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A Season To Remember for Belmont High Graduate

February 15, 2024
Olivia Kerins walked through the tunnel and onto the field for the New England Patriots mid-September season opener, each step improving her view of the packed Gillette Stadium stands. “You can go to as many games and sit in the front row,…

Pro or Con Override? There’s a Committee for That

February 14, 2024
Campaign teams have emerged on either side of the debate over whether Belmont should pass an $8.4 million override this spring. “We appreciate the magnitude of this,” Select Board Chair Roy Epstein said earlier this month when the board voted unanimously to…
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Resident Designs Activewear for Older Women

February 14, 2024
Frustrated with the lack of options for older women seeking comfortable activewear, one Belmont resident decided to design her own. “I felt older women need to have fun clothes to wear when they’re exercising or when they’re walking the dog, or just…
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Belmont Plans for 1,632 New Homes Under New MBTA Rule

February 13, 2024
Belmont faces a state mandate that could increase the town’s housing inventory by 15%. The MBTA Communities Act requires Belmont to zone for at least 1,632 new housing units. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council is calculating the exact number and type of…

Parking Ban Lifted as Storm Track Shifts

February 12, 2024
The Belmont Police lifted the snow emergency parking ban at noon on Tuesday, removing the restriction on parking on roads, in municipal lots, and in Belmont Public School parking lots. The snowstorm, predicted to dump close to eight inches on Belmont, veered…

Override Chronicles: Belmont’s $8.4 Million Decision Looms

February 12, 2024
If history is a guide, Belmont faces about a 45% chance of passing the proposed $8.4 million Proposition 2½ override in the spring. Since 1980, Belmont voters have faced nine override votes: four have passed, totaling $12 million. Five, totaling $15 million,…
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The Battle Against Bias in Belmont

February 11, 2024
If Mia Giatrelis has her way, the world will someday be more accepting, and she is doing her part to help make that happen. In 2021, while a junior at Belmont High School, the Tufts University sophomore founded Born Without Bias. The…
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