Michael for Belmont

08/21/2026

Bravo to Mrs. Murphy on achieving her ascension into the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL)! We are so proud of our exceptional Belmont Residents:

The directive was simple: Stay ready for a last-minute opportunity. Belmont resident Katherine Murphy didn’t think it would work out the way it did. In need of an outfielder ahead of the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) inaugural opening weekend, the New York Heights phoned the 19-year-old wit...

08/19/2026

Bravo to all of Belmont’s students: it’s not about the standing, but it’s about your effort to keep learning, reading, and getting better every day. It doesn’t matter if you get all A and B’s or C’s and D’s, it matters you keep trying and get a little better, and a little wiser. Proud of you all. Keep it up.

Belmont High School is among the top high schools in Massachusetts, according to a new U.S. News & World Report ranking. BHS was ranked second in Massachusetts, behind Boston Latin School. It ranked 138th nationally. “This is a wonderful milestone for Belmont High School and one that our entire co...

08/18/2026

Excellent work for our local Belmont Girl Scouts to improve and track air quality in Belmont! This is will help Belmont track air pollution from Global Warming that is affecting Canada and the U.S.

Belmont Girl Scouts install new air quality sensors across town after wildfire smoke alerts, expanding air monitoring in Belmont, MA.

08/14/2026

Belmont finally completed everything it needs to do to start building the Community Path! Now the State starts sending out bids to contractors. Bravo to all the stakeholders, residents, abutters, and community leaders and politicians who made this possible. I’m proud to have supported the community path in my six years of town meeting (as a voting member). This a massive decade long achievement that will help revitalize Belmont economically, build interconnected communities, and help meet our clean energy goals.

A swift vote by the Select Board on five separate matters Monday night represented what officials referred to as acquisition of the “last 5%” of land needed for a project decades in the making. “This is a thrilling, exciting moment for Belmont,” Select Board member Matt Taylor told The Voice...

08/11/2026

Heads up Belmont Residents!

🚨 TRAFFIC ALERT 🚧

Beginning Thursday, August 13 and continuing Friday, August 14, the town of Belmont’s general contractor Newport Construction will pave Concord Avenue from Common Street to the Cambridge line. Residents should seek alternate routes and parking during the hours of 7 AM to 4 PM.

For inquiries contact:

Tom Hodgson
Engineering Division
(617) 993-2656
[email protected]

Town of Belmont

*A special thank you to Officer Tucker for letting us take his picture while he worked on Concord Avenue this afternoon!

08/10/2026

This Scientifically Illiterate executive order is not legally binding, but it will put a lot of kids at risk of crippling injury or death from diseases we eradicated decades ago. Please listen to your child’s pediatrician or P*P (Primary Care Provider) and not a man who told you to drink bleach or a man who has brain worms. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/10/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.4VA._D2g.ABBb0UY0jsHw&smid=nytcore-ios-share

08/07/2026

No Free Lunch, Belmont Seniors and families with young kids shouldn’t be forced to pick up the slack from the Belmont Country Club. Everyone needs to pay their fair share. The Belmont Country Club had refused to do a PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) with the town and have exploited a tax loophole. We should work with our state representatives to fix this glaring oversight. No Free Lunch!

A “significant” property tax abatement has been granted to the Belmont Country Club, following a legal battle between the private organization and Belmont earlier this year. The result, according to court documents, is refunds owed to the Country Club on two of its parcels for fiscal years 2021,...

08/04/2026

Honesty and Integrity Matters: My words for the Belmont Voice on our town’s budgetary realities and for the organizations trying to influence policymakers:

As a 30 year resident of Belmont, and a proponent of the last override, I wanted to express my dismay at the recent yard waste letter from the Citizens for a Fiscally Responsible Belmont (CFRB).  The CFRB has strongly opposed the last override, and had spent advertising dollars pushing for it to be...

07/21/2026

Our First Amendment rights are alive and well in Belmont: Our residents are making their voices heard for our (the community and our country) Constitutional rights and due process rights. We pride ourselves on the four freedoms (as President FDR and Norman Rockwell said so eloquently): Freedom From Fear, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion/Belief, and Freedom from Want. Proud of my community and our young and old residents.

Belmont residents continue weekly ICE protests, drawing a larger crowd after recent deaths linked to immigration enforcement.

07/20/2026

Urgent warning for Belmont Business and residents. Beware of scams that claim to be from “the town of Belmont” about permit fees… if they want your Zelle, Venmo or crypto currencies, it’s a scam. Please see the Belmont Police Department’s warning below:

BPD Community Alerts
BPD Community Alert: Fraudulent Emails Targeting Residents and Businesses with Permit Fee Scams

The Belmont Police Department is sharing an advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation warning residents and businesses about an active phishing scam targeting individuals with pending permit applications.

What Is Happening
Criminals are impersonating town government officials and sending fraudulent correspondence to people who have active permit applications. These communications reference real permit details; including property addresses, case numbers, and the names of actual officials; to appear legitimate. Victims are then pressured to pay fabricated permit fees via wire transfer, peer-to-peer payment apps, or cryptocurrency.

This scam has been reported nationwide.

How to Spot a Fraudulent Email/Letter
Be cautious if you receive an unsolicited email or letter regarding a permit application that includes any of the following:

Requests payment via wire transfer, apps like Venmo or Zelle, or cryptocurrency.
Creates urgency by threatening delays to your permit if you do not pay immediately.
Directs you to respond by email only rather than by phone to “verify” fees.
Comes from an email address that does not end in an official government domain (for example, an address ending in “.com” rather than a “.gov” address).
Includes a PDF invoice with itemized fees and payment instructions.
Keep in mind that professional formatting, official logos, and the correct names of real government officials do not guarantee an email is legitimate. Scammers deliberately replicate these details.

What You Should Do
Do not pay any fees requested via email without first verifying them independently.
Look up the phone number for the relevant town office directly from the official government website and call to confirm whether any fees are actually owed.
Do not use contact information provided in the suspicious email itself.
If You Have Been Victimized
If you or someone you know has been targeted by this scam, file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov. When filing, include the sender’s email address, the date the email was received, any phone numbers provided, the amount listed on any fraudulent invoice, the payment method requested, and any bank account information you may have been given.

Community members wishing to contact the Belmont Police Department may do so by reaching out to Lt. Paul Garabedian.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 617-993-2540

Photos and videos related to this investigation may also be submitted. The Belmont Police Department will strictly safeguard the identities of those who wish to provide information confidentially.