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Girl Scout Spreads Love for Gardening Through Seed Library

September 13, 2026

Hoping to spread her own love for gardening with other young people, one Belmont teen built a seed library for others to try their hand at the skill. “It’s about the size and shape of a Little Free Library, but instead of…

Faye Boomhower, 9, hangs a bug hotel on the grounds of the United Universalist Church in Belmont. (Mary Byrne/Belmont Voice)

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Helping Life to Find a Way

March 14, 2025

As town officials debate the merits of zoning for hotel developments in town, a few new lodgings have already opened for business. For bugs, at least. Yes, you read that correctly. Bug hotels, which are exactly what they sound like—miniature “homes” that…