Photo: Santa and Mrs. Claus in Belmont! The Belmont Center Business Association will host its 28th annual ‘Turn on the Town” holiday tree lighting on Thursday, Nov. 29. The night’s events – including the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus on a Belmont Fire truck, food, singing by the Belmont High School’s Madrigal Singers and a petting […]
Photo: Open and closed in Belmont on Christmas. Merry Christmas, Belmont. If after unwrapping all your presents and watching the latest holiday movie on the Hallmark Channel you have a “need” to get out of the house, here are a few places around town open on Christmas. Dunkin’ Donuts • The big happy-looking sign in […]
Photo: Holiday hours are now in operation. Belmont Town Offices with the exception of public safety will close at noon on Friday, Dec. 22 and not open until 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 26 due to the Christmas holiday. Belmont’s six public schools will begin its holiday recess at the end of the school day on […]
Photo: All Saints Church, Common Street Merry Christmas, Belmont. If after unwrapping presents from around the tree (or if you are staying late in bed) and have a need to wander to someplace in town, there are just a handful of places you can head off towards. Dunkin’ Donuts • The store at 353 Trapelo Rd. in Central Square […]
Photo: Goodbye until next year. Today, Monday, Jan. 4th, is the day before Twelfth Night, which marks the end of the Christmas holiday (it’s the night before Epiphany, the day when the nativity story says the three wise men visited the infant Jesus), which in the past was a time of revelry and merry making. And with the […]
Photo: St. Joseph’s, Common Street, 7 a.m. Christmas morning. Merry Christmas, Belmont. If after unwrapping presents from around the tree (or if you are staying late in bed) and have a need to wander to someplace in town, there are just a handful of places you can head off towards. Ohlin’s Bakery The 100-year-old baking landmark in […]
Merry Christmas, Belmont. If after unwrapping presents from around the tree (or if you are staying late in bed) and have a need to wander to someplace in town, there are just a handful of places you can head off towards. Dunkin’ Donuts • The store at 353 Trapelo Rd. in Central Square (the one near Beech Street) […]
One-hundred years ago today, one of the most miraculous, magical events in the history of modern warfare occurred along stretches of the Western Front during World War I; soldiers on both sides of the conflict put aside their weapons and spontaneously ventured out onto “no-man’s-land” in a gesture of goodwill and peace associated with Christmas. Watch the 2014 English […]