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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.…

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Spirited Fundraiser Slated for Sunday as FBE Apple Run Returns

October 24, 2025

If you catch sight of Elvis, Waldo, and, appropriately, Forrest Gump running past you on Sunday don’t be surprised – they’re just helping raise funds for the Foundation for Belmont Education (FBE) during the annual Halloween Apple Run. “There are so many…

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Belmont Republican, Democratic Committees Allowed at Town Day

July 3, 2025

Two of the town’s political organizations will be welcome at Town Day this year after the Belmont Center Business Association reversed an earlier decision to ban the groups. There was no formal vote taken on either the initial decision to exclude the…

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Peaceful, Banner-Waving Protest Draws Hundreds to Belmont Center

June 14, 2025

Alan Savenor came to Belmont Center Saturday morning, kitted out as a Lexington Minuteman, complete with polished brass breastplate and leather boots. There, he joined a crowd gathered at the intersection of Common Street and Concord Avenue to protest the presidency of…

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Belmont Residents to Partake in Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest

June 12, 2025

On Saturday, a crowd is expected to gather at the intersection of Common and Concord streets in front of the Unitarian Church in Belmont Center, with participants holding signs protesting the state of the nation. It will be Belmont’s version of the…