by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 24, 2014 | Newton |
A local business owner in Upper Falls has just put together a fabulous free service for the neighborhood. Ben Lee, the owner of Bob’s Subs Stop on Elliot Street, has just launched a free SAT/PSAT tutoring service at the shop on Saturday mornings from 9:00...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 24, 2014 | Newton
The “Newton Has Talent” event will be back again this year on March 30. The deadline for submissions is tomorrow night, Feb 25 at midnight. If you’re at least 13 years old, and you live or go to school in Newton, and you have talent, then submit a...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 24, 2014 | Riverside |
After the Board of Aldermen issued a Special Permit for the construction of the new development at Riverside, a group of neighbors from Lower Falls and Auburndale filed suit against the Board or Aldermen, the developer (Normandy), and the MBTA, challenging the...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 22, 2014 | Newton |
On a different thread about pot holes, questions was raised about the city’s handling of basic maintenance of the city’s infrastructure. In response, Alderman Deb Crossley described the work that’s being done to put together a long term maintenance...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 19, 2014 | Newton |
It’s cold, dark, gray and dreary this afternoon so it’s time for some cheery news about summer. The Feast of The Falls is definitely coming again on Sunday June 22. The fabulous, free, fun, Feast will be back again this year for the 2nd time. The Feast of...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 18, 2014 | Newton |
Have you looked over the edge of a local Grand Canyon? Have you lost a hub cap or tire to one of those yawning chasms? Let us know where the worst pot holes in the city are. Before you do though, be sure to first report them to the city’s 311 system. In our...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 17, 2014 | Newton |
Jean and Lee Kitchen is a new Taiwanese/Chinese restaurant that just opened this past week in Upper Falls. It’s located on Oak St near Chestnut St, just across the railroad tracks (soon to be the Greenway) from The Depot Coffee Shop. Jean and Lee were...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 16, 2014 | Newton |
It’s school vacation week and there’s plenty of fresh snow on the ground. What’s your sledding hill of choice? What are the conditions at the moment? We’re just back from the golf course on Nahantan Street (left). It was a great afternoon,...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 13, 2014 | Newton |
The Newton Tab reports that a developer has bought the old Engine 6 firehouse in Waban and will be building three luxury condos there. The Engine 6 property was at the center of a contentious fight this past year. MetroWest and Pine Street Inn had teamed up on a plan...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 13, 2014 | Newton |
In recent weeks all of the newly elected public officials, including the incoming Area Councillors from Waban, Upper Falls, Newton Highlands and Newtonville attended a mandatory training class on the state Open Meeting Law. Briefly, the law requires that all...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 12, 2014 | Newton |
According to today’s Newton Tab, the Board of Aldermen is considering implementing a new public nuisance ordinance targeted at residents who have too much junk outside their home. If you knew much about my own home you might think I’d be an avid supporter...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 7, 2014 | Newton |
The CVS drugstore chain announced on Wednesday that it will no longer sell any tobacco products in any of its stores nationwide, starting in October. Back in 2008, San Francisco banned the sale of tobacco products in drug stores. The following year, Boston, Needham,...
