by Sallee Lipshutz | Mar 8, 2023 | Newton |
Try Little Luke’s Café, a delicious new addition in Upper Falls to Newton’s eating-out and catering food choices. by Sallee Lipshutz | Jan 5, 2023 | Newton |
New deli in Newton Highlands – Four Corners where another deli lived years ago! by Sallee Lipshutz | Aug 23, 2021 | Newton |
Situation: A family owns a residence on a parcel, including, as evidenced and pictured on the City’s assessment pages, a small portion that runs by their residence on the surface of an aqueduct that passes through Waban. The public has enjoyed the use of the aqueduct... by Sallee Lipshutz | Jun 30, 2021 | Newton |
A little birdie landed in my inbox this morning, bearing news of retiring School Committee Member Matt Miller after four years of service to Newton and announcing, simultaneously, the news that, with only 4 weeks left to gather signatures, longtime, presently... by Sallee Lipshutz | Jun 27, 2021 | Newton |
Under the leadership of Julie Leavitt and her sister Lisa, both residents of Newton Upper Falls, the village held a dedication ceremony this morning for the Edna Martin Poetry Path, a small conservation area with a path on a hill that runs up and down to Circuit Road,... by Sallee Lipshutz | Jun 13, 2021 | Newton |
N.B.: This article has been corrected thanks to the astute eye of Lauren Berman who caught my egregious fiscal error. Our dinner bill was $240 for 4 people, not $120. Still, the food and service were worth it and that is what an upscale Italian... by Sallee Lipshutz | May 28, 2021 | Newton |
On May 27th, the Newton Historical Commission discussed 29 Greenwood Street in Oak Hill, the nationally and locally landmarked eighteenth century home that was demolished by a developer. The discussion was open for public comment and about twenty members of the public...
by Sallee Lipshutz | May 9, 2021 | Newton |
Like an ink-resorbing chemical deliberately swiped across an original copy of our Constitution, a piece of Newton’s history has been cavalierly erased. This is not a case of history being re-written. It is a case of history being under-protected, devalued and ignored.... by Sallee Lipshutz | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
The Newton Upper Falls Area Council is considering whether it should support Northland Development’s proposal to install two swimming lanes along the entire length of the Upper Falls Greenway. One lane would travel northwest from the Charles River and the other... by Sallee Lipshutz | Apr 1, 2021 | Newton |
Ruthanne Fuller, Mayor of Newton, MA, was arrested this morning in a joint Dept. of Homeland Security/City of Newton Operation, for laundering Saudi money in the Charles River. Acting Police Chief Harold Mintz described the arrest as “most disturbing,”... by Sallee Lipshutz | Mar 23, 2021 | Newton |
People who study the field of epidemiology have been repeating the mantra that we need to follow a shape-shifting body of evidence as it emerges. We need to make the best judgments we can with whatever data we have, then study the past and predict our future. Since... by Sallee Lipshutz | Mar 17, 2021 | Newton |
As we rest from the reality show of V14 pre-election vitriol and humor, I’d like to ask all of us who write on this blog and also those who comment frequently to consider exactly what we are trying to accomplish here. Are we out to modify, impress, discuss our ideal...