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Celebrating the Arrival of Spring

April 15, 2026
Concentrating on her target, Olivia Chen, 5, threw her arrow like a javelin during a game of “pitch pot” on April 11, outside the Belmont Public Library. She and her 2-year-old sister Rylee were there enjoying activities and crafts at the Qingming…

Belmont Resident Begins Talk Series With Local Cookbook Authors

September 10, 2025
Local journalist and author Matt Robinson recently announced a deal with Boston Public Market to produce and host a series of in-person, question-and-answer talks with local cookbook authors, which begins Thursday, Sept.11. Robinson kicks off the series by talking with Boston Public…

Belmont Resident Celebrates 104 Years of Life, Learning

August 24, 2025
Decades ago, Richard “Doc” Vallon worked as a shoeshiner. For one nickel, he polished and shined his customers’ leather shoes on Boston Common. Today, the wooden shoeshining kit still sits in Vallon’s Belmont home. Inside the box are the old bristle brushes,…
A man in a white shirt and jacket gesturing.
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Armenian Cultural Center Finds a Home on Concord Avenue

August 5, 2025
Neatly piled stacks of books – many of them rare – sit atop several tables inside the Mardigian Library waiting to be sorted, cataloged, and, if need be, conserved. Their pages contain stories of Armenia’s 3,000-year history and culture that might otherwise…

The History of a One-Cow Town

August 5, 2025
Before there were rows of tombstones, what is now Highland Meadow Cemetery looked like much of Belmont, rolling fields, open to agriculture. The pastures on the hill were the property of Winthrop Ward Chenery. In documents provided by the Belmont Historical Society,…

Belmont Man Receives Honorary Doctorate

July 18, 2025
On Hurley Street lives a man who’s been in the same house for 25 years. He cooks extravagant Italian meals for himself; bolognese sauce is perhaps his best dish. Until recently, he’d call his daughters each winter to tell them that he…

Belmont Beekeepers Safely Relocate Honeybee Swarm

June 26, 2025
On a recent afternoon, some residents had noticed that in a tall, leafy tree near the sidewalk on Leicester Street, there was an enormous swarm of bees. The gathering was oblong, hanging from a branch that was drooping from the weight. “With…
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When Winslow Homer Called Belmont ‘Home’

May 30, 2025
Although the skyline is different now, renowned American painter Winslow Homer may have looked out at sweeping views of Belmont from the cupola of his uncle’s home, which still stands today, more than 160 years later. It was at the 1853 William…
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