The Albemarle Neighborways Project
The Albermarle Neighborways project has been a long time coming and is long overdue. In the words of the city website, it “will help address longstanding safety concerns on a busy stretch of Albemarle Road.” Its stated goals are the following: Improve...
Covid Boosters Available
For those of you in an “at-risk” group (co-morbidity or over 65 years old), Covid boosters are now available if you are more than four months out from your last shot. Having had a booster last September, I enrolled online yesterday on CVS, site of all my boosters, and...
The Walnut Street Minyan moves into its new home
Walnut Street Minyan 858 Walnut Street Newton’s vibrant Jewish community, already blessed with a wide range of congregations across the spectrum of observance, is now welcoming a new neighborhood shul. The Walnut Street Minyan, an independent, traditional egalitarian...Micley announces run for Ward 2 City Council seat
Dear Newton Neighbors, My name is David Micley and I am running for the Ward City Councilor seat from Ward 2. I was born and raised in Newton, and my wife Molly (also a Newton native) and I are the proud parents of three children, Lily, Zoe, and Eitan, who are the...
Rest in peace, Van Seasholes
Ernest Van Seasholes, beloved former principal of Newton South High School, passed away a few days ago (here’s a link to an obituary: https://www.wickedlocal.com/obituaries/pneo0448822). Though sad at his passing, I am grateful that I spent the first half of my...If you build it…
Over the course of many years of debate over development, some residents, particular those in the business community, have advanced a basic precept, which I have dubbed the Reibman Principle: If you build it, they will fall. In other words, if lots of new houses and...Interesting Op-Ed on Development in Newton
For a while I have been reading, with pleasure, the Fig City News. Its coverage of local news has been impressive even when the particular topic has little interest to me. Now Fig City News has added op-eds to its offerings, and Peter Bruce has posted a fascinating...
How not to fill the world with garbage
Pete Seeger’s song “Garbage,” written by Bill Steele, has a famous refrain that carries the following message: Garbage (garbage, garbage, garbage) Garbage! We’re filling up the world with garbage (garbage…) What will we do when...
Cold Spring Update
This time of year, the flora and fauna of the Garden City’s green spaces are preparing to survive the winter as best they can. We residents should follow suit by dressing warmly and keeping our feet moving when hiking the trails of places like Nahantan and Cold...
Carriage road two-way for bicycles – update
If you walk, bike, run, or drive on Commonwealth Avenue’s Carriage Road, you have probably noticed some changes of late. Different kinds of lines – faint white, dashed yellow, and even solid double yellow- have appeared before, after, and across some...Confessions of a Former Idealist
Today’s New York Times featured an article that succinctly summarizes the daunting new challenges facing young people of modest means as they seek to enter the housing market. Here are some excerpts: American home buyers are older, whiter and wealthier than at...
Crazy Divers: Men be like...
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