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Dante, Damian, Filippo de Magistris (Il Casale Courtesy Photo)
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Belmont Eateries Are a Family Affair

April 3, 2025
As children living above their father’s hair salon on Leonard Street in Belmont Center in the 1980s, the deMagistris brothers often played soccer and tag in the street. Today, those three brothers — Dante, Damian, and Filippo — run The Wellington, a…

Amy Checkoway Bids Farewell to School Committee

March 31, 2025
Amy Checkoway is wrapping up six years on the Belmont School Committee, concluding a lifetime involvement in education and town policy that began in high school when she presented a proposal for a student-led curriculum to her local school board. “I just…

Bridging the Generations with Baked Goods

March 28, 2025
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Belmont High School student Nilay Narayan noticed the loneliness many in the community were experiencing, particularly during conversations with his own grandparents. “I could tell they were very lonely, and I thought I could try…

Finding Their Roots Through Lacrosse

March 21, 2025
When sisters Izzy and Maggie Keyes were growing up, their grandmother, Jana, lived with them in their Belmont home. From her, the two girls learned all about their family’s Czech heritage. A half-decade after her passing, the Belmont residents carry her memory…
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