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Belmont Select Board Backs $1.3 Million Community Path Right-of-Way Request

BELMONT — June 8, 2026 — Belmont Select Board unanimously backs $1.3 million right-of-way request for Community Path as appraisal estimates surge. The board voted 3-0 Monday night to recommend favorable action on Article 3 of a concurrent special town meeting, authorizing up to $1.3 million from

Belmont Warrant Committee Backs $500,000 Teachers Contract Payment, Chenery Roof Fund

BELMONT — May 27, 2026 — Belmont Warrant Committee votes to back $500,000 in one-time teacher contract payments and $1.3 million for the Chenery roof ahead of June Town Meeting. Meeting on May 27, the committee voted 12-0 with two abstentions to recommend favorable action on Article 31,

Belmont Select Board unanimously backs zoning, budget, and path articles for town meeting

BELMONT — May 27, 2026 — Belmont Select Board clears slate of town meeting positions, including $172 million budget and $525,000 union payment. The three-member board — Chair Matt Taylor, Vice Chair Taylor Yates, and Member Carol Barbarian — voted unanimously Wednesday on seven motions covering a new four-tier site plan

Belmont Select Board Buys $379,500 Sewer Cleaner, Demands New Cannabis Host Agreement

BELMONT — May 18, 2026 — Belmont Select Board votes unanimously to buy a new $379,500 sewer cleaner and require a fresh cannabis host agreement from would-be new owner Clover Partners, LLC. The board, meeting May 18 at Belmont High School ahead of Annual and Special Town Meeting, approved the

Jared Lawson Discusses New Album Just Let It on Belmont Public-Access Jazz Program

BELMONT — May 14, 2026 — Soul singer Jared Lawson discusses his album Just Let It on Belmont community access TV. Lawson appeared on Talk About Jazz with Doug Hall on May 14, speaking about an album that grew substantially when his management team suggested adding featured collaborators, including Alan Stone and

Belmont Warrant Committee Rejects Retiree COLA Increase 15-2 Before Town Meeting

BELMONT — May 13, 2026 — Belmont's Warrant Committee voted 2-15 against recommending a retiree cost-of-living adjustment increase, sending a contentious retirement funding fight to Town Meeting on May 18. The article would raise the COLA base from $13,000 to $15,000, worth $5 more per

Harvard Kennedy School Model Finds Permitting Delays Top Barrier to Brighton Street Development

BELMONT — May 11, 2026 — Belmont Select Board receives Harvard Kennedy School feasibility model warning that permitting delays undercut Brighton Street development. A four-student Advanced Field Lab team presented a professional-grade interactive financial model Monday showing that most development scenarios in the Brighton Street Corridor fall short of the

Belmont Select Board Awards $431,000 Homer Building Restoration Contract Unanimously

BELMONT — May 6, 2026 — 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. Director of Public Works Facility

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

Belmont Warrant Committee Backs CPA Projects, Paramedic Training Before Town Meeting

BELMONT — April 29, 2026 — Belmont Warrant Committee recommends favorable action on CPA projects and paramedic training ahead of May 4 town meeting. The committee, meeting April 29 under Chair Paul Richter and with Town Administrator Patrice Garvin in attendance, voted 16-0 to back all five Community Preservation Act project

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