by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
We now return to our regular programming
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
A newly formed Political Action Committee (PAC) called Save Chestnut Hill issued an inflammatory statement today claiming that “Chestnut Hill is under attack by a group of politicians who want to end our traditions and eliminate our retail culture.”. The...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton
Share the Cure – Twice the vaccinations, half the time – The City of Newton just launched Share the Cure, a pilot program to help speed Covid vaccination roll-out. Says Health Dept spokeswoman Chris Thayer “we realized that there is quite of bit of...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
al·der /ˈôldər/ noun noun: alder; plural noun: alders; noun: alder tree; plural noun: alder trees; noun: common alder; plural noun: common alders; noun: European alder; plural noun: European alders a widely distributed tree of the birch family which has toothed leaves...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
Coming soon – Village14 will soon be launching its Zoom based VidVillage14 site. We plan to fully integrate the new Zoom based component with the Village14 you all know and love, Here’s how it will work. With each new Village14 post there will be an...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
It’s been a hard year for everyone so the city’s Parks & Rec Department is working overtime to put together a great 2021 summer program. By this summer, without a doubt, lots of Newton resident will have been vaccinated and most of them are more...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
Newton Public Schools announced on Wednesday that they will be retaining the option for on-line education in Newton’s Middle and High Schools for the coming 2021-2022 school year. Said NPS superintendent David Fleishman “While this school year was not...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 30, 2021 | Newton |
A massive container ship has become lodged on Commonweath Ave outside Newton City Hall. The captain of the Ever Given said in an Associated Press report “the light turned yellow at Walnut and I thought I could squeak through. I guess I took my eye off the ball...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 29, 2021 | Newton |
Former City Councilor and long time affordable housing advocate Ted Hess-Mahan posted this on the Newton Civic Action Forum. We’ve re-posted it here with his blessing. I realize this is probably a lost cause, but I thought I would briefly explain the...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 29, 2021 | Newton |
The school system went to a new grading system this year – rather than the traditional 13 step (A+, A, A-, B+ …F) system they went to a four step (A, B, P-pass, NG-no grade) system. At the time this seemed to be a side effect of this very strange Covid...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 28, 2021 | Newton |
A V14 reader just sent me an email and photo of this sign under the Rt9 overpass over Winchester St. The sign is made rather ingeniously from an old wooden shipping pallet and there was a URL on the side of it – diynewton.com. I looked up the webs site and it...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 26, 2021 | Newton |
I posted something a while back that drew on Alice Ingerson’s research about the history of zoning in Newton. I just learned that Alice continued and expanded her research and gave a presentation about it for Historic Newton in January. I’m sorry to...
