Author: bloggingbelmont

BloggingBelmont.com is a citizen-powered blog for Belmont, Massachusetts. Launched in 2007, BB providse a progressive voice in Belmont town politics.

An Opportunity To Meet The New School Superintendent

Superintendent Phelan has been holding coffees with interested citizens all summer long – the most recent was this morning. There’s one more this month: on Monday afternoon, August 18 from 4:30 to 6:00 in the Superintendent’s Conference Room at the School Administration building.

Tonight: Show Your Support For The Belmont Community Path!

This is just a note to all the folks out there who support the Belmont Community Path that there’s a very important meeting tonight (Monday, June 9) at 7:00 PM in the Board of Selectmen’s Room in Belmont Town Hall.  …

BudgetFest: Belmont Town Meeting Live Blog – June 2nd

Town Meeting Budget Fest – I’m blogging it.

Help Needed For Families Displaced By Marlboro Street Fire

The Belmont Corner Neighborhood Association (BCNA) has set up a fund to aid the victims of Wednesday evening’s fire on Marlboro Street and will be holding a yard sale to benefit the families displaced by the fire on Saturday, May 31st.

Mihelich Joins Belmont Media Center As Administrative Manager

The Belmont Media Center announced that Patty Mihelich will come on as the Center’s first Administrative Manager.

Memo To Town Meeting Members On Yard Sale Bylaw

Editor’s Note: Steve Ganak, a Precinct 8 resident, asked me to post the following memo ahead of next month’s Town Meeting. Steve is looking to change the town’s bylaws regarding yard sales. I’ve entered it exactly as Steve submitted it…

Opinion: Schools To Pool – Colton Is The Choice For Selectman

Belmont will go to the polls on Tuesday to vote for a variety of offices, including Town Meeting in each precinct, School Committee, Board of Library Trustees. But its the race at the top of the ticket: for The Board…

Voter Alert: Local Candidates Face Off Tonight at 7PM – Be There!

Just a quick shout-out to the local politics nerds among my Blogging Belmont readers: tonight is the Belmont Candidates’ Night. Hosted by the League of Women Voters, it’s your best (and last) chance to see candidates for Town Meeting and…

Tonight: Tell The Selectmen You Support The Community Path

Belmont bikers and walkers unite! After months (years? decades?) of hemming and hawing, Belmont’s Selectmen are moving toward a final decision on the question of whether to extend the existing bike path from Alewife to Belmont Center with a meeting…

Our Next Library Won’t Be A Library (And I Feel Fine)

You say library, I say “heavily used, not-for-profit communal spaces.” Whatever the description, our next public library will do much more than circulate books!