Read the March/April 2022 BCF Newsletter now!
In this issue:
What is the Future of the Royal Road Woods?
The trees lining both sides of Royal Road cool the street and create a welcome woodsy respite from the more urban Concord Avenue and Leonard Street. It was the secluded environment that made construction of the bike jumps possible. Read more.
1898 map of Wellington Brook showing what is now the Royal Road Woods (upper right).
Royal Road Dirt Jumps Made Lives Better
My whole life I have walked, biked, and driven by a plot of land on Royal Road… That is, until the summer of 2020, when my friends and I brought our shovels, rakes, facemasks, and buckets down to that plot of land to build dirt jumps on which to ride our bikes. Read more.
Select Board Candidates Answer BCF Questions
Each year, the Belmont Citizens Forum asks Select Board candidates questions about issues facing our town. This year, Roy Epstein and Jeffrey Lasseter provided answers. They were limited to 1,000 words. Read more.
CPC Recommends Funds for Seven Projects
The Belmont Community Preservation Committee (CPC) voted to recommend funding seven projects totaling $2,058,554 for FY 2023, to be voted on at the annual Town Meeting, through the Community Preservation Act (CPA) current funding round. Read more.
Historic Clock Project Seeks Donations
The First Church in Belmont Unitarian Universalist is seeking funds and a qualified contractor to restore the historic clock in the church’s tower on the town green to functioning condition. Read more.
Healthy Lawns Works to Limit Leaf Blowers
Gasoline-powered leaf blowers are not only a nuisance to anyone trying to enjoy a peaceful time in their backyard or a neighborhood walk, but they also present real risks to human health, most significantly to the operators. Read more.
A Tribute to a Conservationist
When Joan Louise Campbell died on December 15, 2016, Belmont lost a citizen whose life exemplified devotion to her community, especially its open spaces. Read more.
Roger Wrubel and volunteers clean up Lone Tree Hill. Photo: Radha Iyengar
Lone Tree Hill Cleanup Saturday, April 30
After a two-year hiatus, the Belmont Citizens Forum, in conjunction with the Judy Record Conservation Fund, is holding its eighth annual tree planting, cleanup, and trail maintenance day on Saturday, April 30, from 9 AM to noon. Read more.
Mystic Collaborative Plans For Climate Change
Last summer’s alarming weather—from 120 temperatures in the Pacific Northwest to record flooding rains here in the Northeast—has brought the immediate effects of climate change into sharper focus and more local concern. Read more.
Belmont Was a Town of Market Gardens
For about a century, areas around Boston that are now suburban housing were in many cases devoted to market gardening. Read more.
Emerald ash borer. Source: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
State Considers New Strategy for Invasives
The bill aims to create an office to be a central resource for municipalities, nonprofits, and state agencies to coordinate research and resources to wage campaigns against invasive species. Read more.
Letter to the Editor
With increased mowing in Rock Meadow, does that mean that all that lovely milkweed which grew so wild, lovely, and plentiful will be lost to the mowers? Read more.
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