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Select Board approves $200,000 water bond and two community events.

Select Board approves water authority loan and clears two major spring events. The Board unanimously approved a $200,000 no-interest loan from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for water infrastructure improvements, to be repaid over ten years starting February 2027. Unanimously approved

Belmont Select Board approves $200,000 water loan, spring community events

BELMONT -- February 23, 2026, Belmont Select Board approves $200,000 no-interest water loan and authorizes spring festivals as FY2027 budget shows $1.7 million gap. Meeting fully remotely due to a winter storm, Chair Matthew Taylor and Vice Chair Taylor Yates, the only members present, with Elizabeth Dionne absent,

Select Board unanimously appoints Shane Smith as police chief.

Select Board unanimously appoints Shane Smith police chief pending background check. Chair Matthew Taylor's Board interviewed three finalists, settling on Smith, Deputy Chief of Police in Salem, New Hampshire, citing his 25 years of law enforcement experience, leadership capabilities, and

Belmont Select Board Unanimously Picks Salem Deputy Chief as Next Police Chief

Belmont Select Board unanimously appoints Salem, N.H. deputy chief as next police chief.

Select Board approves oversight of March 4 Special Town Meeting zoning articles

Belmont Select Board votes to recommend zoning articles while rejecting a dozen parking-focused amendments. Chair Matthew Taylor, Vice-Chair Taylor Yates, and Member Elizabeth Dionne spent four hours on the March 4 Special Town Meeting warrant, unanimously approving favorable recommendations on