Townie Talk
Our first endorsement for the April 2025 Town Election
No, this isn’t the final edition, just one of a few endorsements leading up to the end. Townie Talk endorses Michael Crowley for Town Moderator
Cowardly Lion, Override, Mike Crowley
New Mascot for Town Meeting members… In what history will show as cowardly surrender, 213 Town Meeting members voted to accept the unfunded and likely
Housing Shocker, “The View”, Paolillo legacy
Burbank Elementary School Was rated the second-best Elementary School in Massachusetts by US News and World report. Belmont was rated the #3 suburb of Boston
Local News
Planning Board’s Ongoing Blatant Violations of Process and Neighbors rights
The Belmont Planning Board last night continued what’s become an ongoing charade, a travesty of due process, in its first “public meeting” on the Belmont
Belmont Center Zoning Raises Alarms About Processes and Impacts
This letter is from a group of concerned citizens sent to Belmont Briefing about the push to rezone Belmont Center… The Belmont zoning process being
Cowardly Lion, Override, Mike Crowley
New Mascot for Town Meeting members… In what history will show as cowardly surrender, 213 Town Meeting members voted to accept the unfunded and likely
State / National News
House Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic Submits Final Report
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 10:30am, the Select Subcommittee submitted a “Lessons Learned and a Path Forward” on the COVID-19 PANDEMIC. The full, 520-page
Democrats approve a platform that mentions Biden’s ‘second term’ despite his making way for Harris
Link to AP story here: Last night, Democrat delegates unanimously approved the 2024 party platform. The problem was, nobody edited it since early July, before
Changing Hearts
by Len AbramBelmont Resident, Boston Broadside Columnist FROM OUR PRINTED MARCH 2024 EDITION In songs and common speech, the heart isn’t just what keeps us