Author: Arianna Williams
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On the Road to Repair: Belmont’s Hidden History of Slavery
Light streams through a multicolored stained-glass Tiffany window, filling the sanctuary of the First Church in Belmont with a warm, prismatic glow. The artwork depicts a man in a red robe reclining with a shepherd’s staff, an angel in green…
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Belmont Residents Celebrate Public Library Opening
The sign is up and workers are unloading the furniture as the library nears opening day. (Jesse A. Floyd/Belmont Voice) Ed Barker’s youngest daughter had respiratory problems that made the old, damp, and unreliable Belmont Public Library off-limits for his…