This Week in Belmont History: Selectmen OK Shaw's

Belmont Citizen

April 19, 1984

Five Residents Finish the Boston Marathon

Marlboro Street resident Bob Hall sat shivering in a garage under the Prudential Center Monday, his eyes staring blankly ahead, his face ashen from the tremendous effort he had just put out.

Hall had just powered his wheelchair 26 miles and 385 yards, fighting a steady headwind and a cold misty drizzle to finish sixth out of 30 wheelchair entries.

Other Belmont finishers were Charles Gaffney of Brighton St., Martin Duffy of Lincoln St., Edward Witham of Bartlett Ave., and Jake Celosse of Oxford Ave.

Belmont Citizen

April 23, 1987

Shaw’s approved by board

Shaw’s supermarket must pay $60,000 toward a traffic study and traffic light, the planning board has ruled ...

The board approved Shaw’s site plan review application, which sought permission to build a 40,000 square supermarket at 566 Trapelo Rd., the current location of Edgar’s flowers.

Belmont Citizen

April 25, 1991

Drugs worth $100K seized

A joint operation by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies has resulted in the discovery of a marijuana growing operation in Belmont and the seizure of between $80,000 and $100,000 worth of the drug.

The drugs were seized last Wednesday at the home of Robert Ramuglia, 40, of 51 Grant Ave. He was later arrested.

Belmont Citizen-Herald

April 18, 1996

Annex and bridge may join Belmont’s Historic District

Belmont’s Town Hall Annex had been a school at one time, as reported by lifelong resident Lydia Ogilby. Before it was a school, Eleazer Homer’s family bought the property and owned it throughout the 19^th century. Homer was also the school’s architect; the school was built for a total of $43,184.  The Homer School started out as a high school, but as population grew, a new high school had to be built (on Orchard St.) and the Homer became an elementary school. The recommendation was not only to preserve the structure, but also to suggest that new construction be so designed as to complement the architecture of the historic buildings.

Belmont Citizen-Herald

April 20, 2000

Patriots make history – again. Not the football team

Since 1986, lifelong resident Gardner L. ‘Skip’ Hayward, Jr. has been re-enacting the part of Samuel Hadley, a Minuteman killed by the British in the battle that started the American Revolution on April 19, 1775.  More than 2,000 soldiers took part in the 3 day long re-enactment.  It marked the 225^th anniversary of the battle.