Each spring, the Foundation for Belmont Education hosts an awards ceremony honoring outstanding teachers. This year, the S. Warren Farrell Award for Educational Excellence, which recognizes one teacher for “longstanding dedication and leadership,” honored Brenda Johnston, a first-grade teacher at Burbank Elementary…

After she suffered a traumatic brain injury playing soccer as a sophomore at Belmont High School, Anya Button’s parents worried their daughter would never be the same. She was forced to take a year off from school to recover. “We didn’t know…

Leonard Katz would often walk the Coal Road Trail at the Lone Tree Hill nature preserve in Belmont, but not without being whacked by knotweed. “People might pick up ticks when they walk or bike,” Katz said. Along with Dean Hickman, Katz…

After a six-year hiatus, the Belmont Garden Club’s Garden Tour returns this spring. Seven homeowners will open their garden gates on Sunday, June 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., offering guests the chance to view expertly tended flower and vegetable beds, cozy…

Nine years after the state granted Waverley Station a 10-year pass on meeting accessibility standards, the commuter rail stop remains out of reach for people with disabilities—and change is still a long way away. Despite renewed talk of improvements, the station’s steep…

For nine years, Town Moderator Mike Crowley was among the hundreds of Town Meeting members who sat in the audience as warrant articles were debated each spring and fall. On Monday night, he’ll get to see how Town Meeting unfolds from an…

A task force of literacy educators and administrators from Belmont Public Schools is gathering input from the community to select the district’s next K-3 literacy curriculum. The Belmont Literacy Curriculum Council is updating the curriculum to align with Superintendent Jill Geiser’s strategic…