by Jerry Reilly | May 20, 2018 | Newton
Waban resident and Village14 semi-regular Terry Malloy was sporting a new, very large look today at the Waban Village Day. This was a few moments before Terry led a parade of enthusiastic kids with wild costumes through the assembled crowd in Waban Square....
by Jerry Reilly | May 14, 2018 | Newton |
Here’s Amy Sangiolo’s wonderful weekly list of the official business going on in the City of Newton this week. The latest announcements and updates… City Council Meetings – Week of May 13th [City Council] Development Review Team Meetings – Week of... by Jerry Reilly | May 13, 2018 | Newton
The Newton Nomadic Theater regularly hosts nights of storytelling called the Nomad Story Slam. From time to time I dive into the archive of 100’s of stories that have been told at the Nomad Story Slam over the last three years and pull out one of my favorites. Here’s...
by Jerry Reilly | May 11, 2018 | Newton |
In recent years more and more houses that get sold are knocked down and replaced by something bigger and newer. Historically that only happened with smaller modest houses on bigger lots. Recently nicer and newer houses have regularly been knocked down. That trend...
by Jerry Reilly | May 11, 2018 | Newton |
The nine street pianos at the heart of last weekend’s festivities on Newon Center Green were all distributed to their home in nine different villages this week. Over in Waban they didn’t waste any time. Yesterday Chris Pitts (sax) organized an impromptu...
by Jerry Reilly | May 9, 2018 | Newton
Someone has written things in the sky over every village in Newton. It’s all part of the month long Newton Festival of the Arts. The festival wanted something special this year so they recruited internationally known multi-media artist Will Pappenheimer to...
by Jerry Reilly | May 9, 2018 | Newton |
Put it on your calendar . The first annual Newton Porchfest is coming to Auburndale on Sat June 2. They’ll be 60+ performers on 50 porches all around Auburndale. Wander through the streets of Aubrundale and sample this FREE! musical smorgasbord of every...
by Jerry Reilly | May 7, 2018 | Newton |
Good Morning Newton Residents, Here’s my weekly update on Newton’s community and local government. Click on any of these titles or scroll through all the notices below. Tag Newton Gas Leaks – May 12th [Events] City Council Meetings Week of May 6th [City...
by Jerry Reilly | May 7, 2018 | Newton |
My favorite part of the Newton Festival of the Arts is back – the street pianos. This year there’s a wonderful new wrinkle. All nine pianos are all together today on the Newton Centre Green. Tonight (Sat, May 5) at 6 PM there will be an event for nine...
by Jerry Reilly | May 6, 2018 | Newton
The Newton Nomadic Theater regularly hosts nights of storytelling called the Nomad Story Slam. From time to time I dive into the archive of 100’s of stories that have been told at the Nomad Story Slam over the last three and a half year and pull out one for a Sunday... by Jerry Reilly | May 6, 2018 | Newton |
The Huffington Post ran an article about Massachusetts tough gun laws. We are one of the only states that gives local police departments a say in whether or not a local citizen is allowed to get a gun permit. We’re also the state that had the lowest gun...
by Jerry Reilly | May 1, 2018 | Newton
Something big, something fun, could be coming to Upper Falls this summer and I couldn’t be more excited about it. Chuck Tanowicz from the N-Squared Innovation District had a bodacious idea a few months ago. He recruited a whole team and they began putting it...
