Stone Zoo Tied To Boston's $21 Million Penguin Exhibit Overhaul, Per Patch
A Stoneham Patch newsletter item today draws a connection between Stone Zoo and a $21 million penguin exhibit overhaul underway at a Boston aquarium, while Stoneham Public Schools posted updated bus routes for the new school year and a Patch report found tax rates climbing across the state.
SCHOOLS
Stoneham Public Schools released the results of its 2026 transportation lottery this week, along with morning and afternoon bus route schedules for the Early Learning Center, the district's three elementary schools, Central Middle School and Stoneham High School. The routes list specific pickup and drop-off times by street ahead of the start of the new school year.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"🌱 Patch AM: How Stone Zoo fits into Boston's $21 million penguin transformation": Stoneham Patch's morning newsletter links the town's Stone Zoo to a $21 million penguin exhibit overhaul at a Boston aquarium, though the item itself did not detail the connection further, per Stoneham Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/stoneham).
"These MA Communities Have The Highest, Lowest Property Tax Bills In 2026": Residential tax rates increased in 109 Massachusetts communities for fiscal year 2026, according to Stoneham Patch reporter Benjamin Pierce (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/stoneham).
"EEE Found In MA For First Time This Summer: Where Did Mosquitoes Test Positive?": State health officials confirmed the season's first case of the mosquito-borne virus in Massachusetts and are urging residents to take precautions against bites, Stoneham Patch reports (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/stoneham).
COMING UP
The Stoneham Library Board of Trustees meets remotely on Friday, August 21. The Stoneham Retirement Board is scheduled to meet Tuesday, August 25, followed by the Stoneham Veterans Committee on Wednesday, August 26.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.