by Jerry Reilly | Apr 2, 2020 | Newton |
We are all feeling stress right now and with the prospect of a months-long lock down due to the coronavirus, we’re going to have to manage that stress. There are many resources to help you come up with a plan that is best for you and your family. SEL4Newton has a...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2020 | Newton
All the fools at Village14 wish you a very happy and Covid-19 free April Fools day. *** Disclaimer – None of today’s stories are true Now back to our regular programming
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2020 | Newton |
One of the few heartening things about the COVID-19 shutdown are the wonderful stories of neighbors helping neighbors get through it together. Two students from Germany and three from France arrived in January for a semester long exchange program at Newton South. ...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2020 | Newton |
Since the pandemic first threatened Newton, the mayor’s office has been doing a great job communicating with a nervous citizenry. The daily Mayor’s Update emails have been filled with up-to-the-minute data and information about our local situation and how...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2020 | Newton |
In a startling turn of events Northland Development today announced that they will not re-develop the massive 22 acre parcel in Upper Falls. For the last three years the city has been consumed with digesting this huge project – dozens of public meetings, endless...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2020 | Newton
After repeated complaints, and repeated warning, the flock of canada geese at City Hall continued to violate visitors’ “6 feet” space. Said Parks & Recreation’s Carol Stapleton “We gave them multiple chances. We tried to reason with...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2020 | Newton |
City Hall’s COVID-19 Task Force announced today that they will immediately be closing the Needham border, with likely closings of Weston, Wellesley, and Waltham soon to follow. Says spokesman Walter Frankel, “the Charles River gives us an easily defensible...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2020 | Newton |
Newton’s West Suburban YMCA in Newton Corner announced that beginning Wednesday April 2, they will launch a series of on-line daily swimming sessions. Said YMCA Vice-Chair Aaron Goldman, “Like virtually every organization in the country we have been...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 29, 2020 | Newton |
One of the unexpected highlights of last night’s Nomad Story Slam was actor Noni Lewis reciting The Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and that got us thinking …. Next Sunday night, April 5 at 7:30 we will host “Poems on a Sunday Night” streamed... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 29, 2020 | Newton
Last night’s first ever on-line Nomad Story Slam was a really fun and goofy hour and a half. As a friend texted to me “It was like a surreal variety show – Monty Python crossed with Lawrence Welk”. Without a doubt though my favorite moment was...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 28, 2020 | Newton |
This Saturday at 7:30 PM everyone is invited to the first ever on-line, live, epidemiologically approved Nomad Story Slam – COVID-19 Edition. The theme of the night is “trapped” Go to the Newton Nomadic Theater’s Facebook page at 7:30 on...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 24, 2020 | Newton |
The world sure has changed in the last week or two. In just a few days, all sorts of human behavior, systems, and processes were transformed to deal with the impending pandemic. Whenever this all passes, things will inevitably return to a new kind of...
