by Jerry Reilly | Nov 25, 2017 | Newton |
As I mentioned recently, the Newton Conservators regularly lead wonderful aqueduct walks along the Cochituate and Sudbury aqueducts. Their walks start in Waban Square, head down the Cochituate to Four Corners, down the Sudbury pipe to Echo Bridge and then back to...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 20, 2017 | Newton |
Boston TV news is abuzz tonight with the news of the hulking coyote photographed with a cat in its mouth in Auburndale. That’s one big coyote and the caught-in-the-the-act photo definitely sends chills up the spine of our new kitten owning household,...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 20, 2017 | Newton |
Since 1968 there’s been a low power AM radio station broadcasting from a tiny studio next to the Newton dump on Rumford Ave. The tiny WNTN building always reminded me of our version of the radio station in the movie Brother Where Art Thou. Over its many years... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 19, 2017 | Newton |
indaLinda Plaut is the director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Her office is behind or involved in all kinds of wonderful city sponsored activities – everything from Arts in the Park, the Festival of the Arts, the street pianos, the 4th of...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 11, 2017 | Newton |
Since the Newton Nomadic Theater began three years ago we’ve brought live theater to nine of Newton’s thirteen villages – but never to West Newton. Coming up in December we will stage a wonderfully unique series of performances of A Christmas Carol...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
After all the great feedback I’ve heard about the candidate stories, I thought I’d go digging in the video archives. Here are five more stories from candidates and elected officials from earlier Nomad Story Slams. The first Nomad Story Slam was in Nov...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
Tip O’Neill famously used to say “all politics are local.” Sitting here at this keyboard, that means Village14. Last night’s election will lead to a few changes here. V14 regular Andreae Downs lost her keys to Village14 a while back when she... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
I just received an email from the Waban Improvement Society saying that the new Angier School will no longer allow “live pick-ups” in the lane in front of the school at dismissal time. Instead parents picking up kids are asked to park on the surrounding...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
Anping Shen won a decisive victory in tonight’s School Committee election. I first crossed paths with him only a few nights ago at Friday’s Nomad Story Slam where he told a wonderful story. I met him again a few days later on Sunday night at Jean &... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 8, 2017 | Newton |
Greg Reibman and Sean Roche started this blog six years ago, During those years Greg has been a constant presence and Sean has alternated between being MIA and being prolific. Tonight while the elections returns were coming in ,the rest of us were asleep at the... by Jerry Reilly | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
In a few minutes the election will be over. In a few hours we’ll know the results. For the candidates who don’t manage to win tonight, when the dust clears and you have five minutes, listen to Eileen Sandberg’s story. Eileen’s son has some...
by Jerry Reilly | Nov 6, 2017 | Newton |
This campaign season has been particularly vigorous. The mayor’s race, the charter and various City Council and School Committee races have had a huge amount of campaign energy. Candidates and supporters have been pushing as hard as they can for months. Given...
