by Chuck Tanowitz | May 31, 2016 | Newton
City Council meetings are not the only drama that unfolds at Newton’s City Hall. This weekend the month+ long Newton Festival of the Arts winds up with a production of Oscar Wilde’s rollicking comedy The Importance of Being Earnest by the Newton Theater...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 30, 2016 | Newton |
The 50 person Waltham American Legion Band will be performing at the Hyde Playground tonight at 6:00. Don’t worry about the weather. If the rain comes back, the concert will just move inside. This renown band has been playing all over the US and Europe ever...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 29, 2016 | Newton |
Years ago, the city build a war memorial at the corner of High & Pettee Streets, on the ground of the old Emerson School. Sometime later the school was sold and turned into condominiums. Dick Beecher is a local veteran. He lives in Needham but he grew up in...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | May 20, 2016 | Newton
The 2016 Tour de Newton will be on Sunday morning June 19 (father’s day) and we need you. This 20 mile, 13 village bicycle extravaganza is in its 4th year and continues to grow. This year we’re shooting for 1000 riders. What makes this event completely...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 17, 2016 | Newton |
On a different thread, one of our regular commenters (fignewtonville) said in the middle of a comment. ” I’d like lots of unlikely or impossible things.” That got me thinking. Tell us some of the impossible or unlikely things you’d like to see in...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 17, 2016 | Newton |
As Jonathan Dame of the Newton Tab says – “It’s official: a developer has asked the City Council for permission to replace a string of historic buildings in the heart of Newtonville with a 171-unit, mixed-use complex five stories tall.” The project...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 17, 2016 | Newton
Jonathan Dame reports in the Newton Tab that the entrance and inside corridors of City Hall will soon be watched by security cameras. The installation is in response to reported thefts over the last few years.
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 16, 2016 | Newton |
Waban’s Family Fun Run kicks off at 10 AM this Sunday. The 3.1 mile event is open to everyone but kids can ride bikes or scooters t00. Registration at 9 AM in Waban Square. After the Fun Run, Waban Village Day kicks off for an all day celebration Sunday...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 16, 2016 | Newton |
Here’s a great meandering story that unfolded over the weekend in my neighborhood. There are 367 private roads in Newton and they are very strange legal beasts. The city has no legal responsibility for the upkeep of the pavement on these streets. Maintenance...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 15, 2016 | Newton |
Back in 2013 the city launched a plan in cooperation with Pine Street Inn and Metro-West to convert the de-commissioned fire station, Engine 6 in Waban, into a permanent housing for formerly homeless folks. When the plan was made public there was a very big and load...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 9, 2016 | Newton |
I posted this here a few years back but it’s time to post it again – truly a timeless masterpiece. You just never know what you’ll find on YouTube. Note: not to be confused with this.
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 9, 2016 | Newton |
On Saturday afternoon Landry Bicycles set up a tent to do free bicycle tuneups on the Newton Centre Green in preparation for next month’s Tour de Newton. I went down to help out. Just as I arrived , after a solid week without a break, the rain let up. I saw...
