Pedophile Newton priest Paul Shanley is dead
Paul Shanley, a former Newton-based, Catholic priest who played a pivotal role in the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Archdiocese of Boston, died late last month. In 2005, he was convicted of raping a boy at St. Jean’s Parish Newton church in the 1980s and...
Riverside approved!
The Newton City Council unanimously approved the Riverside Station project, 24-0, last night. The years-in-the-making project will include 582 apartments (including 103 affordable units) along with 253,827 square feet of office space, 150 hotel rooms and 38,895 square...Sick Tok: BC student’s quarantine experience goes viral
Boston College student Sean Hanley documented his isolation experience after testing positive for COVID-19 on TikTok. Check it out on the Heights website.City Council hears from Newton’s struggling restaurants
I try not to share too many chamber related things here. But I believe last night’s Council of the Whole meeting about the challenges restaurants are facing as as result of COVID-19 is worth viewing (it’s only one hour). I’d also like to share the TAB’s story and the Globe story about reducing liquor license fees as a way to help our struggling restaurants.
Woodland raises objections to Riverside project
Citing concerns about sunlight bouncing off the new buildings and burning the grass, Woodland Golf Club is seeking financial contributions and other measures from the Riverside project, the Boston Globe reports.Barash and Lucas eye Ward 2 City Council seat
John Hilliard at the Globe looks at a likely matchup between Tarik Lucas and Bryan Barash for the Ward 2 At Large City Council seat presuming that Jake Auchincloss succeeds Joe Kennedy in Congress in January.Former Newton swim coach arrested in connection to nude photos
James Saidnawey, 29, was hired this summer as a 4th grade teacher at Eastham Elementary School in Nauset Regional School District. Before he was hired there, he worked as a 5th grade teacher in Newton and coached the Newton North High School girls swim team for a...Pandemic? What pandemic?
Here’s the Boston College Eagles celebrating their 24-21 win over the Bobcats in their home opener in Chestnut Hill last night.WE TURNT pic.twitter.com/tQ1OtP8RGl
— BC Football (@BCFootball) September 27, 2020
Newton’s 9/11 honor role
As has become an annual tradition here on Village 14 here are the names of 17 individuals who died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that are known to have a Newton connection. If you know of any additional names, please add them to the comments...
‘Free’ swim forever? (Not just during a pandemic?)
What do you think about this letter to the editor in the TAB? Free swim There has been a festive feeling at Crystal Lake this summer. In an ironic twist, COVID-19 brought a complete lapse of rules and regulations regarding who came to swim in the lake. The absence of...We interrupt everything for five and a half minutes of Zen
Take a break from back to school angst, election angst, people aren’t wearing masks angst, zoning reform angst and just overall general angst and enjoy this virtual concert consisting of a selection of New Philharmonia’s string players performing Felix Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 10.
