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Belmont Builds Community Through Dance

August 11, 2026
On Monday nights, the Beech Street Center comes alive with thumping beats, shouts, and laughter galore. A small — but mighty — cohort of Belmont residents gathers each week for 45 minutes of rigorous Zumba class. “Dance is magical. It builds community,…

Holiday Squirrels Star in Belmont Team’s New Book

November 28, 2025
While angels and stars are traditional Christmas tree toppers, for Clover and Pumpkin, only a golden acorn would do. The fluffy-tailed rodent pals scamper their way through “A Squirrely Christmas,” a new children’s picture book by Belmont residents Megan K. Palmer and…

Belmont Couple Creates Their Own Road Story

November 23, 2025
When you ask people for their favorite vacation story, likely the most common answers focus on the commonplace, such as a great meal, a great museum tour, or some other lovely vignette. Ask that same question of Belmont residents Martin Kysel and…

Belmont and Transylvanian Churches Celebrate 35-Year Bond

October 26, 2025
Members of The First Church in Belmont Unitarian Universalist traveled to Romania this summer to celebrate the congregation’s 35-year partnership with its sister church in Transylvania, a relationship that began in the 1990s and has grown into decades of fellowship — meals,…

Discovering the Wonders of Nature at Habitat

September 26, 2025
Minding their own business, several baby garter snakes seemed to writhe nervously as the roof of their home was gently rolled away. Found under a log, mere steps onto a trail at Belmont’s Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, the tiny reptiles…
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Harnessing Diversity in Civic Engagement

September 21, 2025
As the fastest-growing major racial group in Massachusetts, Asian American and Pacific Islanders share their experiences getting involved in local government. When School Committee member Jung Yueh was 10 years old, his father served as a precinct captain in Taiwan. He called…

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,…
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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…
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