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Town Meeting Tables Decision to Change Select Board Size

November 22, 2024
Town Meeting members voted 151-61 with two abstentions to table an article that would have changed the select board size from three members to five. The vote followed unanimous recommendations from the Select Board and the Warrant Committee to oppose the article,…
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Budget Summit Identifies Main Concerns for Fiscal Year 2026

November 22, 2024
At the second of four annual budget summits, Town Administrator Patrice Garvin highlighted the town’s main challenges for fiscal year 2026. Those challenges include the end of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds — which currently finance the equivalent of nine full-time…
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Belmont Farmers’ Market Closes Successful 19th Year

November 21, 2024
As if the falling leaves weren’t enough of a sign that summer is over, here’s another: The Belmont Farmers’ Market has closed for the season. According to Hal Shubin, chair of the market committee, the 19th season was a success by all…

School Committee Highlights Main Budget Drivers for Fiscal Year 2026

November 17, 2024
On Oct. 29, the school committee discussed the main budget drivers for fiscal year 2026: technology, special education, transportation, and curriculum updates. The conversation followed the town’s second budget summit, in which Superintendent Jill Geiser estimated the school budget would grow between…
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Green Communities Report Completed

November 15, 2024
The town has submitted its Green Communities Annual Report for fiscal year 2024, a requirement for the state “Green Community” program. The report, voted on by the Select Board and submitted to the state on Nov. 15, aims to demonstrate that Belmont…
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Belmont High Considering In-Class Cell Phone Ban

February 18, 2024
In an effort to cut down on distractions and improve student engagement, Belmont High School is considering joining a growing number of Massachusetts schools restricting the use of cell phones in classrooms. “I know that not everyone will be in favor of…
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Students Spearhead ‘Yes’ Campaign for Override

February 17, 2024
For Belmont High School Senior Gavin Tieken-Zidel, the high school theater program was a formative part of his high school years. Fellow Senior Brendan Barry talked about the the rigorous Advanced Placement courses, the popular after-school clubs, and the electives that help…
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Consideration of MBTA Zoning Changes Continues

February 16, 2024
Belmont’s MBTA Communities Advisory Committee has eliminated two of five rezoning scenarios proposed under the MBTA Communities Act. The act requires towns such as Belmont, served by the MBTA, to create at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multi-family housing…

Pro or Con Override? There’s a Committee for That

February 14, 2024
Campaign teams have emerged on either side of the debate over whether Belmont should pass an $8.4 million override this spring. “We appreciate the magnitude of this,” Select Board Chair Roy Epstein said earlier this month when the board voted unanimously to…

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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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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