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Belmont Public Schools Refine FY2026 Budget

February 21, 2025
At a recent Budget Summit, Belmont Public Schools proposed a budget that fits the town’s multi-year model developed for the 2024 override: totaling $70,629,379 and representing a 5.6% increase from fiscal year 2024. According to a presentation by Superintendent Jill Geiser, the…
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Belmont Light Maintains Focus on Climate Goals

February 20, 2025
By Eli Cloutier, Belmont Voice contributor In one of his first acts in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Accord, a global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to mitigate…

Marauders of the Week For Feb. 14

February 17, 2025
Charles Hoyda 1. Favorite school subject: Gym 2. Most influential classes / teachers Mr. Berens, Ms. Choi, Ms. Pleat 3. Extracurriculars that have been meaningful to you: Warhammer Club 4. What are you most proud of doing or being part of, either…

Belmont High School Competes in GBH’s High School Quiz Show

February 17, 2025
Belmont High School students Andrew Gao, Ruizhao Sun, Ali Gilani, and Victor Lisanke are competing in GBH’s High School Quiz Show this year, the 11th time Belmont High School has fielded a team. The episode featuring Belmont’s team premieres on March 8…

Belmont Boys Swimming Posts Another Impressive Campaign

February 16, 2025
Another year, another standout season in the pool for the Belmont High School boys swim team. The 2024-25 Marauders went a perfect 10-0, repeated as Middlesex League champions, broke a program record, and saw a handful of student-athletes qualify for the individual…

Belmont Teen Rewriting Climate Advocacy

February 15, 2025
When Isabell Luo was in middle school, she went on a walk with cousins visiting from Wuhan, China. Looking at the Belmont sky, she recalled them telling her they didn’t have the same access as she did to clear air, allowing them…
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Students Spearhead ‘Yes’ Campaign for Override

February 17, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…

Belmont Boys Swim Captures Middlesex League Crown

February 9, 2024
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The large scoreboard in the back of Bentley University’s Dana Center pool room said it all. Congratulations Belmont Middlesex League Champions!!! The Belmont High School boys swim team won the seven-team Middlesex League on Jan. 31, beating second-place Watertown-Arlington Co-op by a…
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