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In this issue:
Vision for a Better Belmont: Elizabeth Dionne
This is the first of a new series of interviews with Belmont stakeholders about their vision for Belmont’s future. Read more.
Opinion: Belmont Needs Business-Friendly Zoning
Belmont has zoned itself into a financial corner. Fiscally healthy towns balance their tax bases between commercial and residential real estate, Belmont does not. Read more.
Opinion: Why Pay Property Taxes When You Can Get a Tax Break?
Over the past 10 years, the Belmont Country Club has received tax breaks totaling more than $4 million on its property tax bills thanks to a state law called Chapter 61B. Read more.
Profiles in Belmont: Joe Rancatore
Somewhere in the labyrinth of Facebook, where even unwinding a string won’t help you find your way out, there is a photo of Joe Rancatore sitting on a straight chair in front of a freezer of pre-packed ice cream pints in his Belmont store. Read more.
Belmont Serves Royal Road knotweed crew. From let fo right: Caroline Newton, Teddy Newton, Karsten Kueppenbender, Vince Stanton, Owen Thomas, Jane Quigley, John Little, Jeremy Broitman, Molly Aalyson, and Eric Wefald. Photo: Janet Sands
Residents Restore Royal Road Woods Ecosystem
On Monday, October 9, the Belmont Religious Council sponsored its annual Belmont Serves volunteer event featuring four projects, including a collaboration with BCV to pick up trash and attempt to control the massive knotweed infestation at the town-owned Royal Road Woods. Read more.
How to Make Decisions About Heat Pumps
There is a broad consensus among climate planners in Massachusetts that we need to electrify heating in buildings. However, each building raises unique challenges. Read more.
A view of the trail looking west from Middlesex Circle, typical of the seven road crossings on the Mass Central Rail Trail in Waltham. Photo: John Dieckmann
Mass Central Rail Trail Progresses in Waltham
Grading and paving has been completed over the entire three mile trail from Beaver Street to Main Street. Read more.
Bike Cameras Could Make Riding Safer
There is a problem that I have been thinking about after I spent three weeks in hospitals recovering from a hit-and-run bike incident: bicycle cameras. Read more.
Waltham Field Station Update
The Waltham Fields Community Farm (WFCF) has been attempting to negotiate a lease. Read more.
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