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Moderator Seeks Input with Launch of Advisory Committee

June 30, 2025
In an effort to make Town Meeting and the committee appointment process more transparent, Town Moderator Michael Crowley is establishing a Moderator’s Advisory Committee. Essentially, the committee—which will comprise one Town Meeting member from each of the eight precincts—will help interview potential…

Softball Field Improvements on Horizon

June 26, 2025
Overgrown vegetation, broken fences, and generally unkempt conditions have left the softball field west of Harris Field in less-than-stellar shape over the last few years. Improvements are on the horizon with plans to restore the field using recently approved Community Preservation Act…

A ‘New Era’ of Field Maintenance

June 16, 2025
When Fitzie Cowing stepped up as field operations director for Belmont Youth Soccer, she didn’t expect the role would involve a weekly walk around the fields her teams use, looking for holes, dog feces, and general safety concerns on the soccer fields.…

Town Meeting Will Consider One Citizen Petition

April 12, 2025
Among the articles Town Meeting will be asked to consider is a citizen petition that the petitioner hopes will send a signal to legislators that Belmont, like many other communities, does not condone the use of rodenticides as a means for rodent…

The Complexity of a Larger Select Board

November 3, 2024
Come November, Town Meeting members will once again have the opportunity to consider increasing the Select Board from three to five members. The question was last raised in 2018 following a report to the Town Meeting, in which a committee studying the…

Boilers, Sidewalks Dominate Town Meeting Agenda

June 7, 2024
With capital funding requests dominating the discussion – and a brief intermission to address issues with voting devices — Town Meeting members passed all articles as presented Wednesday night. Articles included $1.57 million for capital projects, $2.45 million for paving and sidewalks,…
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