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Bob Lobel suing Woodland Golf Club in Newton

by Nathan Phillips | Nov 11, 2015 | Newton | 3 comments

According to this story on bostonglobe.com, former sportscaster Bob Lobel is suing the Woodland Golf Club for “discrimination, alleging that the club is wrongly denying him the right to use a specialized golf cart for the disabled, especially on the club’s...

Bomb threat at Newton North

by Nathan Phillips | Nov 10, 2015 | Newton | 3 comments

According to Newton Patch, crews are at Newton North responding to a bomb threat received in a note. We’ll post more information as we have it. Please share if you know anything. UPDATE HERE: Police determine no threat.

Globe: Setti Warren on activists’ perpetual list of 2018 Democratic candidates for governor

by Nathan Phillips | Nov 9, 2015 | Newton | 1 comment

In Joshua Miller’s front-page Boston Globe story about Representative Katherine Clark, D-Melrose, he listed Newton Mayor Setti Warren on “activists’ perpetual list of candidates” to run against Gov. Charlie Baker in 2018. In addition to Clark,...

‘Serial Instigator’ Jerry Reilly receives CoC’s Commitment to Community Award

by Nathan Phillips | Nov 5, 2015 | Newton | 20 comments

Village 14’s own Jerry Reilly was appropriately anointed “Serial Instigator” when he received one of two Commitment to Community Awards at the 100th annual Newton-Needham Chamber’ s Achievement Breakfast this morning. Mary Mazzio, CEO of 50...

More than 1/3 Garden City PAC funds came from outside Newton

by Nathan Phillips | Nov 4, 2015 | Newton | 77 comments

The list of contributors to the PAC Garden City Coalition is now online (click on the “data” tab). Of the 11 named contributors, six are from Newton. More than $1,200 came from non-Newton residents who want to “elect candidates to keep the garden in...

And the other Election Day winners are…

by Nathan Phillips | Nov 4, 2015 | Newton | 13 comments

11, 054 ballots were cast yesterday for a turnout of 20%, making Bryan Barash the winner in predicting turnout with his 19% guess. Others with winning predictions were: Jeffrey Pontiff, Steven Feinstein, Lisap, and Doug Haslam all correctly forecast the candidate with...