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Major Changes Expected For Belmont Boys’ Basketball

December 16, 2024
In high school basketball, change is inevitable. The year-to-year roster churn, replacing graduated seniors with incoming lower-classmen, is nothing new. Still, it has hit Belmont High School Boys’ Basketball in a significant way entering the 2024-25 season. After finishing the ‘23-’24 season…

Historical Society Celebrates 10 Years of Plaque Program

December 16, 2024
Belmont’s historic houses can be quirky, appealing, expensive to maintain, or all of the above. Still, they also serve as time capsules offering glimpses into the town’s impressive past. To honor and learn more about those special buildings, a group of residents…
Belmont School Administration Building

School Committee Reviews School Budget Draft for Fiscal Year 2026

December 14, 2024
Superintendent Jill Geiser presented a draft of the fiscal year 2026 school budget at the School Committee’s Dec. 3 meeting. Geiser’s first draft budget is $2,172,559 above revenue allocations. Over the next couple of months, school committee members will figure out how…

Marauders of the Week for Dec. 13, 2024

December 12, 2024
Daniel Martins 1. Favorite school subject: History 2. Most influential classes / teachers Ms Vultaggio and Milo 3. Extracurriculars that have been meaningful to you: Football and rugby 4. What are you most proud of doing or being part of, either at…
One of the crosswalks across Leonard Street in Belmont Center. (Jesse A. Floyd/Belmont Voice)

Vigilance Key to Crosswalk Safety

December 11, 2024
Distracted driving. Visibility impairment caused by solar glare. Dark clothing in the early hours of the morning or late at night. There are any number of reasons a driver may not notice a pedestrian in the street, even on a crosswalk. “For…

League of Women Voters Honors Nine Lifetime Members

December 9, 2024
For nearly 90 years, a group of local women have been instrumental in ensuring the average voter is informed about the issues of the day and the questions posed on the ballot of an upcoming election. In the 88 years the Belmont…
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Belmont Teens Raise Money for Rosie’s Place

November 19, 2023
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What happens when you combine a challenge to a pingpong tournament with a desire to do good? Raising money for a charitable cause, of course. At least, that’s what happened when Reese Campbell, Melis Demirtas, and Eleonora Spada combined their interests and…

Key Takeaways From Special Town Meeting

November 19, 2023
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On Nov. 6, after close to two hours of discussion, voters approved a measure removing the uniformed police from the provisions of Civil Service. The predominant argument in favor of leaving: Civil Service, which provided a list of vetted, tested candidates to…

Nov. 13 Special Town Meeting Results

November 14, 2023
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Article 5: Specialized Energy CodeMajority vote required for passage• This was approved by a 204-33 vote with 4 abstentions In the final of three nights of Special Town Meeting, members voted to move Belmont toward a future where new buildings are fully electrified,…

Nov. 8 Special Town Meeting Results

November 9, 2023
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Town Meeting members met last night for more than three hours at Belmont High School for the second of three nights of Special Town Meeting to address restaurant bylaws, the allocation of Community Preservation funds and the town’s rainy day fund. Article…

A New Era for Hiring Belmont Police Officers

November 9, 2023
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The Belmont Police Department is preparing its new hiring policies after Town Meeting members voted 160-101 (with one abstention) on Monday night to leave the state’s Civil Service process. The program required Belmont to make hires from a list of people who…

Nov. 6 Special Town Meeting Results

November 7, 2023
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After a lengthy and hotly contested debate, Town Meeting members voted last night to leave a century-old system for hiring police in Belmont. In the first of three scheduled nights of Special Town Meeting at the Belmont High School auditorium, members approved…

Meet Our Inaugural Editor-in-Chief

November 2, 2023
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The Belmont Voice is thrilled to announce that veteran New England journalist Jesse Floyd will be our inaugural editor-in-chief, beginning on Nov. 6. Jesse has spent more than 30 years in newsrooms throughout the region. Most of that time, almost 27 years,…

BMHS Dedication Shines Light on Volunteers

October 23, 2023
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More than 100 people turned out Saturday for the dedication ceremony of the recently-completed Belmont Middle and High School (BMHS). The day began in the 700-seat, three-story auditorium with state and local officials praising the dedication of town employees and the scores…

Belmont Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

October 23, 2023
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Live Latin music greeted over 200 guests at the second annual National Hispanic Month Celebration at the Beech St. Center on Oct. 13. “I am honored to organize an event in my beloved town, with the help of my neighbors, local organizations and…
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