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Despite Challenges, October Town Meeting Will Be Hybrid

October 6, 2025
Despite the burden it places on town staff, the October special Town Meeting will be held in a hybrid format. To reduce the need for her staff to use compensatory time — as that department doesn’t have an overtime budget — Town…

Marauders of the Week for Oct. 3, 2025

October 3, 2025
Ethan Pond 1. Favorite school subject: History 2. Most influential classes / teachers AP Econ with Mr.Streit, Algebra 2 with Mr.G, PreCalculus with Ms.Shah 3. Extracurriculars that have been meaningful to you: PAC and the baseball team 4. What are you most…

Select Board Notes, Sept. 29, 2025

October 3, 2025
Contract Awarded for Town Fields Improvements The Select Board approved a three-year contract with Tom Irwin Inc. for work related to the improvement and maintenance of the town’s playing fields. Over the course of three years, beginning this fall and concluding on…

Districts Could Reinvest Belmont Parking Revenue

October 2, 2025
Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars in parking revenue, a majority of which comes from fines, is funneled into the town’s General Fund to be spent in various ways around town — sometimes in ways that may not be immediately visible…

Fundraising Push Will Pay For Final Touches on Rink

October 1, 2025
After several years of grassroots fundraising efforts — and just weeks shy of opening day for the Belmont Sports Complex: Home of the Skip Viglirolo Rink — a dedicated group of residents is making the final push in what they consider to…
Participants and facilitators of the Unified Hoops Clinic pose together on the court. Some are wearing blue jerseys while others wear red jerseys.
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Basketball Clinic Spurs Growth Beyond the Court

September 29, 2025
Mathew Zoffreo dribbled down the court, passing the basketball between his legs before making a basket. Weeks earlier, he had learned how to dribble for the first time, as a participant of the Unified Hoops Clinic—a six-session summer program that provides basketball…
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Generations: What Lies Behind Library Walls?

April 3, 2025
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Day after day after day, the new library rises with exemplary efficiency. All those who put this massive project together—on budget and on time—need a medal and a bonus in a world that usually awards neither. Watching it go up, I feel…
Dante, Damian, Filippo de Magistris (Il Casale Courtesy Photo)
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Belmont Eateries Are a Family Affair

April 3, 2025
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As children living above their father’s hair salon on Leonard Street in Belmont Center in the 1980s, the deMagistris brothers often played soccer and tag in the street. Today, those three brothers — Dante, Damian, and Filippo — run The Wellington, a…

Marauder of the Week for March 28

March 31, 2025
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Katrina Chan 1. Favorite school subject: Physics, inspired by Mr. Loosmann 2. Most influential classes / teachers Mr. Hurley, Mr. Jonsson, Mrs. Kaiser, Ms. Carp, Mrs. DeFarias, Mr. Moresco, AP Physics with Mr. Loosmann, Calc BC with Mr. DeLorio, AP Stats with…

Amy Checkoway Bids Farewell to School Committee

March 31, 2025
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Amy Checkoway is wrapping up six years on the Belmont School Committee, concluding a lifetime involvement in education and town policy that began in high school when she presented a proposal for a student-led curriculum to her local school board. “I just…

Select Board Notes, March 25, 2025

March 29, 2025
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Select Board Accepts Donations Four local businesses are once again sponsoring the youth t-ball teams this year, according to Human Services Director Brandon Fitts. Those businesses include Champion Sports, the Belmont Lions Club, realtor Lynn Findlay, and Friener Plumbing. “This is the…

Bridging the Generations with Baked Goods

March 28, 2025
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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Belmont High School student Nilay Narayan noticed the loneliness many in the community were experiencing, particularly during conversations with his own grandparents. “I could tell they were very lonely, and I thought I could try…

Marauders of the Week for March 21

March 24, 2025
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Benjamin Hanna 1. Favorite school subject: Math and Social Studies 2. Most influential classes / teachers Ms. Pasternak, Ms. Harper, Ms. Chung, Mr. Streit, Ms. Berens, Ms. White, and Ms. Lacasse 3. Extracurriculars that have been meaningful to you: MYWE, marching band,…
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