🌱 Patch AM: How slow permitting could reshape development along Belmont’s Brighton Street Corridor

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In today's newsletter:

• How slow permitting could reshape development along Belmont’s Brighton Street Corridor
• How Belmont girls rugby powered its way to a state title

Also on today's calendar: Getting to Know Us - Lifelong Learners, An Independent Collaborative and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the elephant wear pink socks? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 79, low: 61.
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Study: Permitting a Constraint in Belmont (belmontvoice.org) — Belmont officials are weighing how to speed up a permitting process that developers say is a major barrier to building along the Brighton Street Corridor and in town generally. A Harvard Kennedy School team found long, unpredictable reviews drive up project costs, and the Planning and Building Department is eyeing site plan changes and a new Open Gov tracking system to make timelines clearer and shorter.    

• Stars of state championship week: Spring athletes close season on high note (bostonherald.com) — Belmont High’s girls rugby team capped the spring season with a 36-24 state championship win over Weymouth, powered by three tries from Rebecca Christenson. The game is featured among standout performances from Massachusetts spring title contests, putting Belmont athletes in the spotlight as the 2025–26 high school sports year wraps up.    

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Belmont

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Wednesday June 17

• Getting to Know Us - Lifelong Learners, An Independent Collaborative →
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Sunday June 21

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  Cedar Hill Events, 265 Beaver St, Waltham
  1:30 pm

Monday June 22

• Summer enrollment at RSM Winchester is still open! →
  50 Cross St, Winchester
  9:00 am

Thursday June 25

• Stress Free & Healthy Living With Inner Engineering →
  Southie Event Spaces, 368 W Broadway, Boston
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday June 18

• Information Technology Advisory Committee →
  Belmont, MA Calendar
  7:30 pm

Saturday July 4

• Arlington Independence Day Concert and Picnic →
  Robbins Farm Park, 61 Eastern Ave, Arlington
  6:00 pm
• Bo And Bill Winiker Band Concert And Fireworks Spectacular →
  Albemarle Field, 250 Albemarle Rd, Newton
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday June 16

• KD work share
  Pierce School 50 School St, Brookline, MA 02445
  8:30 am
• Zine Making: What Does the Declaration Mean 250 Years Later?
  Boston Public Library - Central Library in Copley Square 700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02116
  10:00 am
• Toddler Story Time
  North End Branch Library 25 Parmenter Street, Boston, MA 02113
  10:30 am
• Baby & Toddler Playtime
  Charlestown Branch Library 179 Main Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
  10:30 am
• iSpy: Explore Boston Harbor on Georges Island
  Boston Harbor Islands National Park Georges Island
  11:00 am
• Annual Outdoor Living and Garden Tour →
  Winchester, MA Calendar Winchester, MA 01890
  12:00 pm
• Tai Chi for Fall Prevention: Level 1
  West End Branch Library 151 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
  1:00 pm
• Need Help Paying Your Energy Bill? →
  Winchester, MA Calendar, 109 Skillings Road, Winchester
  2:00 pm
• Adult Craft Time: Seaglass Birds
  North End Branch Library 25 Parmenter Street, Boston, MA 02113
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Older Belmont Area Homes May Be More Vulnerable to Summer Sewer Problems Than Homeowners Realize —Rich Sanger Read on Patch

• Hi, I’m looking for a very good interior painter for sometime in July or August.
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• I’m looking for recommendations from personal experience with a plumber.
  Need to fix a newer toilet that has a very slow leak. The floor tile are sometimes damp around the base. Thinking it’s the wax seal or one of the… (Nextdoor Belmont Hill 2)

• Acosta posted a job opening for Retail Coverage Merchandiser in Belmont. Apply here.
• Kindercare Education posted a job opening for Camp Counselor at Great Outdoors Brandeis University in Waltham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Belmont here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Arlington

• Revolution II defeat Red Bull New York II, 2-1 New England Revolution (revolutionsoccer.net)
• Troy claims the real man behind America's Uncle Sam (prismnews.com)

Watertown

• World Cup Watch Party in East Watertown on Friday (watertownmanews.com)
• 55 Bates Unit B, Watertown, MA 02472 (redfin.com)
• Sidewalk Work Continues in Coolidge Square This Week (watertownmanews.com)

Medford

• Medford Fire Department Awarded Large Grant From Cummings Foundation (patch.com)
• Medford Student Receives Girls On The Run Alumni Scholarship (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because his blue socks were in the wash. (Thank you Mary C. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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