Belmont Week in Review: Football Head Coach Gone, Jones Not Running For Selectmen, Joey's Park Opens

Belmont High School Football Head Coach Kevin Gildae was dismissed from the team on Thursday, a day before the game with Reading High School. No reason was given for the removal yet it stemmed from personal conflicts with players. Dean Sacca will take over the position for the remainder of the season.

Belmont's State Senator Will Brownsberger won his hometown with 66 percent of the votes in his bid for Congress but didn't win any other community in the race to replace Ed Markey in the 5th US Congressional district, finishing fourth in the special election held Tuesday.

Selectman Ralph Jones made it official: he will not seek re-election to the Board of Selectmen in April. Two days later, Roger Colton announced that he is officially run to replace Jones. Expect more to announce after the new year. 

To great celebration, the new Joey's Park opened on Columbus Day as hundreds of kids enjoyed the new play structure.

The State's Department of Transportation broke ground on the $17 million, two year reconstruction of the Belmont/Trapelo corridor. 

Belmont Savings Bank will be closing its Cushing Square branch as part of a consolidation of operations as it shifts to branch offices in supermarkets.

Belmont Serves brought hundreds of volunteers to help their neighbors including supplying 2,100 bags of donated food and sundries to the Belmont Food Pantry.

Belmont High A Dream School for students heading to college according to a new survey by the Boston Globe and professors from Holy Cross.

Belmont Boys' Soccer reach the playoffs, as Belmont defeats Arlington in a thriller, 1-0, in Field Hockey.