Mary Byrne, Author at The Belmont Voice

Unofficial Results Show Yates Winning Select Board Seat

April 2, 2025

Receiving roughly 60% of the vote, Planning Board Chair Taylor Yates was elected Tuesday night to serve a three-year term on the Select Board. According to unofficial results, Yates received 2,525 votes to Paul Joy’s 1,736 votes. Joy currently serves as chair…

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‘Pull-Together Moment’ As Deadline for Community Path Funding Looms

April 2, 2025

The Community Path project is running against the deadline to meet the state’s fiscal year 2026 funding schedule. If it misses, the project will slip into the funding cycle for FY27. “This is a pull-together moment and we can make it happen,”…

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Select Board Notes, March 25, 2025

March 29, 2025

Select Board Accepts Donations Four local businesses are once again sponsoring the youth t-ball teams this year, according to Human Services Director Brandon Fitts. Those businesses include Champion Sports, the Belmont Lions Club, realtor Lynn Findlay, and Friener Plumbing. “This is the…

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Bridging the Generations with Baked Goods

March 28, 2025

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Belmont High School student Nilay Narayan noticed the loneliness many in the community were experiencing, particularly during conversations with his own grandparents. “I could tell they were very lonely, and I thought I could try…

Business·News

Meeting Highlights Division Over Belmont Center Rezoning

March 27, 2025

While some speakers at the meeting on March 26 warned of “analysis paralysis,” others urged town officials to pump the brakes on the Belmont Center overlay project and allow more time for parking and traffic studies and a fiscal impact analysis. “This…

Lifestyle·News

Game Design Challenge Results in Teen’s First Place Finish

March 24, 2025

Two years ago, during February break, Belmont resident Keegan Franck challenged himself to create a new game every day. Born from that challenge was a game he calls Endless, which earned him first place at the 2023 Young Inventor Challenge, a competition…

Elections·News

Epstein’s ‘Rewarding Experience’ on Select Board is Drawing to a Close

March 23, 2025

When he moved to Belmont, outgoing Select Board member Roy Epstein—like most people new to an area—didn’t know much about local politics. He wasn’t even sure what Town Meeting was before meeting a neighbor who served as a member. Around 2002, that…

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Police: Connecticut Teen Identified in Swatting Call Monday

March 18, 2025

Belmont police have identified a teenager from Connecticut as a suspect in a swatting incident at Belmont High School on Monday. In a release, Belmont Police Chief James MacIsaac said a similar call was made to Belmont High School in Dayton, Ohio.…

Elections

Two Running for Single Available Board of Health Seat

March 16, 2025

Two candidates are running to fill one vacancy on the Board of Health. Incumbent Julie Lemay is joined on the ballot by Michael Todd Thompson. The Candidates Below, listed in alphabetical order, are the two names voters will see on the April…

Business·News

Belmont Center Rezoning ‘Tricky On So Many Levels’

March 14, 2025

Business owners on Leonard Street pleaded with town officials Thursday night to consider their concerns as they draft language for a zoning overlay in downtown Belmont. Chief among the concerns was parking, particularly with respect to the Claflin Lot. “If we lose…