From 9 to 43: Belmont's Long-Serving Town Meeting Members Honored

In what will become an annual event, Belmont Town Meeting honored retired members who served on the legislative body for at least nine years.

In its inaugural ceremony, the former members who have retired since 2010 were invited by the Belmont Town Moderator Michael Widmer to join the Annual Town Meeting on Monday, June 3 to be recognized for their service to the Town of Belmont with many showing up to allow Town Meeting to express its gratitude.  

This recognition ceremony to all Annual Town Meetings for yearly retirements, according to Town Clerk Ellen Cushman.

Those retiring members are: 

Robert Gallant, 43 years

John Malone, 43 years

Gerard Natoli, 40 years

Robert Plunkett, 40 years

Cornelius Hegarty, 36 years

William Pisano, 33 years

Mark Clark, 30 years 

Mark Haley, 28 years

Joanna Hilgenberg, 26 years

Angelo Firenze, 25 years

Sandy Kendall, 25 years 

Carl Brauer, 23 years

Thomas Blake, 19 years

Sallye Bleiberg, 18 years

Matt Sullivan, 18 years

Steven Giallongo, 17 years

Neil Wasserman, 15 years

Felix Firenze, 13 years

Rosalie Kerr, 13 years

James Pazzanese, 13 years

William Green, 12 years

Geoffrey Tillotson, 11 years

Michael Crapulli, 10 years

Malcolm Laughlin, 10 years

Jim Graves, 9 years

Darrell King, 9 years

Trey Klein, 9 years

Paul Wolf, 9 years