A large excavator has begun breaking up the walkway at the Underwood Pool adjacent the Belmont Public Library as a staging area is being set up behind a temporary fence in the bowl of the 102-year-old facility. Monday, Nov. 3 begins the $4.6 million construction project which will result in a new Underwood Pool complex with two pools – including […]
Teams and individuals from Belmont High School will be competing in the next few weeks in post season and the playoffs. • Belmont High School Boys’ Soccer gets their postseason underway with a home Div. 2 North sectional playoff game against North Andover High on Monday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Harris Field. The fifth-seeded […]
If you are going by the Daniel Butler School in Waverley Square this Friday morning, Nov. 7, you’ll be able to see the entire school’s students running with a Super Hero to promote health and fitness while raising money for the school. Beginning at 9 a.m. and lasting the entire morning, each class in the school, from kindergarten to 4th […]
It’s where your swimmer selected their first goggles and “racing” suit for the Belmont Aquatic Team. Your children’s hockey and figure skates are sharpened downstairs. The beginner’s lacrosse set, soccer cleats size children’s 4 and gloves and bats for minor league youth baseball players were all bought there. If you’re from Belmont, you got them […]
On the government side of things this week: The Board of Selectmen will be meeting at the Chenery Middle School on Monday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. for a precinct meeting to discuss the future of the former incinerator site on the Lexington town line. Also on Monday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m., the future of the former […]
William P. Monahan, a popular selectman who represented the “Old School” of Belmont politics, but whose business involvement with the Boston mob would tarnish his reputation, died on Friday, Oct. 31. Monahan, who lived for 50 years in a modest Cross Street house, was 80. Flags at all Belmont Municipal Buildings will be flown at half-staff […]
With the National Weather Service issuing a wind advisory for Belmont and eastern Massachusetts that will last until 6 p.m. on Sunday, the chances climb a branch or tree will fall across the power wires that supplies your abode. If the power does go out, those effected should call Belmont Light at 617-993-2800. Belmont Police […]
Trick or treating got off to an early start in Belmont as the Cushing Square Business Association sponsored the annual Cushing Square Halloween spook-tacular. It was an opportunity for all to get into costume and receive only treats from the retailers in one of Belmont’s business centers. Here are a few photos from this community-building event.
Don’t expect big changes to the outside of the former Macy’s/Filene’s Belmont Center location over the next year; the excitement will be left for what will go inside, according to the landlord of the property who revealed just a bit of the site’s future Thursday night. Locatelli Properties’s Kevin Foley and his colleague, Len Simons, held […]
Here’s the weather forecast for Sunday, Nov. 2: Windy with rain and snow showers in the morning changing to rain showers late. The high will be 42 F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Wind chill will make the air temperature feel like 32 F. So for those hardy fans of Belmont High School […]