by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 16, 2012 | Newton |
The Upper Falls Greenway bike trail won’t be built until next spring, but since the NewtonSERVES volunteers cleared the entire length of the trail this spring, its now a perfectly walkable mile long trail. From 10AM – noon today, walk the length of the...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 12, 2012 | Newton
The Countryside Outdoor Classroom Project, a plan hatched by some 5th graders three years ago was nearly given up as dead. Thanks to the mayor stepping in to donate city surveying services, a tenacious team of Countryside faculty, parents, a Brandeis biologist, and...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 11, 2012 | Newton |
Two men were arrested Sunday night while climbing the antenna tower between Chestnut St, Braceland Park and the Upper Falls Greenway. They had parachutes on their backs and a camera on one of their helmets. From the report, its not clear how far up the tower they...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 10, 2012 | Lower Falls, Newton TAB, Riverside |
In 1975, the Newton Conservation Commission published a visionary plan called the Charles River Pathway for linking the entire Charles River water front with walking paths from Cutler Park in Needham to Watertown Square. In the intervening years, the DCR has built a...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 5, 2012 | Newton |
The Newton League of Women Voters has launched a new initiative to establish a Charter Commission to examine the city’s laws and recommend changes. A perennial issue that’s sure to resurface as part of that effort, is the size of the Board of Aldermen....
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 30, 2012 | Newton
Favorite police blotter story of the week … Police responded to Beacon Street and Lake Avenue on Saturday after a party reported someone threw his bicycle into Crystal Lake and then proceeded to get in an argument with him. According to reports, the bicycle...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 29, 2012 | Newton |
There seems to be widespread agreement that the city has major and expensive work to do on a number of elementary schools in the coming years. There seems to be widespread agreement that we won’t be able to finance the necessary work without an override or debt...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 29, 2012 | Crowd sourcing needed
This month, Bike Newton published a new bike map of the city. The map focuses on the main arteries connecting the city together. This is a great idea and its full of all sorts of additional, useful bicycle information. It’s available from Bike Newton and at...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 25, 2012 | Newton |
A major construction project has been going on for the last month in Hemlock Gorge to rebuild the small crumbling “sluiceway dike” at the corner of Ellis St and the Rt 9 exit. This morning I was down there with Alderman Brian Yates and Bill Tedoldi, a...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 22, 2012 | Newton |
The MetroWest Daily News reported today that the MWRA is changing their policy about people walking on their aqueducts. Up until now “walking the pipes” has been on shaky legal ground. The aqueducts are the private property of the MWRA and neighborhood...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 20, 2012 | Newton |
Three families have recently taken up residence in the “R” and the “B” of the Waban Starbucks.
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 4, 2012 | Newton |
The brand new Jonathan’s Bar & Grill opens tonight at 215 Needham St. in Newton. It’s open till 1 AM. So get on down there and then get right back here and write us a review.
