Belmont Savings Bank Announces Branch Egg Hunt Bike Giveaway

Following March 30 Egg Hunt, Bank Offers Second Opportunity to Win Bike at Main Branch

Belmont Savings Bank today announced that it will be giving away a bike from March 30 to April 6 following the 10 a.m. Belmont Egg Hunt Saturday at the Chenery Middle School, where they also are donating a bike prize. The second giveaway will occur at the main branch located at 2 Leonard St. in Belmont Center. With the conclusion of the March 30 egg hunt – where the Bank has donated a bike prize to be found within one of the eggs – children eight years old and younger are welcome over the following week to stop by the Belmont Center branch with their parents where they will have an additional opportunity to select an egg with a second bike. A basket with blue eggs will be available, with one of the eggs being the bike winner.  One egg per …

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Free Movies During Early-Release Wednesdays in March

Not just the films, Belmont Savings will throw in the popcorn as well.

Belmont Savings Bank in coordination with the Burbank PTA, Butler PTA, Winn Brook PTA and Wellington PTO is sponsoring a pair of free movie matinees at the Belmont Studio Cinema for families to enjoy during this month’s early release school days.  The free movie series begins this Wednesday, March 6 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with the animated comedy hit, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. The 2012 Academy Awards nominated Wreck It Ralph will be shown on March 20 at 1 p.m., as well as in Watertown on the 13th. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, a 2012 American 3D computer-animated comedy film, is the third installment of the Madagascar series, and it is the first in the series to be released in 3D. Wreck It Ralph tells the story of an arcade …

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Belmont Savings Goes Shopping in Newton, Cambridge

Belmont-based financial institution will open branches in Shaw's, Star Markets.

You can add Belmont Savings Bank along with milk, bread and cereal to your next grocery list when you shop in Cambridge and Newton as the Belmont-based will open two new in-store branches in local Shaw's Supermarkets. The announcement made today, Thursday, Feb. 28, comes as the bank continues an impressive increase in size from $500 million to $800 million in assets in the past three years. The bank's expansion comes from growth in revenue from business loans, in net income and expanding gross profit margins. As a result, the bank's stock price – $13.18 as of Feb. 28 – is near its all time high price of $13.39. This week, the bank was one of the top 10 biggest volume gainers on the Nasdaq stock market with half-a-million shares changing …

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Banking Books in Belmont's Schools

Belmont Savings partners with Foundation for Belmont Education to support Common Core.

Foundation for Belmont Education announced Monday that the Belmont School District have been awarded $7,100 as part of the Belmont Savings Bank Textbook Fund, courtesy of Belmont Savings Bank and the Belmont Savings Bank Foundation.  The funds will be used for curriculum changes to the middle school math program, allowing the School Department to purchase new textbooks for the seventh grade standard math course and help align the schools with the new state standards for mathematics. “We are grateful to the FBE and Belmont Savings Bank for supporting us in providing students and their teachers with the best resources to meet the goals of the curriculum,” said Janice Darias, Belmont's assistant superintendent. The Belmont Savings Bank …

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Bank Shot: Belmont Savings/Mt. Auburn Provides Free Flu Clinic

A second flu clinic will be held this afternoon from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the bank's main branch.

People entering the lobby of the main branch of Belmont Savings Bank in Belmont Center Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16, were not seeking to make a deposit to their account. Rather, a steady stream of residents were lining up to make a withdrawal from the vaccine bank as Belmont Savings teamed up with Mount Auburn Hospital to provide free flu shots to any healthy individual coming to the bank over two days. "Step up," said Katherine Rafferty from the hospital's community affairs office as people wandered in the office at 2 Leonard St.  A second free flu clinic will occur this afternoon, Thursday, Jan. 17, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bank's Belmont Center location. "Are you here for the flu shot?" added Mount Auburn Marketing Department's  …

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Free Flu Vaccine Available at Belmont Savings from 4 PM to 7 PM

Shots to be provided from from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Belmont Center main branch.

Today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. is the first of two days in which the Belmont Savings Bank will be offering free flu shots at their main office in Belmont Center at 2 Leonard St. Mount Auburn Hospital will provide nurses to administer the vaccine. Belmont Savings approached Mount Auburn to partner with the Belmont-based bank on the initiative which comes at a time when many area pharmacies have seen their stockpile of flu vaccine empty due to increasing demand for the shot. Given the branch’s location in the town's business hub, the bank has offered its space to work with Mount Auburn Hospital for this service to residents in Belmont and surrounding towns. Shots will be available for adults over the age of 18, and teenagers ages 13 to 18 with …

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Belmont Savings, Mount Auburn to Provide Free Flu Shots

Influenza vaccine to be given Wednesday, Thursday, Jan. 16, 17 at Belmont Center branch.

Belmont Savings Bank is offering free flu shots Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 16 and 17, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at their main office in Belmont Center at 2 Leonard St. Mount Auburn Hospital will provide nurses to administer the vaccine. “This flu season has already been one of the worst on record, and it is not too late get vaccinated.  We want to insure that everyone in our community has a convenient way to get a free flu shot,” said Bob Mahoney, President and CEO of Belmont Savings. “We approached Mount Auburn Hospital and they were thrilled to partner with us on this initiative,” he said. Given the branch’s convenient location, the Bank has offered its space to work with Mount Auburn Hospital for this service to residents in Belmont and …

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Helping a Family, Our Friend, Now in Need

"In my eyes, no one has paid it forward more than this family."

To the editor: It is with a heavy heart that I share the news with all of you that Laurie Graham’s beloved husband Daniel Downey died suddenly on Wednesday. Dan was the IT go-to guy at the high school adored by the students and teachers alike for his ability to connect them to 21st Century teaching skills.  As many of you know, Laurie has devoted her life to helping children and families here in Belmont through her many volunteer positions such as the Chairwoman of the School Committee, Co-Chair of the Belmont Special Education Advisory Council, Food Pantry organizer, library and Council on Aging volunteer, Wellington Building Committee member, and more – countless  hours of volunteer work to benefit the Belmont population. In my eyes, no …

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Photo Gallery: Turn on the Holidays in Belmont

Belmont Center turns on the lights and welcomes the holidays.

Under a silvery moon, the lights glowed bright in Belmont Center Thursday night, Nov. 29, as Santa Claus hit the switch to offically signal the beginning of this holiday season. And this year's Turn on the Town holiday and Christmas tree lighting, the 22nd edition sponsored by the Belmont Center Business Association, was one of the best attended with families and teens wandering Leonard Street partaking in the face painting, cupcakes, fried dough, free hot chocolate and a petting zoo with actual llamas. In addition, Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman greeted little ones as the Belmont High School Madrigal Singers entertained though the night as "snow" fell from the roof of the Belmont Savings Bank's garage. But the real attraction Thursday …

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'Tom Turkey' Makes Holiday Deposit to Belmont Savings Staff

Why isn't BSB CEO Bob Mahoney ever seen in the same room with "Tom"?

That was no turkey people saw entering the Belmont Savings Bank Monday afternoon, Nov. 20. In fact, that was Belmont Savings' President and CEO Robert Mahoney wearing the over-sized turkey costume.  But this was not a bank promotional gone bad or the long-time banker paying off a losing bet. For the second time in as many years, Mahoney played 'Tom Turkey' delivering fresh holiday birds to bank employees a few days before Thanksgiving. Mahoney – who for the past two years has been in charge at Belmont Savings – made the rounds Monday to each branch office, the backroom operation on Concord Avenue and finally finishing at the main office just before closing, carrying 125 birds around Waltham, Watertown and Belmont for staff to take home.  "…

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