by Jerry Reilly | Nov 10, 2021 | Newton |
This past weekend the Newton Nomadic Theater tentatively dipped its toe in the waters to see if our audience was ready for indoor theater again after a year and 3/4 long Covid hiatus … and wow were they ever. We announced a Fri and Sat show at the brand new... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 9, 2021 | Newton |
Based on multiple requests from readers, we’re considering re-configuring Village 14 to display comments in sub-threads. The idea is that when you add a comment, you can indicate whether the comment is related to the post itself, or is a response to a previous...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 8, 2021 | Newton |
MassBay Community College student, Nathan Persampieri of Newton, MA, has been recognized by the Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation with the “Patriots Difference Maker of the Week Award.” Persampieri, who studies liberal arts, was selected for his... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 8, 2021 | Newton |
In a different thread @Jon made the case for adding a Like button for comments and also proposed adding “threaded comments”. You may have seen threaded comments on other sites, where comments get clearly organized into categories so that below one post... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 4, 2021 | Newton |
A rather strange story appeared in the Boston Globe on Thursday. Thomas K Morse, a Newton resident checked into the W hotel in Boston carrying big bags and a guitar case and requested a room on an upper floor. A member of the hotel staff spotted something that led...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 3, 2021 | Newton |
Political campaigns can and often are rough and tumble affairs. Even for relatively low stakes elections, campaigns, candidates, and their supporters can seemingly lose their minds as election day approaches. In the immediate run-up to yesterday’s Newton... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 1, 2021 | Newton |
What I really missed about this election cycle was – no stories. For the previous two election cycles, in the last week before the election, the Newton Nomadic Theater held the Nomad Story Slam – Election Edition. All the competing candidates took a night...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 31, 2021 | Newton |
We have 48 hours until the election polls close but tonight we’ve just finished tallying the results for the 2021 Newton Political Swag Award. This competition was first instituted back in 2017 when Brenda Noel upped the entire category of Newton political swag... by Jerry Reilly | Oct 31, 2021 | Newton |
Several Newton elected officials and candidates for local office take the position that housing in Newton should only be developed by nonprofit developers. Nonprofits are important housing providers and in theory that sounds great. But this platform is not a viable...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 30, 2021 | Newton |
All candidates running for contested seats in the upcoming election were invited to submit a post in support of their candidacy to Village14. . Note: The deadline for these posts was noon on Friday. The Sangiolo post didn’t arrive until many hours after the...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 30, 2021 | Newton |
All candidates running for contested seats in the upcoming election were invited to submit a post in support of their candidacy to Village14. Click through for Ruthanne Fuller’s post.
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 29, 2021 | Newton |
All candidates running for contested seats in the upcoming election were invited to submit a post in support of their candidacy to Village14. Click through for Meryl Kessler’s post.
