Disturbing statistics from Wicked Local Newton.
The increase in opioid overdoses and deaths has hit Newton especially hard, with the number increasing dramatically from 2015 to 2016, according to Newton Public Health Commissioner Deborah Youngblood. In 2015 there were 57 reported opioid overdoses in Newton; that number soared to
During a ceremony marking what would have been President John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday, Congressman Joe Kennedy III spoke at his great uncle’s birthplace in Brookline yesterday. Here’s a transcript of his prepared remarks…
Thank you Professor Logevall for that kind introduction, and for your elegant description of my great-uncle’s work.
To the National Parks Service, the Town of Brookline and the countless dear friends gathered in the audience today, thank you for this thoughtful, poignant tribute.
It is hard to express how meaningful it is, so suffice it to say: my family and I are deeply grateful.
This street is particularly familiar to me. My wife and I brought our daughter Ellie home right around the corner, to the first house we
Many of those new units, whether they’re condos or apartments, are too expensive for the average family. But the city believes that they’ve reduced the demand on older housing stock enough that owners of existing units have been forced to lower their prices to compete. The law of supply and demand, it would appear, is working in Boston.
Newton’s new ban on gas-powered leaf blowers begins on Memorial Day and continues until Labor Day.
The Globe’s John Hilliard reminds us about the specifics…
Thanks to a new set of rules approved by city councilors in January, only one battery- or electrically-powered leaf blower at a time can be used per lot from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The same regulations also bar
WGBH’s radio’s Edgar B. Herwick III explores this history behind what was once called “the ‘supermarket of the space age” in one of his Curiosity Desk segments.
Newton Memorial Day Parade is happening again this Sunday, starting at 3 .m. at Newton North High School. Details and a parade map are here.
This one has been bugging me for a week but I’m just getting to it now. In last week’s TAB, of anti-housing group Newton Villages Alliance makes this rather bold — and I’d argue entirely unsubstantiated — statement.
It is indisputable that Newton residents reject high-density residential projects because every one that has been proposed has encountered intense local opposition.
Kouril Grieser offers no evidence to support her declaration other than the fact that
In an interview with the TAB’s Laura Lovett, Mayor Setti Warren emphasized his focus would remain on Newton as he begins his quest for governor.
Construction crews will move into the area at the end of June to begin work align the intersection of Oak, Christina and Needham Streets. The construction itself is set to last approximately 12 weeks, the TAB’s Laura Lovett reports.
The New England Mobile Book Fair is staying in Newton for at least another two years.
Laura Lovett’s TAB’s story is here.
Boston Globe story is here.
Boston Business Journal story is here.
It may feel like summer outside but Gary C tweeted this photo taken at the Street today.
Via Universal HubThe last Boston-area snow? This morning at @ShopTheStreet in Chestnut Hill. @universalhub pic.twitter.com/oymAqrAJDB
— Gary C (@nhsgary) May 17, 2017
