Mary Byrne

Five public hearing sessions later, with another on the calendar, the Planning Board has yet to come to a determination on the controversial two-family project on Chestnut Street.

The last time the job description for the town clerk was updated, President Barack Obama was serving his first term, the final episode of Oprah Winfrey's 25-season run had aired, and Adele's “Rolling in the Deep,” was top of the charts.

In 1970, longtime Belmont resident Kwan Kew Lai boarded a flight from Malaysia to the United States in pursuit of a dream she'd had since she was 14 years old and realized women could be doctors, too.

The Belmont Board of Assessors has decided to appeal the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board’s decision to award the Belmont Country Club a “significant” property tax abatement. “Since I’ve been on the Board of Assessors, which is June of this year, discussing what to do in light of this decision has been one of our principal activities,” said Board of Assessors Chair Roy Epstein. According to court documents, the state’s Appellate Tax Board handed down a decision in February that resulted in refunds owed to the Belmont Country Club on two of its parcels for fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023,

Despite the absence of a Human Resources director, the town reached a “huge milestone” in its move toward joining the state Group Insurance Commission.

Parting gifts for Tom ‘OB' O'Brien after 40 years on the job included a personalized stone tablet, a firefighting axe engraved with his first and final years with Belmont, and a Tupperware container of mashed potatoes.

Town Meeting members authorized roughly $1.3 million in free cash to cover easement costs for the community path, but it will no longer be needed because other money already allocated for the project is expected to suffice.

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After multiple public hearing sessions, the controversial project on Chestnut Street received an amended special permit to address construction deviations from the original plans.

Some people organize baked goods sales or can drives to raise money for causes they care about; others host spaghetti dinners. Scot DeDeo? He runs.