Didriks, a fixture at 77 Leonard St. since 2017, will close by the end of September, owner Jonathan Henke said Monday. A closing sale has been announced. The news comes shortly after owners of Stone Hearth Pizza, also located on Leonard Street…
With a new survey by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Implementation Committee, local businesses have a chance to share their experiences opening and operating storefronts in Belmont. Aimed at a better understanding of issues of diversity and access for local businesses, the…
When Sevan Akian and her fiancé moved from Southern California to Watertown, Akian wanted to bring her passion for Lagree Fitness – an exercise method that strengthens and tones muscles while limiting excess stress to joints – with her. When the space…
Owners have announced that Stone Hearth Pizza, a fixture on Leonard Street in Belmont Center for 20 years, will close at the end of June. “Running Stone Hearth Pizza has been a labor of love and the memories created within these walls,…
It’s spring, and in preschools all over the country, teachers are pulling out their buckets of spring-themed activities. But not at the Belmont Cooperative Nursery School. Here, spring could bring lessons on telephones, boats, buildings, or sea creatures. It all depends on…
After months of debate, the proposed zoning overlay for downtown Belmont is off the table for the annual Town Meeting in May. Instead, town officials are looking to potentially include it on the warrant for a special Town Meeting in June, if…
As children living above their father’s hair salon on Leonard Street in Belmont Center in the 1980s, the deMagistris brothers often played soccer and tag in the street. Today, those three brothers — Dante, Damian, and Filippo — run The Wellington, a…
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…
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…
The come and go of tariffs—those that are threatened and others already in place as of this week—have area business owners uncertain about potential impacts at the local level. As of March 12, the Trump Administration has implemented a 25% tariff on…