On the last nail-biter day of a presidential race that drew huge voter turnouts across the country, the quiet suburb of Belmont found itself squarely in the spotlight, thanks to one very famous resident.
On Tuesday morning, the scene around the Beech Street Center — usually a quiet oasis for senior citizens who want to quilt or play board games — hummed with Secret Service, extra police, and sign-toting residents as Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney cast his vote in the town he has called home since 1971.
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Actually, many Belmont's residents waited in a traffic nightmare. The vast majority of Belmont's voters did not vote for him. Hundreds of them have been given time to volunteer for the Obama campaign.