Category: Belmont Voice
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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…
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Using the Arts to Confront the Racism That’s Not Always Seen
Inside Belmont High School’s Black Box Theater on Friday, Feb. 27, music and poetry will take on a subject some communities might believe they have already solved: racism. But for organizers and performers behind the upcoming Black History Month concert,…
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Food, Community Meet at Bellmont Caffe
A few minutes after the bread vendor arrived at Bellmont Caffè, owner Rachid Smairi and his staff were discussing the merits of Greek versus Moroccan cuisine, their voices building with good-humored passion. “See, this is why I come here every…
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Belmont Eateries Are a Family Affair
As children living above their father’s hair salon on Leonard Street in Belmont Center in the 1980s, the deMagistris brothers often played soccer and tag in the street. Today, those three brothers — Dante, Damian, and Filippo — run The…
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Belmont Clothing Designer Charts a New Creative Course
The machine groaned as John d’Arbeloff turned the crank, pressing silver through cardboard and cheesecloth until the metal emerged with an imprint of woven texture. After 30 years in the clothing business, the 65-year-old founder of RailRiders adventure wear has…