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Generations: There is No Poem Like A New England Autumn

November 3, 2025
Here’s one conclusion of a dedicated non-traveler (also, the conclusion of Dorothy from Kansas): it takes travel to know what treasure waits at home. In this particular case, travel involved a three-week trip through the Southwest, comprising 12 hiking stops in the…

Hillcrest Skeletons Are a Halloween Fixture

October 30, 2025
Every October, Belmont’s Hillcrest Road comes alive with skeletons for Halloween, thanks to three women who started it all. The tradition began many years ago in the backyard of Belmont resident Heidi Sawyer, where she hosted Halloween pizza parties for her kids.…

Alex Kostich Sets Record Swimming Across Lake Tahoe

September 4, 2025
In the simplest view, staying sufficiently warm across a 12-mile swim in 65-degree lake water fueled Alex Kostich to an endurance swimming record last month. Too cold would mean hypothermia and a subsequent failed swim. But conquering Lake Tahoe’s width represented so…
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Family Remembers Life of Longtime Public Servant

September 2, 2025
If, over the years, you rode public transportation to or from Belmont, you would have been lucky to get a seat next to Fred Paulsen. The gregarious resident enjoyed getting to know people—from strangers to colleagues or friends—and making connections. He died…

Generations: Seeking a ‘Perfect’ Summer

July 29, 2025
It’s August, which means teens everywhere are gripped by a low-key panic: How do you make summer count? After all, the summer days are slowly melting away, and soon enough we’ll be sitting in sticky classrooms, glancing out the window and yearning…

West Nile Found in Belmont Mosquitos

July 17, 2025
In what has become a summertime rite of passage, the first West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes have been found in Belmont. The state Department of Public Health announced the discovery Thursday. The virus first emerged in the United States in 1999. It has…

Generations: It’s No Accident That Good Souls Abide

July 15, 2025
I can’t tell you exactly where I was when someone rammed into my car. I can tell you exactly where the car was, though: parallel-parked on Massachusetts Avenue beside a responsibly-fed meter. We had parted, the car and I, with an expectation…

Generations: Turning Over a New Leaf

June 28, 2025
I want to be a gardener, the type of person who knows the names of plants and can tell if the soil is acidic. Every spring, I start out with high hopes, but by July, I’m fed up and ready to turn…

Belmont Beekeepers Safely Relocate Honeybee Swarm

June 26, 2025
On a recent afternoon, some residents had noticed that in a tall, leafy tree near the sidewalk on Leicester Street, there was an enormous swarm of bees. The gathering was oblong, hanging from a branch that was drooping from the weight. “With…

Generations: Bold Rabbits and the New Now

June 26, 2025
It’s a fertile era for rabbits in Belmont, and it takes little calculation to understand that there are more of them enjoying it. When we moved here 30 years ago, there was no detectable wildlife in the yard, though there were other…
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