The bottom photo is an old photo. The black Subaru shown on the right is now parking with half their car on their lawn allowing plenty of room for a baby carriage to pass. The ability for a baby carriage to pass was the criteria set down by the town of Stoneham for curbside parking and it has been observed.

Actually a sidewalk is designed for pedestrians. Cars only park on a sidewalk so they don't get hit so they would rather a person get hit. That rule about a baby carriage came from a former police chief who didn’t want to deal with the issue.

If there was a problem with where this car is parked maybe you should tell the owner of the car instead of being a force and reporting it to the cops. The car is not in the way of anyone as you can see its parked half on the grass so people can walk by. If its such a problem you should go to the house cut down the huge tree and make a drive way. Thanks.

I get the distinct feeling Ashley isn't much of a pedestrian.

Well Kathleen, it looks like we have another police chief that does not want to deal with the issue of illegally parked cars.
I love the suggestion that someone go to the house and cut down that tree! Some people's minds just don't work right.

Well mr DR if you want to be so rude if any cars get a ticket you should pay them off!!!

So know we have fallen down to a personal level...taking our eye off the unresolved sidewalk issues in Stoneham. Let's all keep our eye on the prize where baby carriages, wheelchairs, elderly, or just plain pedestrians can safely navigate our sideWALKS!

It's obvious with a Parking officer issuing parking tickets daily the Town is more concerned with the parking in the Center of town than they are with the parking problems outside of the Town Center. You do not have to be a mathematician to figure out if the Town hired one (2) parking monitors at $15 per hour to issue tickets at a hefty fine the problem will solve itself in time. Two parking monitors could easily pay for their own wages plus put a few pennies in the towns pocket.

PLUS; with all the calls to the Police Department responding to these petty complaints including all the paper/computer work that is involved logging these complaints, WE could maybe free up some time for the Police Department work on more important issues like keeping the drug problem with our kids down in this town to a minimum.

IMO you can bet your life if the Town of Stoneham officials wanted to stop illegal parking in this town it could happen in a heartbeat. But, what a lot of residents haven't figured out is they DON'T want to.

The solution is: Call or write your Selectman with these problems. It's their job to represent you. If they don't. DO NOT VOTE THEM IN NEXT TIME.

A simple and effective solution to all your town problems.

Great response golfer6760 and Stepping for Stoneham.
You are right that this issue could be easily resolved if the town management and other officials wanted to. Cannot figure out why it hasn't happened. Most surrounding towns take this safety issue seriously. I don't know why it is suggested that Dr. Jackson pay the fine on someone else's illegally parked car with out of state plates.
The resident with the yellow Volkswagen has long since moved to Stoneham but yet to transfer the vehicle registration to Massachusetts. This is a tax law violation according to the state and it also denies excise tax revenue to the town.

Are you kidding me..

im sorry sally unfortunately you do not know the owner of the yellow bug and she does live in maine. Im glad you think you know what your talking about. This website is ridiculous and it's pathetic people who don't have anything better to do then hide behind there computer. That's why this world is falling apart. Let's start communicating with each other, instead of hiding behind your technology!! This whole thing makes me very sad!! 😒

First of all its my car and im borrowing it from my grandmother who kindly is loaning it to me until i leave for college in 2 weeks ive only had the car for around 4 months. It was a cheap way to get me a car so i can find my way to work and to school. She lives in maine and the car will be going back to her very soon so all you crazy people who have nothing better to do with your time can relax and stop worrying about what my car is doing. Now that you know the problem will be resolved soonly plz go find something to do with your wastefull lives because obviously you must have very sucky lives to be on a computer trying to get others in trouble when it is not affecting your life in any way! And honestly everyone on this website is probably all the people that everyone else in town hates and talks bad about. And if anyone has any further problems feel free to come by my house at 116 summer street and be adults and talk your problems out with me. Thanks.

Well it's awful nice of you to take responsibility Ashley for the car now take it for your irresponsible actions. Admit parking on the sidewalk is against the law and you should be ticketed everyday you park on it. I have no problem talking to you face to face but I feel we would get absolutely no where because you feel you are doing nothing wrong. I have to get back to my pathetic life now.

Ashley, perhaps you will feel differently about these civic discussions when you finally join the ranks of being a taxpayer! There is old expression "You get what you pay for." Well, I pay over $5,000 in property taxes out of my pocket every year to Stoneham and feel, along with all the other taxpayers in these discussions, a definite right to ask questions when services I'm paying for appear to be below expectations. As a student paying nothing to support town services I now understand you have no skin in the game and no credibility for wanting to leave everything status quo (including illegal/free parking). Hope you learn something at college and get yourself launched as a taxpayer. Then you'll have the needed perspective for participating in civic discussion.

Ashley, I understand what you are saying. Parking on the sidewalk is an accessibility issue. Sidewalks are for people, dogs, wheelchairs, blind people, etc.

. Please do not do it.

Ashley should be ticketed and or towed. No exceptions IMO or Kathleen may spread the rumor around our fine town that the SPD is corrupt.

And as for "illegal and free parking".. Are you serious!? Do you pay to park at your OWN house? I didnt think so

This is ageism

She should not be ticketed or towed.

She should be ticketed. Absolutely. She's blocking a sidewalk.

If you think she should be ticketed than so should more than half of the population. People always park on sidewalks especially if they don't have enough room in their driveway.

Which is an ongoing issue in stoneham. Park on the street. Simple.

Park on the street? And get hit by a car? What?

Exactly my point. Pedestrians, strollers, wheelchairs need the sidewalks for this purpose so they don't have to go out in the street to get hit by cars.

Okay and pedestrians and others can move while they are walking or wheeling meanwhile cars that are being parked can not move...

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If you think she should be ticketed than so should more than half of the population. People always park on sidewalks especially if they don't have enough room in their driveway.

YES SHE SHOULD BE TICKETED. That is public property where she is parking. Not her private parking area. AND, if she has not been ticketed, if still parking there, there's a problem.

If houses in Stoneham do not have enough driveway parking spaces. There's a simple solution. Have additional space on your property paved so residents can park their cars legally. Everyone in this town has plenty of land to pave.

Nope.

Kelsey; She shouldn't be ticketed or it's not public property???

Why do people like yourself not want to follow the Town Codes? If you don't like the Town Codes, move to another Town or petition the Codes for change. I do not understand people like you who complain over and over instead of solving the problem. Use your voting rights for change not your jaws as if chewing gum.

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