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Resident Designs Activewear for Older Women

February 14, 2024

Frustrated with the lack of options for older women seeking comfortable activewear, one Belmont resident decided to design her own. “I felt older women need to have fun clothes to wear when they’re exercising or when they’re walking the dog, or just…

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Belmont Plans for 1,632 New Homes Under New MBTA Rule

February 13, 2024

Belmont faces a state mandate that could increase the town’s housing inventory by 15%. The MBTA Communities Act requires Belmont to zone for at least 1,632 new housing units. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council is calculating the exact number and type of…

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Belmont Brothers Erik and Asa Rosenmeier Have Long History on Rugby Field

February 13, 2024

Before Erik and Asa Rosenmeier starred on the rugby field with the University of Vermont and Brown University rugby teams, respectively, they battled at Pequossette Park, down the street from their family’s Belmont home. Once a week, the Rosenmeier boys walked to…

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Parking Ban Lifted as Storm Track Shifts

February 12, 2024

The Belmont Police lifted the snow emergency parking ban at noon on Tuesday, removing the restriction on parking on roads, in municipal lots, and in Belmont Public School parking lots. The snowstorm, predicted to dump close to eight inches on Belmont, veered…

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Override Chronicles: Belmont’s $8.4 Million Decision Looms

February 12, 2024

If history is a guide, Belmont faces about a 45% chance of passing the proposed $8.4 million Proposition 2½ override in the spring. Since 1980, Belmont voters have faced nine override votes: four have passed, totaling $12 million. Five, totaling $15 million,…

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Facing Skyrocketing Special Ed. Costs, Schools Look to Keep More Students in Belmont

February 11, 2024

Since the pandemic, the number of Belmont students with disabilities — and the cost to provide them services — have skyrocketed. According to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, there are 688 students with disabilities in the Belmont schools, many of…

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The Battle Against Bias in Belmont

February 11, 2024

If Mia Giatrelis has her way, the world will someday be more accepting, and she is doing her part to help make that happen. In 2021, while a junior at Belmont High School, the Tufts University sophomore founded Born Without Bias. The…

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Town Meeting Set to Decide Fate of Chenery Park Revitalization

February 10, 2024

The Belmont Recreation Department has submitted applications for more than $1 million in Community Preservation Act funds to upgrade the Chenery Park complex. Town Meeting will hear a presentation and vote on this and other applications in the spring. According to Recreation…

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Belmont Boys Swim Captures Middlesex League Crown

February 9, 2024

The large scoreboard in the back of Bentley University’s Dana Center pool room said it all. Congratulations Belmont Middlesex League Champions!!! The Belmont High School boys swim team won the seven-team Middlesex League on Jan. 31, beating second-place Watertown-Arlington Co-op by a…

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It’s Feb. 9, National Pizza Day

February 9, 2024

It's National Pizza Day. We are grateful to the unnamed person who decided on the designation. Our group of pizza fans checked out the offering at Belmont Pizza.…