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by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 13, 2014 | Newton
Much of Newton’s Charles River water front is a wonderful recreational resource for our city. Any day of the week you can see lots of folks walking, bicycling, strolling, bird watching, jogging along the river between Auburndale and Watertown Square. Further up...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 10, 2014 | 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 biographies, from all...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 8, 2014 | Newton |
Back in August I posted here about a new theater company that we were setting up called the Newton Nomadic Theater. As reported back then, shortly after rehearsals began one of the actors (Stephen Cooper) had a horrific accident during a performance of another play...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 4, 2014 | Newton |
Back in March I told the story of a property on a nearby street being sold and the new owner discovering that my water meter was in his house. Over the next month I told the story here and here about the city’s water department using dousing rods while...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 4, 2014 | Newton |
A new musical coffeehouse called ‘Acoustic Newton’ debuts this month at the Newton Cultural Center at City Hall. The mission of the new series is to combine the talent of Newton-based artists featuring the sounds of local singer-songwriters, folk,...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 2, 2014 | Newton |
The Newton School Dept reverted back to the previous rule that all elementary school children that live more than a mile away from school will now ride the school bus for free. For the last four years it was only children that lived more than two miles away that rode...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 30, 2014 | Newton |
A parent came across a stack of these flyers in a hallway at Newton South a few days ago. They were told that “people” were handing them out at the gathering of all Newton teachers that morning. It sounds like the teachers’ union may be trying to...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 7, 2014 | Newton |
Over the last few months I’ve been involved with a project to launch a quirky new community theater company in Newton. The concept behind the Newton Nomadic Theater is that we will produce simply staged plays at a variety of non-conventional spaces around...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 5, 2014 | Newton |
The Friends of Hemlock Gorge’s annual free Hemlock Gorge Summer Party is tonight, from 6 PM – dusk, just over the Elliot St bridge at Hamilton Place. Bring your picnic dinner. There’ll be a grill available for everyone’s use. Music will be...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jul 28, 2014 | Newton |
The Moth Radio Hour started on NPR about 5 years ago and has been wildly successful. The format is simple – regular people tell a true story from their personal experience. If you’ve ever heard the radio show, its compelling listening. The Moth story...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 23, 2014 | Newton |
Last night was the 2nd Annual Feast of the Falls, and what a night it was. 300 guests from Upper Falls sat at one long table in Hemlock Gorge and had dinner together. Once again the food was fabulous, the atmosphere fantastic, and the weather was picture perfect. The...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 18, 2014 | Newton |
If you happen to be passing through Upper Falls at 5 o’clock this Sunday it will be clear that something big is happening. The bells of the Upper Falls churches will be ringing and the streets will be filled with 100’s of nattily dressed people walking...
