Making plans for unknown
Now that the Underwood Pool project has been completed and the Belmont Center reconstruction project is in progress, it's time to start thinking about the next big capital project in Belmont. Talks...
View ArticleEditorial: Immigration debate misses the obvious
Soon after Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign with a promise to build a wall on the southern border to keep illegal immigrants out, Latin American workers building Trump’s new hotel steps...
View ArticleZoning board’s refusal of a special permit for Airbnb
I moved to Belmont almost 11 years ago and felt at home from the start: it was a charming combination of the residential Indianapolis neighborhood in which I grew up and the very international village...
View Article3 THINGS TO CONSIDER THIS WEEK
1Step up to the plateThe annual Town Election on April 5 will be here before you know it and residents have until Feb. 16 to file nomination papers for one of the available positions. Do you care about...
View Article3 THINGS TO CONSIDER THIS WEEK
1School cancellation debateTo close or not to close? That is the question parents heavily debated on Feb. 5, the day Superintendent John Phelan made the decision not to close Belmont Public Schools...
View Article3 THINGS TO CONSIDER THIS WEEK
1Is winter really over?It seems Belmont has been spared a never-ending winter this year. The Department of Public Works employees have not had to lose hours of sleep working overnight shifts to keep...
View ArticleSPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Editorial - Let's have an informed debate
In collaboration with our colleagues at Wicked Local/GateHouse Media titles across Massachusetts, we take a closer look at gun ownership this week and next. We examine gun ownership laws,...
View ArticleSPECIAL REPORT GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY: Editorial -What we learned, what we’ve...
Last week, Wicked Local publications launched a special series examining the issue of gun ownership. We ran several articles looking at gun laws in our state and across New England, the role of police...
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1Greek EasterGreek Orthodox Christians celebrate their Easter holiday on Sunday, May 1, this year. This means they will observe Good Friday on April 29, the same day PARCC exams will be administered at...
View ArticleEditorial: Setting a precedent
If you had a choice, would you mind living next door to a building with a cell service antenna inside it?Town Meeting members have a very important decision to make at the Special Town Meeting on June...
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1Ferry Beach fiascoChenery fifth graders were supposed to go on a two-night field trip to The Ecology School in Saco, Maine, an annual tradition. However, on Monday, the students were informed, after...
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1Class of 2023 unlucky streakFerry Beach was the first major disappointment for Belmont High School's future class of 2023, the current fifth-grade class at the Chenery Middle School. The trip they...
View ArticleEditorial: Landowners get a win from Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has given landowners a way to fight back if they feel government bureaucratic decisions are unfair or flawed.That is good news.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could determine...
View ArticleREFLECTIONS: A message to parents or guardians of Belmont High School graduates
As the members of the Class of 2016 tossed their hats into the air at the end of the graduation ceremony June 5 in the Belmont High School Wenner Field House, each one flew in its own unique...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Do it right the first time, Underwood Pool gets new design
Visitors to the Underwood Pool this season will notice some slight changes. The concrete decking now has designs that look like squiggly worms. Children will have a new game to play, "don't step on the...
View ArticleThree things to consider this week
1Hopes for eighth graders moving onChenery Middle School held a ceremony in honor of the 330 eighth graders moving on to high school. As family members lined the walls and filled the bleachers of the...
View ArticleEditorial: Minuteman High's uncertain future
After eight long years, the member towns in the Minuteman Regional School District appeared to be poised to embark on construction of a new, sorely-needed home for the Minuteman Regional Vocational...
View ArticleCelebrating five years as editor
The date was Tuesday, July 5, 2011, when I took over the helm of former Belmont Citizen-Herald Editor Tony Schinella. It was the busiest day of the week to start on the job, deadline day, but lucky for...
View ArticleEditorial: Made for each other
“I don’t wanna kill you! What would I do without you? No, no, no. You … you complete me!”— The Joker to Batman in the movie “The Dark Knight.”They need each other, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump....
View ArticlePokemon Go craze, just a phase?
Mobile devices are a common handheld accessory for just about everyone who can push a button these days. And now, with the Pokemon Go craze, you will see people of all ages around town, single, in...
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