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Belmont High Quiz Bowl Club Competes Nationally, Places in the Top Third

April 16, 2026

Most students hate quizzes. Others, like a trio from the Belmont High School Quiz Bowl club, fly out to Rosemont, Illinois, to compete in quizzes. Belmont High School sophomores Peter Mahowald and Ruizhao Sun and junior Andrew Gao competed in the National…

One of the crosswalks across Leonard Street in Belmont Center. (Jesse A. Floyd/Belmont Voice)

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Vigilance Key to Crosswalk Safety

December 11, 2024

Distracted driving. Visibility impairment caused by solar glare. Dark clothing in the early hours of the morning or late at night. There are any number of reasons a driver may not notice a pedestrian in the street, even on a crosswalk. “For…

Arts·News

Payson Park Church to Host Second Annual Messiah Sing-Along

December 10, 2024

The Messiah sing-along is returning for its second year at Payson Park Church. “People love the Messiah,” said Music Director Leah Kosch. “I grew up listening to it.” The event will take place Dec. 13 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Payson…

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League of Women Voters Honors Nine Lifetime Members

December 9, 2024

For nearly 90 years, a group of local women have been instrumental in ensuring the average voter is informed about the issues of the day and the questions posed on the ballot of an upcoming election. In the 88 years the Belmont…

News·Obituaries

In Appreciation of a Life of Community Service

December 7, 2024

By Melissa Russell, Belmont Voice correspondent By all measures, Sherry Jones was an extraordinary woman. As a community leader, a special education teacher, a confidante, and a consummate hostess, she had a profound impact on those around her. When she died on…

Lifestyle·News

Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence to Host First Winter Celebration in Belmont

December 6, 2024

A Massachusetts-based agency is hosting its first winter holiday celebration next month, and the community is invited. The Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, known as ATASK, has been around in Massachusetts for more than 30 years, according to Director of Development…

News·Sports

Thanksgiving Football in Pictures

December 6, 2024

Belmont and Watertown met on Thanksgiving, renewing a rivalry game first played in 1921. This year, the game returned to Harris Field for the first time in a while. Both teams are rebuilding this year. Belmont came into the game 2-8, Watertown,…

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‘Fixit’ Clinics: Repairing Devices and Strengthening Communities

December 6, 2024

Peter Mui has organized almost 1,300 “fixit clinics” around the nation, opening up spaces for community members to gather around their broken devices and build relationships through the repair process. Mui brought the fixit clinic to Belmont’s Beech Street Center on Nov.…

Shoppers browse some of the items for sale at the Social Action Holiday Fair in 2022. The Fair returns Dec. 8. (Sara Oaklander/Courtesy Photo)

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First Church in Belmont Returns with Annual Social Action Holiday Fair

December 5, 2024

First started in 2009, the Social Action Holiday Fair at The First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The fair, which started with the idea of “providing holiday shoppers with an opportunity to have a greater impact…

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Owls in Belmont Victims of Rodent Poison

December 5, 2024

On Nov. 5, visitors to the Habitat Audubon site in Belmont noticed a great horned owl perched on a log. The raptor appeared lethargic and eventually fell from its low perch. The bird was taken to an emergency hospital in Grafton, where…

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Giving Back: Students Create Mentorship Program for Dyslexic Students

December 5, 2024

Belmont resident Joe Looney was in third grade when he was diagnosed with dyslexia. At the time, he didn’t know what that meant. What he remembers, however, is leaving his classroom throughout the day at Winn Brook Elementary School to meet with…

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