Photo: The Planning Board earlier this year. For Edward “Sandy” Sanderson, the second time was a charm as the planning professional was appointed as an associated member of the Belmont Planning Board by a unanimous vote of the Belmont Board of Selectmen on Monday, Oct. 30. Sanderson’s selection came six weeks since the Selectmen voted […]
Photo: Seniors will have one more game on Harris Field. With a strong finish to the regular season – three shutouts in as many games – Belmont Field Hockey dodged playing the top three squads in potential quarterfinal matchups in the Division 1 North Sectional Playoffs by securing the fifth seed, after the MIAA rankings […]
Photo: Third-grader Julia Zipkin with a four-eyed cat. Kids and their parents brought brushes and watercolors to the fifth annual Belmont Center Halloween Window Painting Contest sponsored by the Belmont Center Business Association on Saturday, Oct. 28. Belmont Center businesses up and down Leonard Street saw their windows transformed into pumpkin patches, ghostly havens and other scenes of specters and ghouls […]
Photo: Joey’s Park, ground zero for rat removal. Take equal parts garlic and white pepper then add a dash of paprika and mix. Sounds like an excellent dry marinade you can rub on chicken or steak before grilling to give the meat a bit of a punch. In fact, the mixture is an excellent organic rat […]
Photo: Reed Bundy and Cooper. Let’s call it the Bow Road Incident. Reed Bundy and his four-year-old black Labrador Retriever Cooper were on their usual route around the Burbank neighborhood at 6:45 a.m. about 15 minutes before sunrise on Friday, Oct. 27. Bundy, who lives with his wife and kids on School Street, and Cooper […]
Photo: Tyler Reynolds on his game-winning TD run vs. Cambridge. Seven weeks of frustration for Belmont High Football came to an end on a last minute 40-yard touchdown dash by senior running back Tyler Reynolds gave the Marauders a 28-21 victory over host Cambridge Rindge and Latin School on Friday night, Oct. 27. Reynold’s sprint – sprung […]
Photo: Wind damage in Belmont, winter of 2016. Belmont has been placed under a High Wind Warning from 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 to 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30. The town and region will also be impacted by moderate to heavy rain producing between one to three inches of rainfall into early Monday morning, according to the […]
Photo: Yard sales in Belmont. Here are this weekend’s yard/moving/garage sales happening in the 02478 zip code: • 79 Hillcrest Rd., Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. • 17 Poplar St., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28, 29; 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. • 24 Stults Rd., Saturday, Oct. 28, 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Photo: Poster for Monday’s event. Belmont’s Information Technology Advisory Committee invites all residents to a “fireside chat” about cyber security with security expert Scott Donnelly on Monday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Belmont Public Library on Concord Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. Topics will include: The latest news in cyber security and […]
Photo: How long has it been since you’ve been inside Belmont High? Last week? Not since your youngest has gone off to college? How about never? Saturday morning is your chance to take a facility tour as part of the Belmont High School Building Committee‘s Community Engagement Meeting set for Saturday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m. […]