by Greg Reibman | Mar 28, 2018 | Newton |
They’re as a sure a sign of spring around here as a crocus; only they spring up and multiply on driveways across Newton. But as a Rich Shelley asked yesterday on Village 14’s Facebook page:
Why is this allowed – how can it not be littering? Can anyone just wander through Newton throwing whatever they want on the ground?
by Greg Reibman | Mar 27, 2018 | medical marijuana |
A group of about 50 or so local residents gathered outside of the empty storefront at 1152 Beacon St. on Sunday to protest a possible medical marijuana dispensary opening there, Julie Cohen reports for the TAB Neighbor Jane Kitonga expressed worry for her children.... by Greg Reibman | Mar 27, 2018 | MBTA, Newton
The first of 24 new Green Line cars has arrived in Massachusetts for testing and is expected to join the Green Line fleet this summer, the Globe reports. The new trolleys, known as “Type 9,” differ slightly from existing Green Line cars: They can fit about 10 percent... by Greg Reibman | Mar 23, 2018 | Newton |
One month after announcing that they were exploring a potential merger, the two Newton-based liberal arts schools said in a brief statement that they would “not move forward with a merger,” the Boston Business Journal reports. by Greg Reibman | Mar 23, 2018 | Crime |
Over the past several weeks there’s been an uptick in the number of times police have gotten calls related to copper theft, Newton Patch reports. Between February 16 and March 2 at least seven calls came into police reporting copper wiring, or downspouts were...
by Greg Reibman | Mar 21, 2018 | Newton, Newton people |
Longtime Channel 5 personality and Newton resident Frank Avruch has died, WCVB reports. Over a 40 years career, Avruch hosted many Channel 5 programs and was also Bozo the Clown
by Greg Reibman | Mar 21, 2018 | Chestnut Hill
Sen. Ed Markey will be at Boston College for a town hall event on Sunday. Markey will be speaking on relevant political issues and taking questions directly from the audience. This event is free and open to the public WHEN: Sunday, 3/25. [Doors at 3:00, Event from...
by Greg Reibman | Mar 19, 2018 | Affordable housing, Austin Street, City Council, Environment, Newton, Washington Street Corridor |
In my role as president of the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber, I’m often asked, both on Village 14 and elsewhere, if the opinions I express on this (independent) blog and elsewhere, represent my personal values or the interests of the businesses and nonprofits... by Greg Reibman | Mar 18, 2018 | Newton
Here’s more bad news for everyone who is concerned about the lack of substantive (or any) journalism in Newton. Boston Globe freelancer John Hilliard, who has provided some of the deepest news reporting about Newton over the past couple years — including... by Greg Reibman | Mar 18, 2018 | Environment |
In October, Waste Management informed the city that our green cart contamination rate exceeded the 10 percent limit (by weight) specified in our current contract. WM informed the City it had conducted 17 separate audits of Newton’s recyclables at its recycling...
by Greg Reibman | Mar 16, 2018 | Newton |
Here’s the TAB’s coverage More photos here on Newton Patch and videos here.
by Greg Reibman | Mar 15, 2018 | Newton |
A bold “Sunshine Week” editorial in this week’s Newton TAB touts the virtues of transparency in government, the public’s right to know and the essential need for an unnumbered, free press.
We do get the government we collectively deserve, which is why your ability to know and to understand the functioning of your government and your leaders at all levels — local, state, and national — is so crucial to our democracy. It’s why the very First Amendment to the Constitution enshrines not only the freedom of religion and of speech to all, but of the press, and to your right to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. There are no exceptions or qualifications among those words.
It’s an important editorial, which has never been more true or vital.
The problem is, this very same edition of the Newton TAB does nothing to demonstrate the principals that editorial tells us are so essential.
Nothing.
Except for a submitted column written by the mayor’s office, this week’s TAB does not contain one article about our local government or school system. Not one story. No meeting coverage. Nothing about the City Council’s marijuana moratorium. Nothing about the the folks who’ve been without power, downed trees, snow removal or the cost of storm cleanup. Nothing about the school committee’s proposed plan to shorten the high school day. Nothing about city workers joining the teamsters. Nothing about what Land Use or any other city committee is deliberating,
And of course we have nothing about the things we don’t
