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Melissa Russell

Melissa Russell

Melissa Russell is a contributor to The Belmont Voice.

For Belmont Teen, Practice Paves the Way To Carnegie Hall

May 26, 2024
Su Min Pyo did not expect to be accepted into one of Carnegie Hall’s prestigious youth orchestras, so it was a nice surprise when she learned she would be part of the highly competitive program. “This is an amazing opportunity for me,”…
Man in a bee protective suit.

The Sweet Business of Farming Honey Bees

May 15, 2024
Are you ready for the swarming season? Phil Thomas is. Thomas owns the Belmont Bee Company, a small business specializing in organic honey sourced from his local hives. He is a master beekeeper, having gone through the three-year Cornell University Master Beekeeping…
whole bunch of kids playing wind instruments.

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…
A marathon finisher.

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…
Woman in a close-up selfie.

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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