by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 2, 2014 | Newton |
A Boston Globe story reported this week on a survey of Newtonville residents about the proposed Austin Street development. The survey was conducted by the Newtonville Area Council. According to the article, the majority of the respondents would rather see a smaller...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 2, 2014 | Newton |
Boston.com reported this past week that a large 40B project in Needham was turned down by the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals. According to the article, the ZBA said “that the project would also have to follow town setback, elevation and open space...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 1, 2014 | Newton |
Back in October 2012, the property owner received a Special Permit for a project to tear down the International Bicycle and Skipjack buildings on Needham St and build a new retail complex. I just noticed today that demolition has begun. The Skipjacks building is now...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 1, 2014 | Newton |
Driving down Needham St a few days ago I noticed a curious and (so far) inexplicable phenomenon. If you stand on the Needham St bridge over the Charles River and look upstream you’ll see that the river is frozen. That’s not a big surprise given the recent...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 28, 2014 | Newton
The Newton Historical Commission(NHC) is seeking qualified volunteers to help preserve historically significant properties Citywide. The NHC also administers the City’s Demolition Delay Ordinance. Additionally, Newton has four Historic District Commissions in...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 28, 2014 | Newton |
The Newton Tab reports that the Board of Aldermen just approved an increase in the fine for wintertime overnight parking from $5 to $25/per violation. The increase doesn’t take effect until November.
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 27, 2014 | Newton |
The Newton Civil War Soldier’s Monument stands near the entry to the Newton Cemetary. It was built in 1864 to commemorate the Newton men that died in that war. It had fallen into disrepair over recent decades but was restored last fall, thanks to a Community...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 27, 2014 | Newton |
The real estate site Movoto is circulating this quirky, goofy “29 Things You Need To Know Before You Move To Newton” list.
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 26, 2014 | Newton |
The Austin Street development is in the news and the future of Newtonville is on the table. What better time to delve into Newtonville of the past. Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library will present a free talk called “Voices of Newtonville: a Village...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 26, 2014 | Newton
The Newton Tab reports that a women on Harwich Rd returned home to find a man shoveling her driveway. It turned out that he had just finished robbing her house. The bad samaritan escaped.
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 26, 2014 | Newton |
It was standing room only for the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing last night about a proposed group home at 320 Lake Ave. First off a disclaimer – I haven’t followed this case in detail and I just happened to be at City Hall last night and stumbled on the...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 25, 2014 | Newton |
My neighbor Chris Murphy created this video of one of the less obvious problems you could encounter during winter snow season....
