Boston Magazine selected Belmont's Farmer's Market as its Best of Boston winner.
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There is a moral dimension to this vote. It is morally wrong to abandon the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, the abused children, the working single mothers who can't afford health care for their kids and the many others who depend on the state for assistance in one form or another. That's really what...
One of the interesting revelations...is what a vicious spiral we would find ourselves in, were Question 1 to pass. Why? Because so much of the federal aid we receive is contingent on the level of state aid...As we slash programs to try to shrink our budget, we will also watch federal dollars being sucked...
My marathon training has brought me smack up against one of the hardest part about running regularly:finding good places to run. I'm on the hunt for fun, challenging routes. In the meantime, here are some that have worked for me in and around Belmont.
I think the tenor of the debate has degraded. I think instead of being at issue level with some people, it gets to the personal level. It becomes attacking and they denigrate other people. My sense is that that's never helpful. When someone speaks to you in a personal way, you never forget that....
This is the first of a three part post featuring an interview with outgoing Schools Superintendent Peter Holland. You can view the second part of the interview by clicking this link. As many of you already know, Belmont is losing one of its foremost figures: Schools Superintendent Peter Holland, who will be leaving his...
One of the things that’s so great about Belmont, of course, is its proximity to…well…just about everything. We’ve got some great shopping districts with shops, restaurants, Starbucks and, as we on Town Meeting know — BANKS! Step back and we are all of seven miles to downtown Boston, but also close to major routes...
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