LigerBots Competing at the New England District Championships!
The LigerBots, Newton’s FIRST Robotics team is on the field this weekend competing at the New England District Championships. Matches started today with qualifiers today and tomorrow, the finals wrap up on Saturday. The whole thing is happening at BU’s...WCVB Covers Newton Parking Spat
While the TAB only touched on the parking issue, Channel 5 sent a reporter across the river from Needham. They went as far as Newton Centre and spoke to exactly one person: Councilor Jim Cote. They apparently cribbed from a similar story by the Globe.
To the person who has my bike: You can’t cash in sentimental value
Someone stole my bike. I know, this happens frequently in Newton and I blame myself. I was lazy and didn’t lock the bike in the shed. I thought I’d get to it “later,” but then life happened and the bike sat in the backyard for a day. I’ve done that often and never had...Stabbing at the Auburndale Star Market
Police say a 23-year-old man stabbed a 79-year-old man at the Auburndale Star Market this afternoon. According to news reports, it happened this afternoon around 2 pm and police have Matthew Muradov in custody. They’re calling it a random stabbing. I heard that...
Looking for something to do? Watch the LigerBots!
So you’re sitting around on a Saturday, not really into the March Madness game that happens to be on CBS, so what do you? Here’s an idea, watch our own Newton Robotics team, the LigerBots! I’ll be in the stands and watching it all live from the North...
How do you sugarcoat hate speech? With actual sugar
Many of you probably received the same mailing I did promising “free hot cocoa, cookies & donuts” in exchange for you showing up to “protest bias & lies in the Newton School curriculum.” While not named in the mailing, the group behind...How Uber and Lyft are taking a toll on Newton
Automated vehicles are coming. This is not something we can stop. People want them, companies are developing them and most agree that at some point in the next 10 to 20 years, they will become the dominant vehicles on the road. What form they ultimately take is still...
LigerBots Win International Recognition for Animation
While the LigerBots, Newton’s FIRST Robotics team gets a lot of attention for, well, robotics, it’s also about developing a series of other skills. This week the parent organization selected our Safety Animation as the top in the world! This mean’s...Cold Causes Problems and Evacuation at Newton South
Newton South students spent about 10 minutes out in the cold today, but the problems could be a bit more severe. From the Principal on the Newton South PTSO blog: What started in the morning as a major water leak due to a frozen, split coil in a heating unit became...Automated Vehicles: When Cheap Becomes Free
Given the lively discussion we had the last time I posted about automated vehicles, I thought it a worthy topic to continue. Over on CityLab is a fascinating article by Judith Donath about how transportation could end up being subsidized by people who want to move...How do you get to work?
This is a rare thing. I normally don’t post about things that relate to my job as the Director of the N-Squared Innovation District, but this one does have a strong local impact. The 128 Business Council, which operates shuttles to office parks in the area, is...
Crazy Divers: Men be like...
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