library are saying "I'm not dead yet" as the Board of Library Trustees are making one final pitch to the state seeking to build the $19.5 million project to the current location.

A GPS device placed a Belmont resident and her two children onto the MBTA commuter tracks that was later struck by a commuter train. Luckily the woman and the children had abandoned the SUV before the collision.

A Belmont 16-year-old was a victim of an alleged hit and run on Grove Street. 

Belmont resident John Analetto, who was a State Police officer for nearly three decades, was formally dismissed from the force after his conviction for extortion earlier this year.

The MBTA has begun the long-awaited improvement to the busy Route 73 bus/trolley line by closing some stops and rebuilding others.

Fourteen retiring teachers, administrators and staff were honored by the Belmont School Committee for centuries of service to the Belmont Schools.

Belmont's Underwood Pool opened for the 101st season.

Belmont Savings Bank entered the Cambridge market with a branch in the Shaw's Supermarket on Mt. Auburn Street near the Belmont line.

Salon de Paris crosses Common Street to a new location, wanting to stay in Cushing Square.