Read the March-April 2023 Newsletter
In this issue:
The Belmont Middle and High School roof with solar panels as featured on the town website.
Belmont Needs School Roof Solar Panels
Photovoltaic solar panels (PVs) have been planned for the new Belmont Middle and High School (BMHS) since early designs for the project were presented in 2017. Read more.
Opinion: Belmont Needs to Get Serious About Climate Goals
While providing $290,633 to BMHS Building Committee to complete the full solar array is an encouraging development from both a fiscal and environmental perspective, this observer is discouraged . . . Read more.
Lone Tree Hill Volunteer Day April 22
Come help from 9 AM-noon! Read more.
Select Board Candidate Answers BCF Questions
Each year, the Belmont Citizens Forum asks Select Board candidates questions about issues facing our town. This year, Elizabeth Harmer Dionne provided answers. Read more.
The Children’s Room stained glass windows are included in the CPC project proposal “Library Historic Objects Preservation Plan.” Source: Belmont Library Board of Trustees
CPC Changes Plan, Endorses Seven Projects
Every summer, members of Belmont’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) update Belmont’s Community Preservation Act (CPA) Plan. Read more.
Opinion: Staffing Shortages Imperil Belmont
Currently, the Community Development department is down four or five positions, including a code inspector, a town planner, a zoning and bylaw enforcement official, and a town engineer. Read more.
Barred owl. Photo: Shawn P. Carey/ www.migrationproductions.com
Join New Belmont Group Protecting Raptors
Eagles, owls, and hawks are dying. Join other interested Belmontians for a kickoff meeting for Save Belmont Wildlife on Zoom at 7 PM on Thursday, April 13. Read more.
Opinion: Belmont Zoning Laws Penalize GR District
Adding a small addition to a single-family home or duplex in the GR district is much more onerous than adding a small addition to a single-family home or duplex in the SR-C district. Read more.
Overhead view of the Watertown dam on the Charles River. Source: Julia Hopkins
Let the Charles River Run Free of Defunct Dams
For more than 400 years, the Charles River has been altered, controlled, and dammed to bend to the will of industry and profit. Read more.
Change Comes to Waltham Fields Site
Ownership has recently transferred to the city of Waltham, and as a result, significant change may be in the offing. Read more.
Jean Devine at work. Source: Jean Devine
Profiles in Belmont: Jean Devine
In 2020, Jean cofounded the Mystic Charles Pollinator Pathways Project, a byproduct of the urgency of now. Read more.
American Chestnuts May Return to the Wild
For several years now, a modified chestnut has been going through an extensive regulatory review that applies to all genetically modified organisms to approve its widespread use. Read more.
Claflin Street Culvert Project
See photos of what’s under the street. Read more.
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