TownBrief Find Location

Sign in Subscribe

Sign in Subscribe

Topic

Government

A collection of 296 issues

Shade Tree Committee reviews tree planting progress, honors departing member.

Shade Tree Committee reports eighty of one hundred planned trees now planted as of May 18, with black tupelo replacements being sourced. Chair Eva Hoffman thanked committee member Lucia Gates for more than twenty years of service. The committee is advancing a draft municipal tree bylaw toward

Board withdraws COLA base increase from town warrant

Belmont Contributory Retirement Board withdraws COLA base increase from warrant. Chair Thomas Gibson reported that the board unanimously voted to remove Warrant Article 17, which sought to increase the COLA base to $15,000, following lack of support from the Select Board, Warrant Committee, and

Belmont Town Meeting votes down naming-authority petition, 163-75

Belmont Town Meeting rejects bid to move naming authority from the Select Board, 75-163.

Belmont Select Board Buys $379,500 Sewer Cleaner, Demands New Cannabis Host Agreement

BELMONT -- May 18, 2026, Belmont Select Board votes unanimously to buy a new $379,500 sewer cleaner and require a fresh cannabis host agreement from would-be new owner Clover Partners, LLC. The board, meeting May 18 at Belmont High School ahead of Annual and Special Town Meeting, approved the

Committee backs three capital articles as Chenery roof cost surges

Belmont capital committee advances 16 million dollar budget amid project inflation. The Comprehensive Capital Budget Committee unanimously approved three capital articles at its May 14 meeting, supporting a 16 million dollar capital budget. An engineer's revised estimate for the Chenery roof