Belmont News Blog

February 24th marks one year since the war in Ukraine began. Belmont resident Jennifer Hill, founder of Refugee Protection International, along with her staff and volunteers, have made more than a dozen trips into Ukraine from Romania to provide aid to more than 21,000 victims. Refugee Protection...
Belmont Journal's newest host Kimberly Haley Jackson interviews Chon'tel Washington, Belmont Public Schools' Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). To learn more about Chon'tel and her role, tune in HERE.
Belmont Police Officer Marco D'Andrea received the department's Lifesaving Award on Feb. 15th for saving a man's life while off duty at a sporting event. Watch the presentation of the award HERE .
The Belmont Citizen-Herald is no longer reporting essential local news. A group of Belmont residents are working together to create a new hyper-local news outlet. O ur objective: “ . . . keep residents well informed and engaged with thorough, accurate, and fair coverage of topics affecting life in...
Belmont Media Center is thankful to have Hannah Fischer as our Community Calendar editor and host, highlighting upcoming events in the community. Looking for things to do over February break and during the month of March. Tune in HERE.
The Belmont High Boys and Girls Hockey teams are having a fundraiser, "Pink the Rink," to benefit the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation on Wednesday, Feb. 15th. The girls will play Arlington at 5 p.m. and the boys will play Arlington at 7 p.m. Admission is free and items will on sale such as...
The annual town election is April 4th. There are several townwide office positions that need to be filled including one three-year Select Board seat, two three-year School Committee seats, a three-year Board of Health seat, two three-year Library Trustee seats, one three-year Board of Assessors...
The Select Board approved placing a question on the April town election ballot for a debt exclusion for a new rink and sports facilities. Voters this past November were asked the same question but it did not pass. To learn more about the proposal for a new rink and sports facilities, watch the Feb...
School Committee Chair Meg Moriarty recently came by the studio to talk to Steve Rosales about the search for a new superintendent on Belmont Journal. Learn more about the search by watching the show HERE .
At a Special Town Meeting on Jan. 30th, Town Meeting members voted in favor of putting the question on the annual town election ballot April 4th, on whether or not the Town Treasurer/Tax Collector should be an elected position or appointed. Floyd Carman is retiring at the end of his current term in...

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