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Did you know that climate change is bad? Melting ice caps are a very big problem. Way back in time, even before the dinosaurs, the sea was 42 Football players higher and there were no ice caps. If climate change doesn’t get…

We are dedicated students in the Belmont High School Climate Action Club. Our group is passionate about combating climate change through collaboration, education, and initiatives throughout the school and our community. As you know, the rink is a valuable part of our…

The President and his surrogates are doing everything in their power to roll back hard-won freedoms for the LGBTQ+ community. Through destructive mandates, they aim to entrench discrimination and demonize LGBTQ+ people. In his first two weeks in office, President Trump issued…

The Planning Board and the Select Board have collaborated to study the zoning and development opportunities in Belmont Center in order to encourage the economic revitalization of the heart of the town of Belmont. Leonard Street and Concord Avenue are at the…

We’re the Belmont High School Climate Action Club, and we would like to see electric school buses implemented into our school district’s transportation system. Electric buses are more fuel-efficient than diesel buses and have fewer moving parts, potentially decreasing fuel and maintenance…

Thank you for your detailed coverage of the survey and workshops on Belmont Center’s needs (Jan. 31, 2025). The challenge is complex, and views vary on solving the puzzle of how to bring more foot traffic and vitality to the Center. But…

2024 was a big year at the Planning Board. Belmont fulfilled its state requirement to pass the MBTA Communities Act by year-end. I’m proud of the long hours and late nights many people put in to make that law a success and…

Thank You for the Safer Crossing We would like to express our gratitude to the Town of Belmont, the Select Board, the Traffic Committee, Precinct 2 Town Meeting members and whomever else was involved in the installation of the crosswalk light on…

In the upcoming two months, the work of the Planning Board will be extra important to Belmont’s future under the MBTA Communities Act (3A). The Board will be listening to final public comments, examining the results of the state’s preliminary review of…

I read with dismay the news that the Select Board will be relocating some of its town offices into the Senior Center, aka Beech Street Center, which will utilize and displace resources available to seniors and the Council on Aging. And, it…