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Neighbors helping neighbors at Belmont Food Pantry

December 2, 2024
When Marcey Sierra brings her young daughter to pick up essentials at the Belmont Food Pantry, volunteers ask the 7-year-old if she’d like to help out, too.“She really loves it. It makes her feel important,” said Sierra, a resident and pantry client…

After Approval of Rezoning Map Comes the Wait for Applications

December 1, 2024
After years of preparation, the zoning map created to bring Belmont into compliance with the new MBTA Communities Act received Town Meeting approval last week. “It feels great,” said Planning Board Chair Taylor Yates, referring to it as an “utterly decisive vote.”…
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Belmont Couple Welcomes A Series of Puzzling Events

November 27, 2024
For Clare Crawford and David Palmer, a married couple living in Belmont, life is a series of puzzling events. Escape rooms provide fun for their family and as members of team Belmonsters they regularly participate in puzzlehunt events like the annual MIT…
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Epstein Opts Not to Run For Reelection

November 26, 2024
Select Board member Roy Epstein has decided not to seek reelection to a third term on the board this spring. In an email sent Monday night, Epstein wrote, “This has honestly been one of the greatest privileges and one of the most…
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Planners Grapple with New ADU Law

November 25, 2024
With the Affordable Homes Act set to take effect early next year, planning officials are beginning talks on what it means for Belmont. The new law, signed by Gov. Maura Healey in August as part of the $5.1 billion housing bond bill,…
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Battle For The Road Over Bike Lane Changes

July 8, 2023
On Monday night, the Belmont Select Board will consider two changes along Concord Avenue that some residents say are pitting seniors against cyclists. (See below for a link to the agenda.) The proposed changes could alter the protected bike lane created last summer.…
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