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For Belmont Teen, Practice Paves the Way To Carnegie Hall

May 26, 2024
Su Min Pyo did not expect to be accepted into one of Carnegie Hall’s prestigious youth orchestras, so it was a nice surprise when she learned she would be part of the highly competitive program. “This is an amazing opportunity for me,”…

Town Meeting Reconvenes May 29

May 24, 2024
The next series of articles are on deck for Town Meeting on Wednesday night. Next week’s meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m. at the Belmont High School auditorium, is a continuation of the meeting that began on April 29. During the…
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Parents Voice Concern Over Counselor Position Reconfiguration

May 23, 2024
Several parents and even one of the district’s younger students appeared before the School Committee recently to raise concerns about a plan to move one of the two counselors from Butler Elementary School to Chenery Upper Elementary School. The reallocation of resources…

It’s Time to Give This Game a Home

May 22, 2024
On Saturday, May 11, dozens of people turned out at the new Brendan Grant Field at Belmont High School to rededicate the field in Brendan Grant’s honor. Ceremonies began with a morning fun run and concluded with a varsity game between Belmont…
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Committee Scrambles To Find Rink Savings

May 21, 2024
Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected to reflect the correct space reduction under Option A. Nearly $2.4 million has been cut from the municipal rink plans, bringing the Municipal Rink Building Committee closer to the $30 million budget approved by Town…

Author Grace Lin: ‘A Book Can Show You The World’

May 20, 2024
Author Grace Lin: ‘A Book Can Show You The World’ Julie M. Cohen, Belmont Voice correspondent Samantha Huang, 14, said author/illustrator Grace Lin’s books truly resonated with her after she realized “those characters [in her stories] looked like me.” The award-winning children’s…

Town Streamlining Recreation, COA and Veterans Services Departments

May 20, 2024
In an effort to improve staff efficiency, programming, and services, the town is looking to reconfigure its Human Services Department by combining the Recreation Department, the Council on Aging, and Veterans Services under one streamlined organizational structure. In short, the proposed reorganization…

Narcan Now Available at Beech Street Center

May 20, 2024
Narcan, the nasal spray used to counteract an opioid overdose, is now available in the lobby of the Beech Street Center. “This should be as widely available as an AED [automated external defibrillator] and as accessible when someone’s life is at risk,”…
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Dana Lehr’s Dash to Track Dominance

May 19, 2024
Dana Lehr entered high school as a soccer-first student-athlete, but the 17-year-old high-honors student eyes a collegiate future in running. Outside of the Belmont High School soccer and track teams, Lehr has trained with the Emerging Elites running club alongside Belmont senior…

Increasing Number of Students Opt for Private Ed Each Year

May 18, 2024
According to a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education database, an increasing number of school-age children in Belmont are choosing to attend private or parochial schools. The number of school-age children attending private school increased from 481 to 545 between the 2017-18…
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Vote Looms on Belmont’s Dog Freedom

December 3, 2023
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The Recreation Commission is meeting Monday night to discuss and possibly vote on proposed changes to the town’s off-leash dog program. While Belmont doesn’t have any designated dog parks, dogs can run off-leash at Town Field, Grove Street Field, Winn Brook Field,…

Belmont Teens Raise Money for Rosie’s Place

November 19, 2023
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What happens when you combine a challenge to a pingpong tournament with a desire to do good? Raising money for a charitable cause, of course. At least, that’s what happened when Reese Campbell, Melis Demirtas, and Eleonora Spada combined their interests and…

Key Takeaways From Special Town Meeting

November 19, 2023
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On Nov. 6, after close to two hours of discussion, voters approved a measure removing the uniformed police from the provisions of Civil Service. The predominant argument in favor of leaving: Civil Service, which provided a list of vetted, tested candidates to…

Nov. 13 Special Town Meeting Results

November 14, 2023
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Article 5: Specialized Energy CodeMajority vote required for passage• This was approved by a 204-33 vote with 4 abstentions In the final of three nights of Special Town Meeting, members voted to move Belmont toward a future where new buildings are fully electrified,…

Nov. 8 Special Town Meeting Results

November 9, 2023
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Town Meeting members met last night for more than three hours at Belmont High School for the second of three nights of Special Town Meeting to address restaurant bylaws, the allocation of Community Preservation funds and the town’s rainy day fund. Article…

A New Era for Hiring Belmont Police Officers

November 9, 2023
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The Belmont Police Department is preparing its new hiring policies after Town Meeting members voted 160-101 (with one abstention) on Monday night to leave the state’s Civil Service process. The program required Belmont to make hires from a list of people who…

Nov. 6 Special Town Meeting Results

November 7, 2023
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After a lengthy and hotly contested debate, Town Meeting members voted last night to leave a century-old system for hiring police in Belmont. In the first of three scheduled nights of Special Town Meeting at the Belmont High School auditorium, members approved…

Meet Our Inaugural Editor-in-Chief

November 2, 2023
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The Belmont Voice is thrilled to announce that veteran New England journalist Jesse Floyd will be our inaugural editor-in-chief, beginning on Nov. 6. Jesse has spent more than 30 years in newsrooms throughout the region. Most of that time, almost 27 years,…
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