Belmont Suspends Yard Waste Pickup as Select Board Prepares Revised Monday Meeting
A quiet Sunday on the official news calendar belies a busy week ahead for Belmont residents, with the town flagging a service interruption, a revised Select Board meeting on the books for Monday, and a local rezoning question drawing regional attention.
TOWN HALL
Residents who rely on curbside collection should note that the town has posted an alert on its homepage: there will be no yard waste pickup the week of June 29 through July 3. The town has not yet posted a reason for the suspension or details about the next scheduled collection date. Residents with questions can contact the Department of Public Works.
Looking ahead to Monday, June 29, the Select Board will hold a hybrid meeting — the agenda was revised, per the town calendar. Also on the Monday docket: the Senior Tax Relief Working Group meets remotely, and the Retirement Board convenes in hybrid format. On Tuesday, June 30, the Board of Assessors holds an in-person session.
SCHOOLS
No new district announcements arrived in this cycle. Registration for the 2026–2027 school year remains open on the Belmont Public Schools website. Earlier this month, the district announced it will extend the student day by 15 minutes at all schools for the coming year, following the ratification of contracts between the School Committee and the Belmont Education Association after more than 19 months of negotiations.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
No new library or community-arts announcements arrived in this coverage window. Note: the library source ingested returned content for San Mateo County Libraries in California — not Belmont Public Library — and no usable Belmont library events or program announcements could be extracted from it this cycle.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
Belmont Patch's most newsworthy local item this cycle focuses on a land-use question with potential budget implications. "🌱 Patch AM: How could Hill's Crossing rezoning reshape Brighton Street and your tax bill?" — the morning newsletter raises questions about how a proposed rezoning of the Hill's Crossing area along Brighton Street could affect both the neighborhood's character and residents' property tax obligations, per Belmont Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont).
Patch also surfaced a youth baseball milestone earlier this week: "🌱 Patch AM: How Belmont's first 8U Cal Ripken team is changing local baseball" — the piece explores what the formation of the town's first under-8 Cal Ripken-affiliated team means for youth sports development locally, per Belmont Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont).
A statewide ranking caught regional attention as well. "2 Massachusetts Towns Among Nation's Wealthiest Suburbs, New List Says" — a personal finance website ranked the 50 wealthiest U.S. suburbs by average household income, with two Massachusetts communities making the cut, per Belmont Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont).
COMING UP
- **Mon., June 29:** Select Board meeting (hybrid, revised agenda); Senior Tax Relief Working Group (remote); Retirement Board meeting (hybrid) - **Tue., June 30:** Board of Assessors meeting (in person) - **Fri., July 4:** Arlington Independence Day Concert and Picnic (on Belmont Patch community calendar) - **Fri., July 4:** Bo and Bill Winiker Band Concert and Fireworks Spectacular (on Belmont Patch community calendar) - **Sun., July 13:** Celebration of Life for Paul Solomon (posted on town homepage)