by Jerry Reilly | Jul 27, 2022 | Newton |
The city’s Climate and Sustainability Team has announced two new initiatives. They’ve partnered with Endless Energy for free home energy audits for Newton residents and they’ve started a new email newsletter. Here are the details … Good...
by Jerry Reilly | Jul 26, 2022 | Newton |
This Friday our neighborhood garage, the Echo Bridge Mobil will be closing their doors for good. Mike and Eddie are draining the tanks and putting down the wrenches. Mike’s been running the Mobil for the last 47 years. Eddie is a newcomer. He’s only...
by Jerry Reilly | Jul 22, 2022 | Newton |
Newton’s Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts kicks off this evening with a performance by Newton’s own acclaimed New Philharmonia Orchestra at the Hyde Playground on Lincoln St at 6:30 PM. The hour long concert will be followed by an “Instrument...
by Jerry Reilly | Jul 18, 2022 | Newton |
This email just arrived from the West Newton Cinema. To our community & customers: For more than 40 years, our family has been proud – and fortunate – to create a community around the West Newton Cinema. Our visitors are more than just movie goers, they are...
by Jerry Reilly | Jul 17, 2022 | Newton |
I’ve been trying to cultivate a pollinator garden for a few years now. Have tried different locations in the yard (not enough sun, too much water, not enough water, etc) and different plants. Have tried all kinds of products guaranteed to keep rabbits and the...
by Jerry Reilly | Jul 7, 2022 | Newton |
The Boston Globe reports that the The Newton City Council recently changed the city regulations governing non-commercial signs, Under the previous rules political lawn signs had a window of time, before and after elections, that they could be displayed. Under the new...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 22, 2022 | Newton
A few of your Upper Falls neighbors have been getting together recently for some “Knitting in the Park”. You’re invited too, whether you’re an old pro or a novice knitter. From the organizers of the yarn fest. “Most informal knitting...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 15, 2022 | Newton |
The League of Woman Voters has just launched its Municipal Transparency and Accountability Initiative. They’d like to solicit your input with this brief survey. LWVN’s Municipal Transparency and Accountability Initiative is an effort to evaluate the...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 13, 2022 | Newton |
A friend just tipped me off to what she said is a very interesting photo exhibit on the walls of the 2nd floor corridor in City Hall. It’s called Cheesecake Brook & Other Waters of Newton by Alex Griswold – “An on-going series black-and-white...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 12, 2022 | Newton |
Yesterday the Newton Nomadic Theater hosted perhaps our most eccentric production in our nine years of existence. We called it the Hidden Shakespeare Theater – “one part scavenger hunt, one part outdoor hike, and three parts Juliet” Guests were kept...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 9, 2022 | Newton |
John Hilliard reports in the Boston Globe that a group of residents have sued to block the NewCal Senior Center project. A group of Newton residents is asking a Middlesex Superior Court judge to block the city from spending money on a proposed replacement for the...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 8, 2022 | Newton |
Do you know the grading distribution in Newton’s high schools? Scores of parents have told me that their high schoolers have become straight A students. If our kids are getting smarter or learning more, this is great news. Unfortunately, a public records request...
