by Nathan Phillips | Jun 26, 2012 | Newton |
As Newton TAB Editor Emily Costello wrote last week, friends of Luke Voss-Kernan’s — the 19-year-old 2010 Newton South graduate who died in a climbing accident last month — have established a fund to collect money in Luke’s honor to buy solar...
by Nathan Phillips | Jun 25, 2012 | Budget |
Baltimore’s City Council is looking at selling advertisements on fire trucks to raise revenues, according to this article in today’s New York Times.
by Nathan Phillips | Jun 20, 2012 | Business |
The discussion generated by the Economic Development Commission regarding a one-year moratorium on bank growth is a good one. But here’s a different question that has me puzzled: How do we account for all the empty retail space in our villages? I spoke to the...
by Nathan Phillips | Jun 15, 2012 | Newton |
According to a first-hand witness (my husband), a police helicopter was circling the area around the intersection of Upland Ave. and Heatherland Road in Newton Highlands this afternoon. He said the helicopter was only about 50 feet above the tree lines and it was...
by Nathan Phillips | Jun 6, 2012 | School Committee |
The TAB and Patch included information about the following resolution in their budget stories, but I have seen no follow-up discussion or remarks anywhere on the implications. Somebody please tell me if there was online or print conversation that I missed. If there...
by Nathan Phillips | Jun 3, 2012 | Newton |
Luke Voss-Kernan 1992-2012 The following is a letter — along with life celebration information — written by Gisela Voss, mother of Luke...
by Nathan Phillips | May 28, 2012 | Newton |
I’m very sad to report that Luke Voss-Kernan, a 2010 graduate of Newton South, died Friday in an accident while he was traveling out west with friends. He fell while climbing a structure, while on a road trip to California. I only knew Luke as a soccer player...
by Nathan Phillips | May 24, 2012 | Business |
You’re hearing this news here first, folks: Showing excellent judgment and keen insight, the Board of Directors of the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce has hired Greg Reibman as its new president. Reibman, formerly a publisher and editor-in-chief, and VP of...
by Nathan Phillips | May 13, 2012 | Newton |
Are you celebrating Mother’s Day in Newton? Eating dinner at a Newton restaurant? If so, which one?
by Nathan Phillips | May 13, 2012 | Newton |
New York Times and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Tom Friedman wrote an op/ed piece in today’s Times about corporate sponsorships. His column focuses on a book by Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel, “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets,”...
by Nathan Phillips | May 9, 2012 | Newton |
According to wickedlocalnewton, Evan Hoffman plead pled* guilty to motor vehicular homicide in the death of Jose Puzul Perez on Beacon Street in Newton on June 26, 2010. He was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in a House of Corrections. Considering how many Newton residents...
by Nathan Phillips | May 7, 2012 | Newton |
Algonquin Regional High School students from Northboro and Southboro love their new Wegmans so much that they created a musical for it! Can’t wait to see what the superstore inspires in Newton youth… The show doesn’t take place until May 10, and the...
