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Melissa Russell

Melissa Russell is a contributor to The Belmont Voice.
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Belmont Pops Celebrates 50 Years of Student Music

April 23, 2024
It’s been a tradition for 50 years at Belmont High School: ending the school year with a festival of popular music uniting all the school’s bands, orchestras, and choruses. This year’s Pops Concert is special, not only because it celebrates the half-century…
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The Motivation Behind The Marathon

April 21, 2024
Several Belmont residents were among the thousands of runners at the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. They were all running to raise money and awareness to fight deadly diseases. Jessica Hajjar, a middle school teacher in Newton, is running…

Belmont Town Field Transforms into Space Observatory for Eclipse

April 5, 2024
Belmont residents are invited to a solar eclipse viewing party. In celebration of the total solar eclipse crossing North America on April 8, the Belmont Recreation Department invites the public to witness this awe-inspiring celestial event together at Belmont’s Town Field. Recreation…
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Filmmaker Turns Life Into Engaging Television

April 2, 2024
Keep your eyes open for a small film crew in Belmont sometime this spring, as Sharisse Zeroonian is shooting another installment of her Amazon Prime series, “One Plus One is Two.” Zeroonian shot the pilot in 2019, and three other episodes have…

Record Robotics Advances to the Next Round of Competition

March 26, 2024
Earlier this month, the Belmont-based robotics team won an important competition, qualifying them for the next round of play. Their robot, Maestro, suffered some damage in the process. So, on a recent school night, the team was hard at work in a…
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Volunteers Needed for Community Farmers’ Market

March 23, 2024
The weekly Belmont Farmers’ Market is a popular community event that combines music, arts, and cultural programming with access to healthy local produce and products. “It’s the place to be on a Thursday afternoon,” said Market Manager Mireia Carpio. And now, Belmont’s…
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Belmont Resident Rides To Top of Pan-Mass Challenge

March 1, 2024
Like many people, Mike Ascione is well acquainted with the cruel ravages of cancer. It took his father, other family members, and family friends. Twenty years ago, to help in the fight against cancer, the long-time Belmont resident got on his bike…
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