Alert: Live Zoom Candidate Debate Today at 2pm
Today at 2pm you will have the opportunity to see and hear LIVE on Zoom the five candidates who are running for the two empty At-Large City Council seats in Wards 1 and 2. All Newton registered voters get to vote for these open positions in the Special Election...All Newton voters can (and should) vote on March 16
There are currently two positions open on the Newton City Council and both of them are city-wide positions, meaning that all Newton voters can participate in the Special Election that will be held on March 16 to fill those seats. The Ward 1 At-Large seat was vacated...Want a Good Corned Beef on Rye?
If you’re one of the few carnivores who isn’t watching salt intake these days, and if you haven’t had some really good deli recently, let me suggest Barry’s Village Deli in Waban Square as the perfect nearby source. Offering contactless curbside pick-up and walk-up,...More Unnecessary Excitement in 2020
I didn’t think I’d be writing another article for Village 14 so soon. At 11:55am today, as I was working at my computer, I heard a very loud “bang-thud” followed by our electricity’s going out. At first I thought it was a tree falling on power lines and peered...As the Worm Turns
I remember as a youngster that my mother used an allegory to teach about perspective. She reminded me that a worm that is born in a barrel of horseradish and lives there for his whole life would think it was the sweetest place on earth! With that lesson in mind, I...No Matter Who Wins The Election…
OK, I know I’m playing with dynamite with this one, but I think the scab needs to be picked and the cut re-sanitized and allowed to heal properly! As anyone who knows me would agree, I am no shrinking violet! I speak out and express my opinions even when they are...
Socially Distanced Bird Visits Southwest Waban
On the morning of August 13, we had an unexpected visitor to our part of Waban. This creature was sitting, looking toward the pond behind our house, turning occasionally to peer right and left. From our kitchen window we could estimate size by the fact that it was...
AMAZEBALLS IN UPPER FALLS!!!!! HONK FOR COUCH!
Like “Herbie”, the automobile in the 1968 movie The Love Bug, cars were more than supporting characters tonight in the Marshalls Plaza in Newton Upper Falls! Couch The Band produced joy and happiness before an assemblage of nearly 100 cars filled with avid...If Greg or Sean Put this Up, I would be Furious!
Dear V14 Colleagues: If Sean or Greg or any one of our usual doctrinaire authors put this up, I would be furious! As someone who walks a very middle political road and thinks a lot about our usual V14 issues, learning from or discounting the arguments so eloquently...Musings on staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
My husband and I live on a corner lot and have a long driveway. Since we are both unable to walk long distances without a lot of pain, and we have been sequestering since March 14, we have gotten in the habit of walking nearly daily round trips from one end of our...Does Newton prohibit drive-throughs?
If so, read this. If not, sorry for the rant! Hope you are feeling healthy and sane… As we have recognized the need for physical distancing as a weapon to fight COVID-19, we should revisit any prohibitions in Newton’s zoning/building code of drive-through sales...
Crazy Divers: Men be like...
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