by Jerry Reilly | Jun 13, 2023 | Newton |
On June 26th the Newton City Council’s Zoning & Planning Committee will hold a public hearing on proposed new village-center zoning. In anticipation, some residents have expressed the fear that by allowing multifamily housing to be built by right in and near...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 13, 2023 | Newton |
Dan Gaynor made this announcement today …. Today, Dan Gaynor, Obama-Biden Administration official and successful entrepreneur, declares his candidacy for Newton City Council. “Born and raised here in Newton, I grew up watching my own parents’...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 8, 2023 | Newton |
I couldn’t resist this one. According to GreatGreenWall.org, Newton is off the charts in health, happiness, and prosperity compared to, well, everywhere else. So sit back and revel in our collective well-being. Ain’t it grand.?
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 8, 2023 | Newton |
An article by Martina Jackson in this week’s Fig City News reports that a Committee, headed by former Ward 3 Councilor Jim Cote and Newton Highlands Area Council President Jeremy Freudberg, filed papers with Newton City Hall to put an initiative on this...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 3, 2023 | Newton |
Two years ago, two sisters – Julie and Lisa Leavitt created a wonderful and whimsical Upper Falls attraction called the Martin Poetry Path. The Martin Conservation Area is a small pocket park on the side of a hill on Circuit Ave in Upper Falls. The Leavitt sisters...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 2, 2023 | Newton |
Newton’s Porchfest kicks off tomorrow at noon at various porches and yards in Auburndale, Lower Falls and Waban. There’ll be over 100 different performances at 72 different locations around these neighborhoods and its all Free! thanks to the sponsors...
by Jerry Reilly | May 29, 2023 | Newton |
Last year, longtime Newton political activist Martina Jackson was ticketed for running afoul of city regulations that governed when political signs could be displayed on private property. She appealed the fine to the Zoning Board of Appeals and lost. She then filed...
by Jerry Reilly | May 19, 2023 | Newton |
This year’s batch of street pianos just hit the streets. This (in photo) is the Upper Falls piano, outside Little Luke’s Cafe at the corner of Chestnut and Oaks Streets. The City of Newton’s Cultural Development department launched the Artful Pianos...
by Jerry Reilly | May 19, 2023 | Newton |
Today’s mayor’s newsletter reports that the West Newton Armory project, to build 43 units of affordable housing, just secured a commitment for state funding … Gov. Maura Healey this afternoon announced that the West Newton Armory will receive state...
by Jerry Reilly | May 11, 2023 | Newton |
This week’s Fig City News featured an interesting story by Martina Jackson about Crystal Lake. As long as I’ve lived in Newton there have always been tensions between different groups’ visions for Crystal Lake. The last time I saw those tensions on...
by Jerry Reilly | May 9, 2023 | Newton |
Today’s Chamber of Commerce newsletter reported on this Upper Falls development … Tom Brady’s media company is setting up shop in a historic building Newton Upper Falls that has an, um, alarming history. Shadow Lion (which made the “Tom vs. Time”...
by Jerry Reilly | May 4, 2023 | Newton
1 pm on Saturday, keyboardist and composer Hidemi Akaiwa brings her unique fusion of Japanese Zen principles, jazz, and microtonal contemporary classical music to the stage with her quartet. 2 pm on Saturday, Kevin Harris who has an international reputation for his...
