Dave Watkins

Belmont moved its July 4 cooling center to a new location as an extreme heat advisory stretches through Independence Day evening. The town's BEMA advisory, in effect from July 1 through 8 p.m. July 4, urges residents to limit outdoor exposure and check the updated cooling center address…

A four-day extreme heat watch threatens Belmont's entire Independence Day weekend. The National Weather Service issued the watch Tuesday, effective from 10 a.m. July 1 through 8 p.m. July 4, prompting the town to post emergency guidance at belmont-ma.gov/EMERGENCY. Separately, Belmont P…

Belmont suspends yard waste collection for the full holiday week as extreme heat bears down on Massachusetts. The town's Department of Public Works will skip all yard waste pickups from June 29 through July 3, the most concrete municipal action of the day. Meanwhile, per Belmont Patch, …

Belmont heads into the final days of June with no yard waste collection the week of June 29–July 3, a revised Select Board hybrid meeting set for Monday, and a question about land use commanding local attention. The town posted the yard waste suspension alert on its homepage without exp…