by village14 | Nov 19, 2018 | Newton, Ruthanne Fuller, seniors |
This is a guest blog post.
I participate in several exercise classes at the Newton Senior Center. During the previous municipal election season I was present when candidates listened to seniors asking for a larger and upgraded senior center. Post-election, the Mayor’s office decided to push for a multigenerational facility called NewCAL – Newton Center for Active Living, instead of a new or expanded senior center. This switch has not been welcomed by folks who frequent the Senior Center.
The proposed name marginalizes seniors who are
by village14 | Nov 12, 2018 | Nonantum |
by village14 | Nov 10, 2018 | Newton |
Sunday Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, the day we honor military veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces.
Is there a veteran in your life that you’d thank and/or like to share a story about? Do so in the comments section.
by village14 | Nov 10, 2018 | MBTA, Newton Highlands |
MBTA officials will hold a public meeting to discuss proposed upgrades to the Newton Highlands Green Line station on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. at the Women’s Club of Newton Highlands, located at 72 Columbus St. The Globe’s John Hilliard has the details. The... by village14 | Nov 10, 2018 | West Newton |
The Annual Holiday Bazaar & Soul Food Fried Chicken Dinner Fundraiser is happening at the Myrtle Baptist Church in West Newton on Saturday Nov. 10. Here’s the details: The Holiday Bazaar is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors will be selling wonderful merchandise... by village14 | Nov 6, 2018 | Elections, recreational marijuana |
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by village14 | Nov 4, 2018 | Newton |
I’ve asked this question here before but feel compelled to do so again:
Newton Republicans…why do you still let Tom Mountain represent you?
Mountain is chair of the Newton Republican City Committee. He was in the news again this weekend for calling the police when a group of dozens of Jewish protesters stood in a circle outside of the state headquarters of the Massachusetts Republican Party in Boston.He told reporters, the protesters were “a disgrace to the Jewish people” and “an embarrassment to this country” and that the gunman who murdered 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh Temple was actually an “anti-Trump white supremacist.” (Never mind the fact that the gunman said he was motivated by those Trump-fueled fears about the migrant caravan.)
Later Mountain had this to say
by village14 | Oct 31, 2018 | Newton Highlands |
The Newton Highlands Area Council will hear a presentation Thursday Nov. 1 for an approximately 42 unit residential development at 1114 Beacon Street (the former ApGuJung restaurant) at Newton Four Corners. This meeting starts at at 7:30 p.m. at the Brigham House,...
by village14 | Oct 31, 2018 | Newton |
The folks at this house on Woodward Street in the Highlands have had some good Halloween displays over the years. But they really
by village14 | Oct 29, 2018 | Elections |
Which candidates or ballot questions are you most interested in? Make your pitch here. by village14 | Oct 29, 2018 | West Newton |
Bradford S. Casler was convicted of motor vehicle homicide Monday for crashing his SUV into a pizza shop in that city in 2016, killing two customers and injuring several more people at the West Newton Sweet Tomatoes, the Globe reports
by village14 | Oct 28, 2018 | Ruthanne Fuller |
Thanks to the leadership at Temple Shalom in Newton for hosting a very moving community vigil Sunday afternoon in reaction to the massacre of 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh’s historic Squirrel Hill neighborhood. It was a standing room crowd and a...
