Let’s talk election reform

Let’s talk election reform

by | Oct 6, 2020 | Newton

State Senator Cindy Creem invites you to a discussion about election reform with Senator Barry Finegold, Newton City Clerk David Olson and Representative John Lawn via Zoom on Thursday Oct 8, 6:30PM – 7:30 PM. You can register here.  

Why are Newton Schools mostly remote?

by | Oct 2, 2020 | Newton | 49 comments

Stefanos N. Kales is a professor at Harvard Medical School & Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Newton students are receiving little to no “in person” instruction at NPS.  Middle school is 100% remote until at least November, as are high schools for the...
Columbus Day in Newton?

Columbus Day in Newton?

by | Sep 23, 2020 | Newton | 45 comments

Jenna Fisher reports in the Newton Patch that a proposal is afoot in the City Council to consider changing “Columbus Day” to “Indigenous People’s Day” in Newton. The proposal was first floated a year ago by Councilors Emily Norton and...
What’s with the water bills?

What’s with the water bills?

by | Sep 21, 2020 | Newton | 5 comments

This useful info just arrived in Councilor Andreae Downs’ email newsletter. A number of residents have been asking why their water bills are higher during COVID than they were last year. In a nutshell, most of us are using more water at home right now. For...
The Druids had a good day

The Druids had a good day

by | Sep 19, 2020 | Newton | 3 comments

As most of you know, Bruce Henderson has been running a months long Newton Scavenger Hunt over the last 10 weeks.  He’s had 50 photos of all kind of weird and wonderful items that can be seen from public spaces in Newton. As time went on, one of the items, #45...
A weekend of live outdoor theater in Newton

A weekend of live outdoor theater in Newton

by | Sep 13, 2020 | Newton | 4 comments

Yesterday the Newton Nomadic Theater kicked off a weekend of the first live theater by any theater group. any where in Greater Boston (I believe) since the lock-down began in March. Given how all our lives have played out over the last six months I don’t think...
Newton neighbors helping neighbors

Newton neighbors helping neighbors

by | Sep 11, 2020 | Newton | 4 comments

On March 10th, as COVID-19 began to change the way we live, work, pray, play, and learn in our neighborhoods, Newton resident Shalini Tendulkar launched the Facebook group Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors. In the first week, over 1,000 of you joined the effort...
Racists patterns in local policing

Racists patterns in local policing

by | Sep 10, 2020 | Newton | 14 comments

Benyamin Meschede-Krasa is DefundNPD’s Data Analyst Institutional racism is built into the structures of policing across our country and Newton, Massachusetts is no outlier. In Newton, we currently rely solely on the police department to analyze and report...

Timeless Village14 posts

by | Sep 9, 2020 | Newton | 7 comments

I’ve been a big fan of Bruce Henderson’s Newton Photo Scavenger Hunt posts that have been running every week on Village14 throughout this summer. That inspired me to take on a little project this weekend.  The vast majority of everything that gets posted...