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…

Of all the stories he knows about Boston’s North End, Gino Mauro’s favorite is the one about his parents and how they met. It was the early 1950s and his mother Jenny, a North End native, traveled to Italy to visit relatives.…

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…

On Nov. 18, Belmont Town Meeting members will decide which MBTA Communities Act zoning map to send to the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) for review. Previous Coverage The town is choosing between two maps — one including…