by Jerry Reilly | Mar 8, 2021 | Newton |
Newton is holding a special election on Tuesday March 16 for two City Council seats. Election day is next week but Election Week begins now. You can vote any day this week from 8:30Am – 5:30 PM at City Hall or wait to election day and vote at your normal... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 8, 2021 | Newton |
The NPD Facebook page reported yesterday on the handling of this pair of calls. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt thanks to admirable restraint on the part of NPD. On Saturday March 6, 2021, at approximately 9:04 pm, Newton Police responded to a home in the Four...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 7, 2021 | Newton |
This may be Story of the Year. Last February (2020) shortly before Covid hit we held our last live Nomad Story Slam. Renata held the audience spellbound with her telling of her escape from Nazi Germany as a child. Here’s her story
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 6, 2021 | Newton |
The candidates for the Newton’s special election for Ward 2 Bryan Barash Tarik Lucas David Micley The candidates for Newton special election for Ward 1 * John Oliver * Madeline Ranalli What happens when it...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 4, 2021 | Newton |
On my morning stroll to get a bit of air and some coffee I headed down Tower Rd, just off Needham St. I spotted a demolition crew that looks like it had just begun to puts its claw into one of the abandoned buildings in the back of the industrial site back there. It... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 3, 2021 | Newton |
This evening Newton parents of school children received an email from NPS detailing the current status of getting kids back in to the schools. Elementary – Moves to full in-person the week of March 29 or April 5th Middle School – “looking forward to...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 3, 2021 | Newton |
The wonderful folks who run Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors have compiled these four good ways you can help your neighbors this week. Dear Neighbors, Happy March. Despite this week’s cold snap, this long, dark, pandemic winter is nearing an end. The snowdrops are... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 3, 2021 | Newton |
I didn’t see the most recent Ward 2 candidate debate but Rich Heald reports that Bryan Barash contradicted public comments that he had made previously about eliminating city-wide single family zoning. Reports Rich Heald – “The portion of the debate... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 2, 2021 | Newton |
When reading Village14 on my laptop, it puts up a series of links to seemingly random previous Village14 posts along the right side of the screen. Today I spotted a very old one called What’s a Spa? that I wrote way back in 2014. If you click on it, it brings... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 2, 2021 | Newton |
Last night the Newton School Committee held a public Zoom meeting in which the middle school principals gave a status report. Newton parent Sigal Yawetz wrote this open letter in response and asked that it be shared here on Village 14 as a Guest post. Dear School... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 1, 2021 | Newton |
Over the last weekend of February 2021, NNHS reported that Mr. Fabrizio, an instructor in World Languages, lost his home to a fire. Funds are being raised to support Mr. Fabrizio during this difficult time.
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 1, 2021 | Newton |
I run the Newton Nomadic Theater. Our theater along with virtually all the other local arts, music, and entertainment organizations have mostly shut down for the last year. We did a few on-line events early on in the pandemic but we’ve since lost our motivation...
