by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 22, 2014 | Newton |
Everyone of you has got at least one, and probably many, great stories inside of you. Come to the Nomad Story Slam on Friday Nov 21 and let them out. It will be a night of community story telling loosely modeled after NPR’s popular Moth Radio Hour. Come to...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 20, 2014 | Newton |
For the last two years, two Upper Falls businesses, Dunn Gaherins and Better Life Food, have put together the fabulous Feast of the Falls. It’s a remarkable catered dinner for 300 people at one long table in Hemlock Gorge. The tickets are handed out free to...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 19, 2014 | Newton |
Many villages and neighborhoods across the city have “listserves” or Google Groups for linking residents together for talking about everything from neighborhood development projects, to lost dogs, to recommendations for babysitters. They are a great way...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 15, 2014 | Newton |
Today’s Boston Globe had an article by Ellen Ishkanian about the problems with gaps developing between some of the floorboards in the gym. According to the article, no decision has been made yet about whether the floor will need to be replaced. They’re...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 14, 2014 | Newton |
Newton’s newly restored Civil War Soldier’s Monument was just re-dedicated this past spring. It was built in 1864 to commemorate the Newton men that died in that war. Each month this year, Katy Holmes from Newton’s Planning Dept has been compiling ...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 14, 2014 | Newton |
OK, not too soon but …. big plans are afoot for a month long Newton Festival of the Arts, next May at locations all over the city. The festival will span everything from music, dance, visual arts, theater, film, to culinary arts and will feature a full calendar...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 13, 2014 | Newton
There’s a pretty amazing FREE service available to anyone in Newton (actually in all of Massachusetts) who pays NStar or National Grid utility bills. A small sliver of our utility bills goes towards energy conservation efforts. Here in Newton this is...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 12, 2014 | Newton |
Back in the springtime, we came up with the idea of a traveling theater that would move from village to village around Newton and present simply staged plays in unusual locations – “keep it simple, travel light and move from place to place”. It was...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 9, 2014 | Newton |
Big excitement in Upper Falls this afternoon though details are pretty sketchy so far. According to a Newton Patch report, “SWAT teams descended on Newton Thursday afternoon after a knife-wielding man reportedly barricaded himself inside a building. Police...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 8, 2014 | Newton |
I just picked up this from Alderperson Alison Leary’s Facebook post: A message from Bill Paille, the Director of Transportation On why they do line painting at night. I heard them on Chapel Street last night. The reason we paint at night is because traffic is...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 8, 2014 | Newton
This week’s Tab featured this nice profile of our village blacksmith, Hammersmith Studios by Jim Morrison. What’s that you say? You don’t have a village blacksmith? Why how do you get your horseshoes repaired? Carl and Susan do particularly...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Oct 7, 2014 | Newton
Come down to the lawn outside Newton City Hall (noon – 5PM) this Saturday and sample food, music and culture from China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan at The Asian Festival. The free event features food from many local Asian restaurants and music and dance...
