Letters

First Church in Belmont’s Legacy of Slavery Project would like to thank community members for responding enthusiastically to our call for used bicycles to send to healthcare workers in Cuba. As a result of everyone’s efforts, 78 adult bikes donated through First…

For a vegetable gardener, only picking up yard waste once in October is a real hardship. When the first frost comes, there is a huge amount of waste. I compost all my leaves; the garden waste is 90% of what we put…

Massachusetts voters will soon be asked to vote on nine ballot questions. One that has received little public discussion is Question 5, which would require the state to return money to taxpayers whenever revenues grow faster than the average growth of wages…

An expanding group of Belmont residents of all backgrounds, political perspectives, and faith traditions will march to the Town Hall together on Saturday, Oct. 17. That’s the first day the polls are open for early voting. We are encouraging every eligible voter…

The Select Board met on Aug. 31 to review a parking study conducted by Select Board member Matt Taylor. The presentation’s first slide compared parking revenue generated in Arlington vs. Belmont, and Taylor highlighted the opportunity to increase parking revenue. Belmont’s fiscal…

I joined Boy Scouts at 11. Scouting taught me discipline, but my Eagle project taught me something unexpected. Before this project, “veteran” was just a word to me. I knew veterans served, but I did not understand what that meant. I led…