A few minutes after the bread vendor arrived at Bellmont Caffè, owner Rachid Smairi and his staff were discussing the merits of Greek versus Moroccan cuisine, their voices building with good-humored passion. “See, this is why I come here every day,” said…
A dip in the ocean—that was always the cure, as far as Patty Grady’s grandmother was concerned. “My grandmother always used to say, if anything was wrong, ‘Go in the ocean. Everything is salt water,’ ” said Grady, founder of SALT, a…
Municipal budgets—which fund the services residents rely on—depend heavily on multiple sources of revenue, from property taxes and state aid, to local receipts, such as property and excise taxes, hotel and meals taxes, as well as license and permit fees. But with…
Residents don’t need to go far to find gifts to match everyone’s tastes, especially if they want to give locally crafted items that support the town’s independent retailers. That’s why The Belmont Voice decided to compile a brief list of shops in…
About five years ago, Ceilidh Yurenka’s personal endeavor to use less plastic led to the creation of a business that would allow others to follow in her footsteps. “I think [in] the fall of 2019, I had been progressively noticing and learning…