by Adam Peller | May 20, 2014 | MBTA, traffic |
Scary looking stuff, but apparently nobody hurt. What’s up with buses this week? @NewtonFireDept tweets: Bus vs House at 549 Dedham St. No students on the bus. No one home at the time. No injuries at this time— Newton Fire (@NewtonFireDept) May 20,...
by Adam Peller | May 3, 2014 | Newton |
The awnings are up at Chestnut Hill Square… so are some really cheesy pictures pasted to the panels underneath. Â I was expecting real glass with some window displays, at least. Â Bill Cronin of New England Development was quoted as saying the final result would...
by Adam Peller | Apr 30, 2014 | Newton |
and for extra credit, when?
by Adam Peller | Feb 27, 2014 | Auburndale, MBTA |
MassLive reports that the MBTA has published a new schedule for the Worcester line (H/T Emily Norton) which passes through Newton along the pike. Â The schedule has been expanded now that the MBTA has taken ownership of the rail from CSX. Â I haven’t had time to...
by Adam Peller | Jan 14, 2014 | Newton |
This information was sent out by the Bicycle Advisory Committee. Â The purpose is to gather data for local streets to improve the OpenStreetMap wiki to make it a better tool to solve problems involving parking and transportation in Newton. Time: January 21, 6:30PM to...
by Adam Peller | Jan 10, 2014 | Auburndale, development, Stuff that is not yet true |
In MassDOT’s transportation capital improvement plan for 2014-2018, just published, a vision for the MBTA in 2024 includes a form of rapid transit for the north side of Newton, using diesel multiple unit cars, terminating at Riverside station. Â A so-called...
by Adam Peller | Jan 2, 2014 | Newton |
On Twitter and also on Facebook.
by Adam Peller | Jan 2, 2014 | Newton |
For better or worse, the city seems to have taken to a complaint-driven system to monitor and solve problems not just for the resident snow clearing ordinance, which is still voluntary, but also for other snow clearing issues. City-owned property must be cleared....
by Adam Peller | Sep 18, 2013 | MBTA, Stuff that is not yet true
Those digital signs at Newton T stations on the Riverside branch may soon be doing more than flashing PSAs and informing us about service outages in Malden. Steve Annear of Boston Magazine reports that countdown signs in Newton could provide next train info by...
by Adam Peller | Aug 15, 2013 | Stuff that is not yet true, traffic |
@JimMorrisonTAB also reported these points from Ward 8 Alderman Cheryl Lappin: …[Lappin] who voted against the reconfiguration in June 2012 but implored her fellow aldermen to join her in voting to revert back to the old design, pointed out the there are five...
by Adam Peller | Jun 28, 2013 | Newton |
This one has been bothering me for some time. Thompsonville, I was taught in 5th grade, is Newton’s smallest village by far, like a comma between Chestnut Hill and Newton Centre, best known by the intersection at route 9 and Langley Road with Tony’s Villa...
by Adam Peller | Jun 17, 2013 | Newton |
