🌱 Patch AM: How a $337K tax refund reshapes Belmont’s budget and golf course taxes

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $337K tax refund reshapes Belmont's budget and golf course taxes
• What Belmont's DA race could mean for justice and safety here
• Belmont remembers the life of Paul C. Lakschewitz

Also on today's calendar: Yoga of Energy Flow YOGA TEACHER TRAINING with Daniel Orlansky, Andrea Fotopoulos & others and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 79 and low of 59 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 59.
• Thursday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fair Cash Value at the Heart of Tax Dispute With Country Club (belmontvoice.org) — Belmont's tax battle with Belmont Country Club has ended with a state board ordering roughly $337,000 in property tax refunds, on top of the club's existing 75% recreational land break. Local officials worry the decision strains Belmont's already tight budget and could influence assessments through 2025, even as the club remains a longtime practice site for Belmont High's golf team.
   

• Ryan, Solet Tout Records in Middlesex DA Forum (belmontvoice.org) — Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, a longtime Belmont resident, and challenger David Solet are clashing over leadership, violent crime, and impaired driving as they head toward the Sept. 1 Democratic primary. In a recent forum, they also debated mental health resources, cooperation with ICE, and new technologies like Shotspotter and AI scam protections that could affect justice and safety in Belmont and across the county.
   

• Paul C. Lakschewitz (wiscassetnewspaper.com) — Belmont-raised Paul C. Lakschewitz, a St. Luke's School graduate who built a long Hilton Hotels career in Los Angeles, has died at 82. He is remembered fondly for summers in Southport, Maine, his generous "Uncle Paul" hospitality, and close ties to Belmont relatives who continue to live and raise families in town and nearby communities.
   

📸 Around Belmont

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28
• Yoga of Energy Flow YOGA TEACHER TRAINING with Daniel Orlansky, Andrea Fotopoulos & others →
  The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
  Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday August 25
• Project Literacy Teachers' Meeting
  Watertown Free Public Library Lucia Mastrangelo Room (2nd floor)
  6:00 pm
• Family Story Time
  Watertown Free Public Library Children's Program Room , 123
  6:00 pm
• Mix Beginner class at Project Literacy Office
  Watertown Free Public Library Project Literacy Office , 123 Main S
  6:30 pm
• Cook the Books: The "Three Sisters" Cuisine
  Watertown Free Public Library Cafe , 123 Main St, Watertown, MA\
  6:30 pm
• Learn the Laser Cutter →
  Watertown Free Public Library Hatch Makerspace 20 Summer St, Watertown, MA, 02472
  7:00 pm
• Girl Scout Daisy Troop 81619
  Watertown Free Public Library Watertown Savings Bank Room (1st floor) Watertown Free Public Libr
  7:30 pm
Sunday August 30
• 11th Annual Becca Pizzi 5k Sunday August 30th! →
  Belmont High School, 221 Concord Ave, Belmont
  9:00 am
• Fall Open House and Instrument Petting Zoo →
  Powers Music School, 160 Lexington St, Belmont
  1:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Sing with Lexington Pops Chorus →
  Hancock United Church Of Christ, 1912 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Codman Estate Fine Arts and Crafts Festival →
  Codman Estate, 34 Codman Rd, Lincoln
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Arlington

• Potential sale of former Girl Scout camp in Meredity heads to court (unionleader.com)
• The '09s: Top 50 boys in New England entering 2026-27 season (hockeyjournal.com)
• Constance Edith Rudd, Teacher, Singer, Animal Lover and Activist, Dies at 83 (thedailycatch.org)

Watertown

• New England ABMDR's 15th Annual Walk of Life Returns to Watertown September 19 (oragark.com)
• Man killed by police identified (cambridgeday.com)
• Officials identify 2nd human West Nile virus case in Massachusetts this year (masslive.com)

Cambridge

• Man Killed In Police-Involved Shooting In Cambridge (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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