Friday, May 17, 2013
A look at what's open on the housing market this weekend.
Realtors and real estate brokers, this is your space. Upload photos of the houses you're showing this weekend and enter the property's details in the caption. Selling your Belmont place without a real estate broker? Consider yourself invited to add your photos and details into the mix. Please upload one photo per open house listing and include the following information in the captions of all photos: Click on the big green "Upload Photos & Videos" button to get started. If you have any trouble getting the message out, send an email to belmont@patch.com
Lots of stuff to do and eat tomorrow morning and afternoon.
Food, animals, kiddy carnival rides, classic cars, live music, a dunk tank and thousands of residents on Leonard Street can only mean one thing: the 23rd annual Belmont Town Day is tomorrow, Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by Belmont Savings Bank and run by the Belmont Center Business Association, the yearly event closes down Belmont's largest business hub for one day so families, friends and gaggles of kids (and especially teens) to wander up and down the roadway to eat samples from the Center's eateries, listen – and dance – to a live rock band, view classic cars next to Belmont Savings (and vote on your favorite) and visit approximately 60 tables set up by businesses, schools and local groups and organizations, several…
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Leonard St & Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
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Construction could begin this summer after board gives tacit approval of project's massing and height.
It may have just been a straw vote among the four Belmont Planning Board members at its Thursday meeting on May 16, but the unanimous tally all but assures the long-stalled Cushing Village retail and residential development will receive a special permit in the next 30 to 60 days that would allow construction of the 185,000 square foot project to begin. "This is a milestone. This vote will move the project forward," said Planning Board Chair Sami Baghdady after he and the members symbolically approved the project's height and mass, creating an "envelope" that allows the developer and abutters an assurance of a specific size and boundary to the adjacent neighborhood. "We're ready to go," said Chris Starr, the president of the development …
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Market heats up as temperatures - and pollen - increased in the past weeks.
Welcome to Belmont Patch's Thursday feature: Sold! Each week at this time, we'll show you some of the residences purchased in and around Belmont. Click on the photo at right to look at a photo gallery of homes that sold up until May 13. The same information without photos is available below in an easy-to-scan list. In the market for a new home? Be sure to check out our House Hunt column on Fridays for open houses in your area. (Click on the photo at right to look at a photo gallery of homes that sold in Belmont until May 13.) 11 Madison St., Brick Tudor (1929). Sold: $1,147,500. Initial listing: $1,135,000. Square feet: 2,895 sq.-ft. Rooms: 10, Bedrooms: 4, Baths: 2.5. On the market: 106 days. 306 Pleasant St., Colonial (1917). Sold: $809…
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The cost of colonoscopies, MRIs, CT scans and mammograms can vary a lot from place to place.
It costs about $1,500 less to get a colonoscopy in Middlesex County than Suffolk County, according to data from New Choice Health, a private company that encourages people to become smarter healthcare consumers. CT scans, MRIs and mammograms are also more affordable in Middlesex County. These big regional differences have been in the news lately: As the Washington Post wrote on Wednesday, "One hospital charges $8,000 - another $38,000." Using the same data as the Post, The New York Times listed out the prices of a series of procedures in hospitals across the country. The Federal Department of Health and Human Services recently released a report comparing hospital charges for patients on Medicare. The report comes after a 26,000 word March…
Sunday, May 12, 2013
This Watertown colonial provides a glimpse of the town's strong residential past and a clear look into the future.
Prospective homebuyers will delight with the eclectic blend of designs offered within this vintage 87 year-old Watertown colonial. It introduces its strong heritage immediately with its classic architecture and later inside with its layers of natural wood and period details. Those features are nicely balanced by its impeccable condition and renewed elements, including contemporary hues and an updated kitchen. This property is a great tribute to Watertown's rich residential roots and its bright future. The first floor contains a beautiful fireplaced living with French doors that open into a rear deck and flourishing gardens, an elegant dining room, inviting family room and a renovated kitchen drenched in neutral tones with granite surfaces…
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Results from a recent executive survey ranked Massachusetts 47th for business.
A CEO magazine ranks Massachusetts as one of the worst states in the nation for business. Chief Executive Magazine ranked Massachusetts 47th based on a survey of corporate leaders. Survey respondents reported the Bay State is one of the worst for taxation and regulation. The state Republican Party is pointing to the survey and saying that Gov. Deval Patrick and the Democratic-led Legislature are bad for the economy and business. What do you think about Massachusetts’ business climate? Is this a good state in which to do business?
Friday, May 10, 2013
Photos and information in this article are uploaded by local real estate brokers and Belmont Patch.
Realtors and real estate brokers, this is your space. Upload photos of the houses you're showing this weekend and enter the property's details in the caption. Selling your Belmont place without a real estate broker? Consider yourself invited to add your photos and details into the mix. Please upload one photo per open house listing and include the following information in the captions of all photos: Click on the big green "Upload Photos & Videos" button to get started. If you have any trouble getting the message out, send an email to belmont@patch.com
Beer and sports comes through for the victims of last month's terror attack.
The two stores are neighbors in Belmont Center, sharing a common wall. Champions Sporting Goods, 53 Leonard St., is known by generations of athletes and their parents in Belmont as the go-to shop for all things sports and being the official "cut through" from the Center to the parking lots out back. Craft Beer Cellar, 51 Leonard St., is the "new" kid on the block, a wonderland of artisan beers from local and regional brewers, attracting townies and those who travel hours to sample the unique inventory. And after the terrible events at the Boston Marathon on April 15, the stores with the common wall would put their efforts into the common cause of helping those directly impacted by the acts of two desperate brothers. Days after the …
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Craft Beer Cellar
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Matt Sullivan
9:55 am on Friday, May 17, 2013
sully121 10 hours ago Report Abuse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was a great night for Belmont. After years of discussion and changes in the proposal the Planning Board has voted to move forward with Cushing Village. What we have now is a development that is much improved and should make everyone happy, Thank you! Read more: Planning Board … more ›