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Plans for Beech Street Center Take Center Stage

April 22, 2025
With the creation of the Community Services department, which merges the Council on Aging, Recreation Department, and Veterans Services, comes a plan to re-envision the physical space at the Beech Street Center. The concept, in general, involves merging the staff for each…
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Belmont Receives Final State Approval for 3A Zoning Map

April 22, 2025
The MBTA Communities Act, requires towns served by the mass transit system, such as Belmont, to create at least one 3A zoning district of reasonable size where multi-family housing is permitted and that meets other criteria. Belmont has done that, and now…
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Select Board Notes, April 14, 2025

April 21, 2025
Update on Accident Involving Belmont Light Workers Both workers involved in the accident in the manhole in the Belmont High School parking lot are home and doing well, according to Select Board Chair Elizabeth Dionne. “It’s a good reminder of what our…
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Unexpected Soccer Stardom Arrives Later in Life

April 21, 2025
Standing in the net of a soccer stadium in Tzaneen, South Africa, Belmont resident Chris Matson didn’t immediately recognize the significance of the moment. “I had been through penalty shots before; I look at the player, I look at the ball, and…
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Belmont High Student Excels in National Quiz Bowl Tournament

April 20, 2025
Belmont High sophomore Andrew Gao ranked 16th out of 250 at a national quiz bowl tournament held in Rosemont, Illinois. Students from across the continental U.S. and Guatemala competed in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ Individual Player National Championship, testing their knowledge…
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Two Citizen Petitions Would Alter Liquor License Rules

April 19, 2025
Though they won’t be included on the warrant for the annual Town Meeting in May, at least two other citizen petitions—written to ease seating requirements for liquor licenses—also entered the pipeline this week. The first petition asks the Select Board to request…

Marauders of the Week for April 25

April 18, 2025
Erin Mihok 1. Favorite school subject: English 2. Most influential classes / teachers AP Art with Milo, and Capstone with Ms. Block 3. Extracurriculars that have been meaningful to you: The Climate Action Club and Girls’ Weightlifting Club 4. What are you…
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Belmont Schools Advance FY2026 Budget

April 18, 2025
At the town’s budget summit last month, Superintendent Jill Geiser presented a revised school budget that falls in line with the approximately $70 million allocation from the town, a 5.6% increase from fiscal year 2025. The revised budget also includes some added…
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Dana Lehr’s Dash to Track Dominance

May 19, 2024
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Dana Lehr entered high school as a soccer-first student-athlete, but the 17-year-old high-honors student eyes a collegiate future in running. Outside of the Belmont High School soccer and track teams, Lehr has trained with the Emerging Elites running club alongside Belmont senior…

Increasing Number of Students Opt for Private Ed Each Year

May 18, 2024
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According to a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education database, an increasing number of school-age children in Belmont are choosing to attend private or parochial schools. The number of school-age children attending private school increased from 481 to 545 between the 2017-18…

Belmont Residents Top National Math Competition

May 17, 2024
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Two Belmont seventh-graders recently took home top honors in the AMC 8, a math competition that tested their problem-solving skills against students nationwide. More than 159,000 nationwide participated in the 25-question, 40-minute, multiple-choice exam open to students in grade eight and under.…
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Rink Committee Offers Pair of Options

May 17, 2024
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The Municipal Rink Building Committee has found roughly $1.56 million in reductions in an attempt to bring the cost of the project closer to its $30 million budget. In its current form, the project is about $4 million over budget. As part…

Town Day Postponed

May 17, 2024
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Mother Nature strikes again! Belmont Town Day will not be happening tomorrow as planned, due to a forecast of rain. This is the second year in a row that gloomy weather has doused plans for the May celebration. Town Day has been…

Clerical Issue Briefly Clouds Assessor Apointment

May 15, 2024
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A clerical error cost a past board member the opportunity to be considered for a seat on the Board of Assessors. Select Board Chair Roy Epstein issued a clarification Monday night regarding how his words were interpreted after a recent board meeting…
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The Sweet Business of Farming Honey Bees

May 15, 2024
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Are you ready for the swarming season? Phil Thomas is. Thomas owns the Belmont Bee Company, a small business specializing in organic honey sourced from his local hives. He is a master beekeeper, having gone through the three-year Cornell University Master Beekeeping…
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Waiting In Line to Make History

May 14, 2024
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Twenty years ago, at midnight on May 17, Cambridge City Hall opened its doors to nearly a hundred same-sex couples eager to be among the first in the country to receive their marriage license. Among those in line were Eve Alpern and…
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Recalling The ‘Happiest Day of My Life’

May 14, 2024
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On a hot afternoon in July 2004, Jean Gauthier and Claudia Cassel were married at home, in a small room with four friends in attendance. Gauthier remembers being thankful the small space was air-conditioned. The ceremony was officiated by the Belmont town…
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A Day That Was Decades in the Making

May 14, 2024
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Sharon Rich measures the duration of her relationship with Nancy Reed in decades—they have been together for 40-plus years and married for 20. Rich and Reed were among the long line of couples who got married when marriage equality came to Massachusetts…
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