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Mary Byrne

Mary Byrne

Mary Byrne is a member of The Belmont Voice staff. Mary can be contacted at mbyrne@belmontvoice.org.

Know Your Rights: Belmont Forum Focuses on ICE Encounters

June 18, 2025
Stay calm, record the interaction, ensure there’s a time stamp on the recording, and narrate what’s happening. Collect as much information as possible: Is the agent’s vehicle marked, what’s its license plate number; does the agent have a badge number? If possible,…

A ‘New Era’ of Field Maintenance

June 16, 2025
When Fitzie Cowing stepped up as field operations director for Belmont Youth Soccer, she didn’t expect the role would involve a weekly walk around the fields her teams use, looking for holes, dog feces, and general safety concerns on the soccer fields.…

Select Board Notes, June 13

June 14, 2025
Juneteenth Celebration A Juneteenth celebration will be held on Sunday, June 22, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Beech Street Center. The event, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, is being hosted by the Belmont Human Rights…

Select Board Addresses Open Meeting Law Complaint

May 29, 2025
Earlier this year, at a public information session on the Belmont Center Overlay, Select Board Chair Elizabeth Dionne spoke in her capacity as a Select Board member to address an audience at the Beech Street Center on the ongoing work to improve…

Celebrating Pride

May 27, 2025
Five years ago, after years of marching in the Boston Pride Parade, the Belmont LGBTQ+ Alliance organized its first local event. “These displays and events can be very important to individuals who feel disenfranchised or wonder if they’ll belong in this community,”…
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