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Town Meeting passes $161.5 Million Budget With $66.9 Million for Schools

June 4, 2024

By Jesse A. Floyd, Belmont Voice staff Town Meeting took a few minutes Monday night to remember Superintendent Peter Holland, leader of the Belmont Schools for 20 years, who died April 16. Later in the evening, Town Meeting members passed a $66,885,704…

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Society Beauty Bar Coming to Belmont Center

June 3, 2024

Belmontians eyeing the empty Belmont Center storefronts may have noticed a sign announcing the impending arrival of Society Beauty Bar. The full-service hair salon is slated to open this summer at 73 Leonard St. Past Coverage Society Beauty Bar specializes in partial…

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Survivors Rely on Art to Spread Joy to Childhood Cancer Patients

June 2, 2024

When the “Glitter Queens” come for a visit, kids coping with serious illnesses are offered a welcome distraction from their health battles, allowing them, instead, to concentrate on the joy of being a kid. The “queens”—Gail Erdos and Peggy Tryon—created and co-direct…

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Public Weighs in on Skating Rink Budget

June 1, 2024

In advance of the special Town Meeting next month, where members will be asked to appropriate an additional $2.1 million toward the municipal skating rink budget, residents had the opportunity to air concerns and ask questions of the committee tasked with overseeing…

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Police Union: Morale Low Amid Hiring Concerns

June 1, 2024

More than six months after Town Meeting voted on a measure it hoped would address Belmont Police Department’s “hiring problem,” the department is operating at roughly 80% capacity. According to Officer Cory Taylor, president of the Belmont Police Patrolman’s Association, the vacancies,…

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Morgan’s Message Amplifies Mental Health Awareness

June 1, 2024

A group of six Belmont High School student-athletes who are passionate about mental health awareness want to expand their inclusive community. With a handful of successful events and biweekly meetings this school year, Morgan’s Message co-ambassadors, including juniors Anna Santos (soccer, girls’…

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Belmont Marks Memorial Day

May 31, 2024

Members of the Waverley Post 1272 VFW of Belmont met Monday at 8 a.m. at Town Hall. The veterans visited eight sites around Belmont to conduct brief ceremonies to remember veterans.…

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After Hour-Long Debate, Town Meeting Approves Affordable Housing Money

May 30, 2024

In an impassioned plea Wednesday night, state Sen. William Brownsberger called upon Belmont to take the state’s housing crisis seriously and, in particular, called for the support of the MBTA Communities zoning proposal when it appears before Town Meeting later this year.…

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‘Mrs. Hemingway’ Offers A Fresh Telling of Author’s Story

May 30, 2024

Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel Prize-winning author of such classics of American fiction as “The Old Man and the Sea,” “The Sun Also Rises,” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” was famous in his day for his adventurous lifestyle, economical prose, and focus…

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New Organization Unites Belmont’s Greek Community

May 29, 2024

It started small, just sourcing snacks for a church coffee hour. But, if Patricia Asimacos has her way, what follows will be a movement with the potential to change the world. Let’s go back to the beginning. Asimacos, a teacher in Peabody,…