Photo: An override will be on the April 6 town election ballot. The Belmont Select Board unanimously accepted the Financial Task Force’s recommendation to place a $6.4 million Proposition 2 1/2 override on the April 6, 2021, town election ballot. While the vote comes in the midst of a year long pandemic which has wounded […]
Photo: Emma O’Donovan with Belmont High Head Coach Ken Murphy Belmont High sports teams came out of the Martin Luther King Day holiday on the right foot as all four teams took away points in their reverse fixtures against Winchester on Monday, Jan. 18. But a dark cloud ascended over the day’s good results as […]
Photo: Chairs will be placed in honor for those who died of COVID-19 On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the town of Belmont joins the country in remembering and honoring the lives lost to COVID-19 by placing 74 empty chairs – for the number of deaths in Belmont – on the property of First Church in Belmont, Unitarian […]
Photo: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. is a federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for […]