by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 20, 2014 | Newton |
Time for another totally unscientific poll. The recent post about tear-down houses generated more comments than any post in recent memory. Do you think Newton zoning laws need changing? If so, which way should they be changed? [polldaddy poll=7732091]...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 18, 2014 | Newton |
The Upper Falls Greenway construction has halted and will be finished once the weather warms up in the spring. One of the railroad artifacts that we’d like to keep are the switches (see photo). One of our more industrious and far thinking volunteers realized...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 17, 2014 | Newton |
My latest obsession continues … while perusing my copy of the 1889 Kings Handbook of Newton, in the chapter on Waban, after reading about Beacon Hill in Waban, I came across this passage: Beacon street cross the line of the Circuit Railway <now the T...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 15, 2014 | Newton |
A few weeks back, I stumbled onto the 1889 King’s Handbook of Newton on-line and was enchanted. It’s not a history book, rather its a guide book to all of the fifteen! Newton villages as they were in 1889. It’s written in a slightly goofy,...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 15, 2014 | Newton |
In the latest issue of the Upper Falls News, I wrote about my daughter bringing home one of the rusted railroad spikes from the Upper Falls Greenway construction site and my wife’s kitchen experiments in de-rust’ing. After a few attempts she hit a working...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 14, 2014 | Newton |
You may have seen their sign when driving eastbound on the pike. You may have seen their building if you ever poked around on the hard to get to riverfront by the Lasalle boat house near Riverside. I know nothing about the company myself but from their web site I...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 14, 2014 | Newton
The Newton Patch reports that the police are making a concerted effort to locate owners of stolen bicycles that have been recovered – before they are all auctioned off in February. If you had a bike stolen since 2009 and you never reported it to the police, you...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 14, 2014 | Newton
Last year, the City in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce launched a pilot program to place high school students in unpaid internships with local business and non-profits. The program was immensely successful so this year they’re looking to expand it. If...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 14, 2014 | Newton |
Newton author Nelson Lipschutz will be doing a reading from his new novel, followed by a discussion on Wed night, Jan 15 at 7PM at New England Mobile Book Fair. Stop by for the free event, meet the author and pick up a signed copy of his new novel “The Mecca...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 13, 2014 | Newton |
A few months back there was a Village14 post about the closing of Swartz’s Hardware in Nonantum. In the comments, Bruce Henderson mentioned that there was a small bowling alley in the basement of Swartz’s. From there the comments quickly filled up with...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 11, 2014 | Newton |
This past Thursday night all of the elected members of the four village Area Councils were sworn in at the rotunda in City Hall. The 7 member Highlands Council is the granddaddy of them all and has been in existence for many years (30+?). This is the 2nd term for the...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 7, 2014 | Newton |
Yes, I’m, getting a bit carried away with the 1889 Kings’s Handbook of Newton. If the Chamber of Commerce is looking for a writer, Mr King’s your man. Is this your village? This village of Newton, covering perhaps four square miles, is by nature the...
