About

Welcome to Menotomy Matters, Shane’s website all about making town governance more transparent and easier to figure out for the average voter.

All original content is my own; I will link heavily both to the official Town of Arlington, MA website, as well as several reputable local news organizations. I aim to provide both source documents as well as commentary on local issues. I also host selected unofficial meeting notes from a handful of local residents who take detailed notes during some meetings.

I appreciate your feedback, so please do reach out if you have any factual corrections, or ideas of where to find useful information on the town website or elsewhere.

About Shane

A 23 year resident of Arlington, Shane lives with his family and cats atop the Heights just under the water tower. Our daughter enjoyed Robbins Farm Park and the Brackett School - especially Mrs. Z! - and made it through Ottoson too. We love the feel of Arlington, and appreciate the wide variety of stores and restaurants that have grown up along Mass Ave - no longer do you need to go to Cambridge or Waltham for an awesome dinner out!

After a long career in software at IBM and a lot of volunteering in open source communities, I’m now taking a little bit of retirement early to work on meaningful projects. Hence Menotomy Matters is my work to help the average voter more easily understand the workings of our town by making meetings, reports, and other things much easier to find and get explained.

Shane has a professional resume site as well about software and open source.