Harvard Kennedy School Model Finds Permitting Delays Top Barrier to Brighton Street Development
Belmont Select Board receives Harvard Kennedy School feasibility model warning that permitting delays undercut Brighton Street development.
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Select Board approves Homer Building restoration contract and town clerk raise.
Belmont Select Board greenlights $431,000 Homer Building restoration and town clerk raise. Chair Matthew Taylor presided over unanimous votes approving a Greenwood Industries contract for slate roof repairs, masonry work, and repointing at the historic building, funded through the Community
Belmont Select Board Awards $431,000 Homer Building Restoration Contract Unanimously
Belmont Select Board unanimously awarded a $431,000 exterior restoration contract for the historic Homer Building and recommended raising Town Clerk Ellen Cushman's salary to $114,773 for fiscal year 2027 at its May 6 pre-Town Meeting session.
Select Board approves hybrid format for May 18 Special Town Meeting.
The Belmont Select Board unanimously approved a hybrid format for the May 18, 2026, Special Town Meeting, allowing it to run concurrently with the Annual Town Meeting to avoid separate reconvening. Chair Matthew Taylor, Vice-Chair Taylor Yates, and Member Carol Berberian supported Town Moderator
Belmont Select Board Greenlights Hybrid Special Town Meeting for May 18
BELMONT -- May 4, 2026, Belmont Select Board unanimously approved a hybrid format for the May 18 Special Town Meeting and previewed a slate of warrant articles ahead of the Annual Town Meeting the same night. Chair Matt Taylor, Vice Chair Taylor Yates, and Member Carol Barbarian voted without dissent to