Photo: Market day It’s market day in Belmont and shoppers can expect to find strawberries, early harvest produce, and lots of baked goods on this first week of summer. Today, the market will host a performance by Belmont resident Solomon Murungu, Ryan Lally Magic will be back with his bag of tricks, and Selectman Adam […]
Photos: Banner day for Belmont Girls’ Rugby. It’s been a banner 2017 spring season for Belmont High School sports as the school saw three state championships come through the door and some banners ready to be placed on the wall of the Wenner Field House. Both Girls Rugby and Boys’ Tennis will see 2017 banners go […]
Photo: Belmont Superintendent John Phelan. The fall Special Town Meeting now has a price tag for the big ticket item on its agenda as Belmont Schools Superintendent John Phelan recommended four new modular classrooms be sited at the Mary Lee Burbank Elementary School on School Street. The anticipated cost of the project – which will […]
Photo: Poster The 27th season of the Payson Park Music Festival Committee opens Wednesday, June 21, at 6:45 p.m. with “Craig and the Hurricane” sponsored by Emello & Pagani Realty and The Spirited Gourmet. “We are thrilled to continue this tradition offering the community fun and family-friendly music on summer nights,” says Tomi Olson, Payson […]
Photo: Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Sorrell Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Sorrell, who was Belmont Public Schools’ Director of Science, Technology, and Health for nine years, died on May 29 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The Wellfleet resident was 69. Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1948, Sorrell dedicated her life to education and helping others having been an administrator and […]
Photo: School Street from Washington to Bow will be closed Thursday. On Thursday, June 22, E.H. Perkins will begin road construction on School Street between Bow Road and Washington Street. Road closures and delays are expected during construction hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. While that stretch of School Street includes the Burbank Elementary […]
Photo: Brighton’s Rosa Moriello smashes the existing female record to win the 16th Annual Brendan’s Home Run 5K road race held Sunday, June 18. A new course record was set on the streets of Belmont as nearly 500 participants took part in the 16th Annual Brendan’s Home Run 5K road race that started and finished at Belmont’s Harris […]
Photo: Belmont Book’s Matilda Banker-Johnson with the book purchased by the editor of the Belmontonian. The long sheets of paper have been taken from the windows, the shelves are almost all filled with books and while you will need to wait a little bit longer to get a cappuccino, the Town of Homes has seen […]
Photo: Will we find strawberries on Market Day in Belmont. It’s market day in Belmont and there’s a good chance there will be strawberries for sale. If they are or not, There will be more than 90 minutes of great music by musicians from the Chenery Middle School. The Belmont Light Department will be answering questions […]
Photo: (from left) Belmont Light’s Jim Palmer, Belmont Selectmen’s Chair Jim Williams and Selectman Adam Dash at the emergency meeting of the Belmont Board of Selectmen to discuss the June 12 blackout. The timing of the widespread power outage that affected between a quarter to a third of town residents during the hottest day of […]