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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.

Public Hearing on McLean Campus Set

January 27, 2025
The public is invited to a hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 28 on McLean Hospital’s plan to create a Child and Adolescent Campus in Zone 4 of the McLean district. According to McLean officials, the proposal is part of an effort to consolidate…
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No Impact Likely in Belmont Following High Court Ruling

January 24, 2025
The state Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the MBTA Communities Act, ruling that the law is constitutional overall and that Attorney General Andrea Campbell can enforce it. According to CommonWealth Beacon, the ruling also found that regulations created under the law were…
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Town to Host Workshop on Belmont Center Zoning Project

January 16, 2025
As part of its effort to bolster commercial tax revenue and make Belmont more business-friendly, the town plans to perform a comprehensive overhaul of its entire zoning bylaw – with Belmont Center as its first project. “The goal is to develop a…

Town Launches New Website

January 13, 2025
After years in the works, the town’s new website is finally live. “With the old website, we were at the end of the runway,” said Chief Innovation Officer Chris McClure. “With a new website, we’re at the beginning of a new runway.…

The Challenging World of Town Government

January 8, 2025
The growth of social media. The COVID-19 pandemic. “Those two things, when combined, made [working in municipal government] a little bit more challenging,” said Town Administrator Patrice Garvin. “Social media was always there, but as the sites have grown, the number of…
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Town Establishes Working Group to Address Field Conditions

January 6, 2025
A new working group has been established to review the maintenance of town fields and to determine whether any of them would benefit from artificial turf as a potential solution to the “overuse problem.” At a recent Select Board meeting, eight individuals…
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Belmont Holds to Single Tax Rate

January 3, 2025
Belmont’s Select Board recently voted to maintain a single tax rate, with a minimum residential factor of 1 for fiscal year 2025. Board members delayed, however, a vote on a residential exemption in favor of further discussion. Town officials previously explained that…
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Documentary Film Features Two Stories of Endurance

January 3, 2025
In September 2020, Miron Golfman moved in with his uncle, the late Bruce Rosenblum, and served as the former Belmont resident’s first primary caregiver. For three months, Golfman helped out his aunt and uncle, who was sick with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…
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