Letters- Page 13

We urge the Belmont community and Town Meeting Members to support retaining the name James P. “Skip” Viglirolo Rink for the town’s reconstructed skating facility. A special Town Meeting on July 23 will address this issue. In January 2024, the Viglirolo family…

Two news items that were reported in the June 27 issue of The Voice have unsettled me. The first was the Belmont Center Business Association’s decision to ban the tables of two political committees at Town Day this fall because of “…the political…

As a 30-year resident of Belmont, I fully support transparency in local government. I became a Town Meeting member by promising my constituents I would keep them informed on town matters. Following this example of disclosure, I will note that I am…

At the June 23 Select Board meeting, member Taylor Yates mischaracterized Citizens for a Fiscally Responsible Belmont (CFRB) as a “political activist” group. Since The Voice reported that quote, CFRB is compelled to clarify our status to Voice readers. CFRB is…

I am outraged by the decision of the Belmont Center Business Association to ban the town’s two political committees from participation in Town Day. In addition to all of the cogent arguments expressed by Mary Lewis in her recent letter to The Belmont…

I was dismayed (and surprised!) to hear claims that the gathering on ‘No Kings Day’ had a negative impact on the businesses in Belmont Center. The shops in Belmont Center are vital in our community. Volunteers acted as crossing guards throughout the…

Belmont can, and must, increase school funding to give our students the education they deserve. Per-pupil expenditure clearly shows that Belmont lags behind both neighboring and comparable communities. Every bordering town spends more per-student, and only one comparable district spends less. If…

This letter is a brief update to the community about the Belmont Light transformer that has been on the sidewalk on Leonard Street. The plan is to remove the transformer by the end of this summer. The curbing will stay the same…

I write only for myself and not on behalf of my congregation. As a Jewish leader in Belmont, I can personally attest that the ugliness of antisemitism has too often become entangled with the protests about the war in Gaza taking place…

Heartfelt thanks to the kind and honest person who turned in my wallet to the Belmont Center CVS. I was quite distraught at its loss, a first-time lapse, all my fault, and it was really going to complicate my life. My daughter…