by Jerry Reilly | Mar 18, 2018 | Newton |
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. This past November we held a special night – “Election Edition” in which 17...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 13, 2018 | Newton
I just went on the city’s web site to find an email address for the DPW. I wanted to send a herogram to them for plowing my tiny street tonight. While poking around there I came across the DPW’s T shirt design competition. I LOVE this idea!. ...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 13, 2018 | Newton |
The 2nd Annual Newton Political Paddy’s Day Breakfast is taking off. We just got confirmation that our “mystery guest” will definitely be there on Friday. He is a nationally known political pundit that you may have seen on CBS, CNN, FoxNews, NBC,...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 11, 2018 | Newton |
Batten down the hatches, buy shopping carts full of bread and milk, and warm up the plows. IT’S COMING HERE!!!! The predictions are all over the map from 5″ to 24″ but everyone seems to agree that we’re going to have some kind of storm...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 11, 2018 | Newton |
Every once in a while on the weekend 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 a wonderful story from my friend Caitlin Langstaff who told it...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 7, 2018 | Newton |
I just received the Newton School Committee’s email summarizing Monday’s meeting. I clicked through to the High School Principals’ Update in which there was a section about “High school start times”. What caught my eye was this –...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 5, 2018 | Newton |
“Be there or be Boiled Like Cabbage” Once again Dunn Gaherins will be hosting its now traditional Newton political St Patrick’s day breakfast on Fri March 16, 8:30 AM. Last year’s event was planned in 48 hours. This year we’re starting...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 1, 2018 | Newton
Join the Newton Nomadic Theater for a staged reading of a new play – “Three Exits” by local playwright Gino Diloirio. Gino Dilorio’s plays have been produced at theater’s up and down the East Coast. He’ll be joining us for a staged...
by Jerry Reilly | Feb 28, 2018 | Newton |
Industries come and go. Common types of shop yesterday are rare today. Yes there are still a few TV repair shops, video rental stores, typewriter shops, cobblers, etc – but they are now specialties – few and far between. Given that, how do we explain that... by Jerry Reilly | Feb 13, 2018 | Newton |
The Zoning and Development Committee met last night and voted to support a moratorium until the end of 2018 on opening any marijuana dispensaries in Newton. The voters approved the legalization of marijuana in the Nov 2016 election. Initially the state intended to...
by Jerry Reilly | Feb 11, 2018 | Newton |
Sunday’s are always a bit quiet here on Village14 so I have one word for you all – “COYOTES”. Newton’s NextDoor.com site is usually filled with requests for good plumbers, notices about happenings in the neighborhood, babysitters wanted...
by Jerry Reilly | Feb 11, 2018 | Newton
The Newton Nomadic Theater periodically runs an event called the Nomad Story Slam. They are nights of community story telling held at Gregorian Rugs. Each slam has a theme and anyone can come and throw their name in the hat to tell a five minute story – and they...
