Mary Byrne

3 days ago | belmontvoice.org | Mary Byrne

Standing in the net of a soccer stadium in Tzaneen, South Africa, Belmont resident Chris Matson didn’t immediately recognize the significance of the moment. “I had been through penalty shots before; I look at the player, I look at the ball, and I block everything else out. I am in the moment,” said Matson, 67. “So, when the second of the French players shot wide, I was still standing there, ready to walk off and let the other [goalkeeper] come in, when the ref said, ‘You won.’”“What?” she asked.

5 days ago | belmontvoice.org | Mary Byrne

Though they won’t be included on the warrant for the annual Town Meeting in May, at least two other citizen petitions—written to ease seating requirements for liquor licenses—also entered the pipeline this week. The first petition asks the Select Board to request a Home Rule petition to the state Legislature, authorizing the Select Board to issue at least 10 All-Alcohol Licenses to restaurants having a minimum seating capacity of 18 and a maximum seating capacity of 58 people.

1 week ago | advertiser.ie | Mary Byrne

Byrne (1917-2004 ), for decades a senior nurse in the Regional Hospital (now UHG ), lived her entire life on Henry Street and nearby on St Mary's Road. A senior trade union official with the INMO and a member of the Western Health Board, she was elected to Galway Corporation in 1967, serving 18 years as a city councillor. She was the first female to run for the Dáil for Fianna Fáil in Galway West as running mate for Jonny Geoghegan and Bobby Molloy.

1 week ago | belmontvoice.org | Mary Byrne

Save one administrative correction, the Office of the Attorney General has given Belmont the OK on the MBTA Community Act 3A zoning approved by Town Meeting last fall. Still needed is a stamp of approval from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), according to Director and Town Planner Chris Ryan. “The state has to make sure our 3A zoning meets the technical requirements of the law,” Ryan said in an email.

1 week ago | belmontvoice.org | Mary Byrne

After months of debate, the proposed zoning overlay for downtown Belmont is off the table for the annual Town Meeting in May. Instead, town officials are looking to potentially include it on the warrant for a special Town Meeting in June, if not a fall special Town Meeting. “I think any May date is virtually impossible,” Director and Town Planner Chris Ryan told Select Board members Monday night.