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Learn to Provide Life-Saving Help When Seconds Count

December 6, 2025
About two months ago, Belmont resident Jonathan Moffett noticed a friend choking and “leapt into action.” “Everything we like to see happen happened in this incident,” Fire Chief David DeStefano said at a ceremony Monday recognizing the 61-year-old Belmont resident. “Jonathan leapt…

Groups Collaborate Amidst SNAP Cuts

November 10, 2025
On Saturday, the money for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ran out, suspending the benefits that more than 1,000 Belmont residents rely on. On Monday, under orders from two federal judges, the Trump administration announced the program would be partially funded, with…
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Belmont Uses Opioid Funds To Hire Recovery Coaches

November 3, 2025
In an effort to reduce barriers to recovery, the town has hired a substance use coordinator and two peer recovery coaches to provide free services to the community. “We’re trying to destigmatize it so that people who want help feel comfortable stepping…

Ask Lisa: Supporting a Grieving College Roommate

October 27, 2025
How should a college freshman balance the many joys of a new collegiate experience with the sadness of a roommate grieving the loss of a loved one? A father reached out: “My son is a college freshman. He seems to be adjusting…

Garden Gems: Rats in the Radishes

October 20, 2025
Catching sight of a scurrying rat when you are heading out to weed the dahlias or gather tomatoes is one of the most unsettling things that can happen in the garden. The most stalwart gardener may reach for the phone to call…
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Case of Whooping Cough Reported at Belmont High School

October 15, 2025
Belmont High School’s Health and Nursing Services Department advised parents on Wednesday that a case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has been reported at the high school. Pertussis is a respiratory illness that “usually begins with cold-like symptoms, with a…
Music Therapist Cheyenna Eagle is kneeling in front of a small group of children, conducting a music lesson. She is talking with one hand resting on a black iPad.
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Powers Music School Expands Music Therapy Program

August 18, 2025
Music therapist Cheyenna Eagle watches her students transform on a daily basis. One student, although nonverbal, was singing and eagerly hand-signing along to songs during her music therapy session, asking for more and more instruction. At the end of the session, the…

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…
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