June 2024- Page 4

Garden Gems: Mayapples, Bumblebees, and Box Turtles

June 9, 2024
Mayapples, Podophyllum peltatum, are an interesting native woodland plant. Their wide (around one foot) deeply lobed leaves are carried singly or in pairs on 12 to 15-inch stems; a group of them resembles an encampment of green umbrellas, rather like an illustration…
people sitting on floor

Belmont Woman Joins Effort to Aid Families Sheltering at Logan

June 8, 2024
Belmont resident Amy Rosenstein’s car was packed — filled with items for donation that would be delivered to Logan International Airport, where dozens of migrants and other unhoused individuals have been staying overnight — when a friend called to say they were…

Boilers, Sidewalks Dominate Town Meeting Agenda

June 7, 2024
With capital funding requests dominating the discussion – and a brief intermission to address issues with voting devices — Town Meeting members passed all articles as presented Wednesday night. Articles included $1.57 million for capital projects, $2.45 million for paving and sidewalks,…

Opening Day of Belmont Farmers’ Market

June 7, 2024
The back of the Claflin Street parking lot was full up Thursday, occupied by the tents and canopies of the Belmont Farmers’ Market. This is the 19th year for the market. According to Chair Hal Shubin, last year, the market drew more…

June 7 2024 Public Notices

June 7, 2024
SECTION 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Town of Belmont, Massachusetts(Owner) Sealed bids for construction of Highland Meadow Cemetery Groundwater Control for the Town of Belmont, Massachusetts, will be received at the Department of Public Works Office, 19 Moore Street, Belmont, MA…

Belmont High Class of 2024 ‘Persevered’

June 7, 2024
Still wearing her maroon mortarboard and robe after graduating from Belmont High School Saturday, 18-year-old Andrea Marquez was happy about her accomplishment, sad at the prospect of being apart from old friends, and frank when recalling the COVID pandemic. Marquez, Principal Isaac…

FBE Donation Will Stock Middle School Library

June 6, 2024
Last year, at a Belmont Middle and High School event, Foundation for Belmont Education (FBE) President Melissa McKenna noticed a “glaring” absence of books in the middle school’s library. She said other parents that night expressed a similar concern, so she began…
A young boy in a brown Tshirt.

Belmont Polyglot Snares Chance to Study in Taiwan

June 5, 2024
From an early age, rising Belmont High School senior Benjamin Hanna had an affinity for languages. In preschool, he started taking Chinese lessons. Years later, as a middle school student, he continued that study. He speaks Vietnamese with his mother and grandmother…