Belmont Rolls Out Digital Grave-Finder Map for Town Cemetery
A new digital grave-finder map for Belmont's cemetery is drawing local notice this week, with Belmont Patch reporting on how the tool could change the way residents and families search for burial records — potentially from their phones.
TOWN HALL
The town homepage carries a reminder that yard waste collection will be suspended the week of June 29 through July 3. Residents should plan to hold curbside yard waste that week and resume normal disposal the following collection day. No other News Flash items fell within the coverage window.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
Belmont Patch's latest morning digest leads with the cemetery story: "🌱 Patch AM: How will Belmont's new grave-finder map change cemetery visits?" The piece explores how a new searchable map could let residents locate graves by phone, making the town's cemetery more accessible to families and researchers, per Belmont Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont)
Patch had previewed the same topic a day earlier: "🌱 Patch AM: How soon will you be able to search Belmont graves by phone?" — an earlier look at the timeline for rolling out the searchable grave-locator tool, according to Belmont Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont)
On a statewide note, heavy rain this week is pushing up beach closure counts across Massachusetts: "MA Beach Closures Rise To 28 As Downpours Cause Flash Flooding, Stormwater Runoff" — stormwater runoff from Tuesday's downpours is being blamed for elevated closure numbers as skies clear, per Belmont Patch citing Patch staff. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont)
Also from the state level: "SJC Clears Way For Ballot Question That Would Eliminate Political Party Primaries In Massachusetts" — the state's highest court has allowed a ballot question to proceed that would place candidates of all affiliations on a single primary ballot, according to Belmont Patch citing CBS Boston. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont)
COMING UP
**Wed., June 24** — Water Advisory Board meets in person; Board of Registrars of Voters meets remotely. Check the town calendar at belmont-ma.gov for times and call-in details.
**Wed., June 25** — "Stress Free & Healthy Living With Inner Engineering" event listed on the Belmont Patch calendar.
**Sat., June 28** — "Author of Liberty" event on the Belmont Patch calendar; also Waltham Fireworks nearby that evening.
**Week of June 29–July 3** — No yard waste collection. Resume normal schedule the following week.