Category: Belmont Voice
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Belmont’s Housing Demand Holds Steady, Despite Shifting Mortgage Rates
Mortgage rates have bounced up and down over the last year, but in Belmont, the math continues to point in the same direction – buyers can afford more house, but there are fewer properties to compete for. Juliet Jenkins, a…
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One Psychoanalyst’s Fight Against War’s Hidden Wounds
As a child, Belmont resident Kenneth Reich watched war movies with his brother, searching for clues about how combat changed those who lived through it. His father, Herman Reich, survived the Holocaust but never spoke about the experience. Kenneth never…
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Belmont Electricity Rates Climb 6%; Residents Tighten Belts
Belmont Light raised its residential electricity rate by 6% on March 1, and residents say the increase has compounded a year of climbing energy costs that are straining household budgets. Sue Choquette, 60, a Belmont renter since 2021, opened her…
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Incumbent Moderator, Challenger Spar Over Town Meeting Reforms at Belmont Forum
Incumbent Moderator Michael Crowley and challenger Adam Dash clashed over concerns about Town Meeting management and the hybrid format at a League of Women Voters forum last week. The March 25 virtual forum began with pre-recorded videos from 37 of…
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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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She Once Relearned How to Walk; Now She’s Helping Others Do the Same
Belmont resident Annie Veo completed her 14-week clinical rotation at Boston Children’s Hospital last year, treating children recovering from brain surgery, spinal fusion, hip injuries and broken bones. Some were in the intensive care unit; others were relearning how to…
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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…