Jeff Hansell's blog

Well, it sure does not seem like ten years, but here we are . . . Please save the date of Thursday October 29th and plan to attend our: Ten-Year Anniversary Annual Meeting & Dinner at the Beech Street Center. We are pleased to announce that our keynote speaker will be Marian Ryan, District...

Hi friends! Here it finished and at the latest Payson Park Concert on Wednesday night, July 29th, featuring The Belmont Community Summer Band and the di bostoner klezmer. Actually, a few months ago, we found a well-cared for and well-used white cargo van that some may have seen around town for a...

That's right, BMC is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the full-time position as our Government & News Producer. Some local residents may remember that long-time Belmont resident, piano player, raconteur, singer and actor, Paul Carey covered many, many public meetings and events for BMC...

What are you doing on Wednesday, June 17th from 5pm to 8pm? Come on down to BMC in Waverley Square in Belmont and help us welcome in the summer, meet and greet some awesome video volunteers, enjoy tasty bbq from Lester's and listen to the cool sounds of Aqua in Studio A. Now . . . do you know what...

Pulitzer Prize winning author and columnist Nicholas Kristof will be speaking at Belmont High School on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30 pm. Kristof is the author of "A Path Appears" , a book of inspiring stories about people changing lives through volunteer efforts. Mr. Kristof is a columnist for the...

BMC will present Live TV coverage of 2015 Town Election Results TONIGHT at 8pm on Ch. 8 (on Comcast) or Ch. 28 (on Verizon) and on the web: belmontmedia.org/live Join Ann Reynolds, Anne Mahon, Anne Paulsen and Tomi Olsen as they run down the results and provide analysis. Viewers are invited to call...

Attention Belmont: Effective immediately the limited parking ban is no longer in effect. Although the roads are significantly wider due to melting, we do ask that you use care when parking to make sure there is enough room for emergency vehicles to pass. Happy to report that Verizon followed up...

March 2, 2015 On February 27, 2014, Belmont Police Detective Michael Pugliese along with his fellow partners on the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force arrested 34 year old Harrinson Soto-Zuazo of Jamaica Plain and charged him with Trafficking Heroin. After receiving several complaints that...

Due to the amount of snow accumulation, most streets in the town have been narrowed, to a point where access by ambulances and fire apparatus is nearly impossible. With vehicles parking on both sides of the street this has caused a real public safety issue. Therefore, starting Tuesday, February 3,...

Please be advised that the Town of Belmont has issued a Snow Emergency Parking Ban beginning at 12:00 am (midnight), on Monday, February 2, 2015. This means that no vehicles maybe parked on public roadways, municipal parking lots, or school parking lots until otherwise specified. Any vehicle parked in violation of this order will be towed at the owner’s expense.