by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 18, 2014 | Newton |
Jim Morrison reported in today’s Newton Tab (sorry no link yet) about a plan to restore the Turtle Lane Playhouse in Auburndale. Close to 100 residents turned up for a meeting last Thursday where local resident Stephen Vona unveiled a plan to build a mixed use...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 18, 2014 | Newton
Today’s Newton Tab included this intriguing item in the Crime Watch section. June 16 – A Chestnut Street resident reported a sign he put on a sawhorse was vandalized. Some of the letters were cut out and replaced with different letters. Since the obvious...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 16, 2014 | Newton |
In early Spring some of my tulips got decapitated. What was happening to the neighborhood? NIMBY! I quickly treated the remaining tulips with a concoction of garlic and habanero peppers and enjoyed their intact blooms. The plot for a take-over by furry residents was...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 15, 2014 | Newton |
If you’re out and about this morning anywhere in Newton you’ll be crossing paths with groups of 25-30 orange-shirted bicycle riders of all ages. It’s the 2nd annual Tour de Newton and over 600 riders will be on the streets. The 20 mile ride starts...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 6, 2014 | Newton |
It started when we discovered this fireplace buried under years of vegetation beside Echo Bridge. The next step was learning that some of our Upper Falls neighbors were raising chickens and have a steady supply of fresh eggs. It all lead to a very spontaneous...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 5, 2014 | Austin Street, development |
The recently formed Newton Village Alliance (NVA) has organized as a city-wide group raising issues about development issues in Newton. Since their web site went on-line and the organization went public they’ve come in for some criticism here on Village14 and...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 2, 2014 | Newton |
This Sunday’s Boston Sunday Globe featured Alderman David Kalis in their monthly profiles of local authors. The article entitled “Front-row seat to Soviet Union Coup” by Maggie Quick features lots of quotes from David Kalis and a lot of the back...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 2, 2014 | Newton |
I recently entertained you with an odd tale of my current home in Upper Falls. Here’s a timely tale of our previous home. We bought a house in a corner of West Roxbury near the Dedham line about 20 years ago. We had lived in the general vicinity for years and...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 1, 2014 | Newton |
The most exciting event of the year will happen in Upper Falls in just a few weeks. On Sunday June 22, the longest table anyone has ever seen will be assembled for the 2nd annual Feast of The Falls. Three hundred guests will break bread together at a sit-down,...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 1, 2014 | Newton
Paula Plum is a well known Boston actress and playwright. She has just written a play about fiercely independent poet Edna St Vincent Millay and she’s looking for audience feedback. Next Friday at 7 PM there will be a staged reading of the new play...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | May 31, 2014 | Newton
The 2nd annual Tour de Newton is in two weeks – Fathers Day, June 15. The first Tour was last year and it was a big hit. This year we’re planning for bigger and better. The way it works is that groups of riders start simultaneously in all 13 villages and...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 30, 2014 | MBTA |
Back in January, the state Dept of Transportation released a 5 year Capital Improvement Plan that included some details of their long range vision. Those details were none too clearly spelled out but the report did include this intriguing map. The map shows a new...
