Belmont is adding new crosswalks along Concord Avenue as part of an August road improvement project the town announced Wednesday. The Department of Public Works update, posted to the town's News Flash page on Aug. 26, outlines the addition of pedestrian crossings along the corridor as p…
The Belmont Planning Board continued hearings on major zoning amendments to September 8 after debating roof styles, use categories and ground-floor rules for a proposed Hill's Crossing Overlay District.
Planning Board continued zoning bylaw amendments with focus on Hill's Crossing Overlay District. Chair Thayer Donham led an extended discussion of design standards, ground floor commercial requirements, roof styles, parking overflow, mechanical equipment screening, buffer distances, and housing
Belmont Patch reports the town is mourning longtime native Paul C. Lakschewitz, an item the outlet flagged this week without further detail. Town Hall announced it will hold a 25th anniversary 9/11 Memorial Ceremony on September 11, honoring victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks, accord…
Belmont's School Committee ratified new contracts with the Belmont Education Association, capping more than 19 months of negotiation, mediation and compromise. The agreement, announced in a town spotlight posted this week, resolves one of the district's longest-running labor talks in re…
A Belmont fourth-grader is chasing a Pokémon world championship title, Belmont Patch reports today. Belmont Patch's "Meet the Belmont fourth-grader chasing a Pokémon world championship title" spotlights the young trainer's run toward the game's global stage, though the outlet does not n…
Belmont recorded 17 property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds data. Of the 13 sales with recorded prices, figures ranged from $161,000 to $2,500,000, with a median of $1,205,000. The period's top sale was 35 Richardson Rd, which sold for $2.5
Belmont teens joined a countywide public-safety academy's 25th-anniversary summer session this week, Patch reports. Town Hall, meanwhile, posted a formal notice for the advance opening and deposit of ballots ahead of the September 1 State Primary, with early voting continuing at Town Ha…
Belmont closed all town athletic fields from Aug. 21 through Aug. 24 this week. The town also issued new rat-prevention guidance and opened registration for the 2026-2027 school year, while three town boards, including the Planning Board and Board of Assessors, are set to meet Aug. 25. …
ITAC committee members agreed to prepare three recommendations on artificial intelligence implementation, federal school grant threats, and license plate reader privacy policy.