Photo: Happy Rosh Hashanah The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, begins at sunset (at 6:30 p.m.), Sunday, Sept. 30 and lasts until Tuesday evening, Oct. 2. Rosh Hashanah – which in Hebrew translates to “head of the year” – is a time of inner renewal and divine atonement. It begins the the High Holidays culminating […]
Photo: David L. Marino Join the Belmont Gallery of Art’s a special hour-long family friendly event with Science Communicator David L. Marino: “Climate Change: How We Know It’s True.” The talk will take place at the Gallery on the third floor of the Homer Building (located off Moore Street in the Town Hall complex in […]
Photo: Belmont is the place to find yard sales. Yard sales in the Town of Homes: 171 SCHOOL ST 09/28 (Sat) & 09/29 (Sun) 10:00am 4:00pm (none) 155 CHILTON ST 09/28 (Sat) 9:00am 3:00pm (none) 19 SHAW RD 09/28 (Sat) 9:00am 1:00pm (none) 200 LEWIS RD 09/28 (Sat) 9:00am 2:00pm (none) 35 SHAW RD 09/28 (Sat) […]
Photo: Belmont High School. A threatening phone call to Belmont High School resulted in an increased police presence at the school on Thursday, Sept. 26. According to an email to the greater Belmont High community, District Superintendent John Phelan said an unknown person stated “We are coming to get you” to a main office secretary. […]
Photo: The race is underway. The newly named Foundation for Belmont Education’s APPLE RUN 5K (3.1 miles) and 1 mile races will be held on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 9:30 am starting at the Belmont High School Track at Harris Field. REGISTER NOW! Free race shirts for the first 500 registrants. Join your friends, family, neighbors, […]
Photo: Katie Guden turns to the attack. Belmont High Field Hockey has been making news this past week. After traveling to Winchester a week ago Monday and beating, 2-1, a squad ranked in the state and New England then continuing its unbeaten streak with shutout victories over Reading (3-0), Winchester (6-0) and Arlington (3-0), the […]
Photo: Jack Weis speaking before the Select Board and School Committee The “fast track” the town and school committee had placed a proposed skating rink project is about to slow down considerably after the Belmont Select Board Monday night, Sept. 23 took to heart citizen’s complaints and will allow more time for the project to […]
Photo: Belmont Town Clerk Ellen Cushman swears in new Belmont Patrol officers Bitsikas and Trainor at Town Hall Monday. The Belmont Police Department welcomed two new officers to its ranks as Daniel Trainor and Constantinos Bitsikas were sworn in on Monday, Sept. 23 by Town Clerk Ellen O’Brien Cushman in the Select Board Meeting Room. […]
Photo: Belmont’s Nena Trifunovic breaks through the block of Melrose. Let’s start with the “bad” news this past week: Belmont High’s volleyball team dropped its first two games this season. The “good” news: It can be competitive with a pair of the top programs in the state, “top” as in squads in the Boston Globe’s […]
Photo: The Belmont Middle and High School Building Committee, residents and the design teams at the Sept. 20 meeting. A move to eliminate the installation of solar arrays on the roof of the new high and middle school building currently under construction is gaining momentum as the Belmont Middle and High School Building Committee is […]