Dan Gaynor announces candidacy for City Council, Ward 2
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’...
Good news people, we’re all going to live to 100+
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.?
Will winter parking ban be on November’s ballot?
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...
Martin Poetry Path opens Sunday at 11 AM – rain or shine
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...
Porchfest kicks off at noon on Saturday, June 3
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...
Political perma-signs in 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...
The Artful Pianos hit the streets
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...
Armory affordable housing project gets state funding
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...
Competing interests at Crystal Lake
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...
Tom Brady’s business moving to Upper Falls
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”...
Newton Piano Summit kicks off this weekend
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...
Crazy Divers: Men be like...
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