by Jerry Reilly | Dec 15, 2022 | Newton |
For over 25 years, Newton’s own Catie Curtis toured full-time in the US and Europe, releasing 14 recordings and selling over 250,000 CDs (not to mention streaming and downloads). She has recorded for major (EMI Guardian) and independent labels, collaborating...
by Jerry Reilly | Dec 15, 2022 | Newton |
Plans for the Newton Beacon, a new on-line only local non-partisan newspaper was announced earlier in the year. Today they announced that the site will have a soft launch in mid-January with Gail Spector and Dan Atkinson as the reporters. For the initial launch they...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 28, 2022 | Newton
The Parks & Recreation Dept announced a program for Sunday afternoon recreational swimming on seven Sundays from Dec 4 – Jan 29 ( closed 12/25-Christmas and 1/1-New Years). Swimming sessions are from 12:15 – 3 PM and cost $99 per person. More...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 28, 2022 | Newton |
The Village Bank has partnered with the Newton Rotary and the City of Newton Department of Health and Human Services to sponsor the City’s annual Holiday Gift Drive. This year marks the 15th year of the Bank sponsoring the event, which looks to help make the holidays... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 21, 2022 | Newton |
A group of Newton citizens has formed Vote Yes for Newton, a ballot question committee calling on voters to pass three override questions that would modernize three aging school buildings; support educational excellence and student wellbeing; improve streets and... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 19, 2022 | Newton |
My cell phone started buzzing on Thursday evening. “Have you seen the proposal by the city” asked one neighbor. “I can’t believe we were not notified,” said another. “It’s outrageous,” said yet another. I went immediately to the mayor’s email. Near the bottom was a...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 16, 2022 | Newton |
An invitation from Bike Newton …. Join us for one of our most popular rides! We’ll go down the Commonwealth Ave. Carriage lane to Auburndale, through the Cove north and along Charles river path in Waltham, to Newtonville and back to the Library. This may...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 10, 2022 | Newton |
In the early days of Covid, the state passed rules that eased the path to greatly expanded outdoor dining at restaurants across the state. Those rules will expire this coming March 31. The increased outdoor dining was both a great quality of life improvement for...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 3, 2022 | Newton |
In a short amount of time the Fig City News has become an absolutely essential source of news about all things Newton. This has been particularly important in the aftermath of the Newton Tab throwing in the towel on local news coverage. They’ve got an...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 3, 2022 | Newton |
For the last couple of years, at the beginning of the winter, the Braeburn Country Club has erected light wooden fences across their best hills to stop anyone from sledding down. It also has erected similar fences across entry points (off Kent Rd and off Windsor Rd)....
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 3, 2022 | Newton |
The last time the words “Turtle Lane Playhouse” appeared on Village 14 was in 2016, when the Newton City Council approved a plan to redevelop the Auburndale site into a new theater, with 16 units of housing and office space. The theater, where musicals had been...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 24, 2022 | Newton |
People think that homelessness is a problem of the inner city—minorities, crime, drugs, etc. But there is a silent, secret problem right here in the suburbs, specifically here in Newton. Case Study #1: My initial confrontation was not some panhandler at Mass and Cass...
