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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…

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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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…

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…

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.…
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Marauder Sports Reporter Club a Hit with Students, Community

February 6, 2024
The morning after a Belmont High School boys’ soccer game this past fall, BHS junior forward Andrey Leshchiner approached classmate Royce Pang with a compliment, not about the latter’s performance on the field – Pang doesn’t play soccer – but regarding his…
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Belmont Tunes in to Want List Records

February 5, 2024
As Hunter Mack gazed at vinyl-filled shelves and pointed out favorite musicians, he smiled and said, “It’s amazing.” The Arlington resident had seen signs on the 113 Trapelo Road storefront announcing Want List Records and was excited to be able to stop…
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