Harvard Football signs 9-year-old from Newton
Harvard football has signed Daniel Grapski, a 9-year-old from Newton, Massachusetts. Story at Newton Patch.
Superintendent David Fleishman’s contract extended until 2021
Superintendent David Fleishman will be staying in Newton until at least 2021, The TAB’s Laura Lovett reports.
“David has done an absolutely outstanding job leading the school system,” said School Committee Chairman Matt Hills. “He has significantly strengthened the academic program, instituted and grown Social Emotional Learning and mental health programs and all under serious financial constraints and under rapid enrollment [growth].”
MBTA to perform tree removal work along Riverside Line
This press release is from the MBTA BOSTON – The MBTA has retained the services of Northern Tree Service, Inc. to help remove multiple trees adjacent to the Green Line identified as posing a threat due to dead or rotting branches or branches that may be susceptible...Should there be term limits for Newton’s mayor and city council?
“The Argument” in yesterday’s Globe West featured City Councilor Ted Hess-Mahan and Republican City Committee chair Tom Mountain debating the whether or not the Newton Charter Commission should impose term limits on mayor and city council.
This is not why we depend on Wicked Local Newton
I don’t want to diminish the importance of the news about Saturday’s explosion and subsequent discovery of a second devise in New York City and others in New Jersey since. But this screen shot — showing Wicked Local Newton’s home page taken on...Prosecutors: Driver’s MS did not play a role in Sweet Tomatoes Crash
A man who drove his car into a Newton pizza restaurant in March, killing two people, had multiple sclerosis, but investigators do not believe it played a role in the crash, prosecutors said.
What your view on the ballot question to expand charter schools?
This evening the Newton School Committee is scheduled to discuss whether or not to support Ballot Question 2, which would authorize 12 new charter schools or enrollment expansion in existing charters in the state each year. Share your feelings about Question 2 here.
Washington Place developer meets with Land Use
Damien Chaviano, a principal for the developer of the Washington Place project (Orr Block) met with the City Council’s Land Use Committee this week. The TAB’s Jonathan Dame reports on what happened.
Boston Ballet School finds a new home on Needham Street
Boston Ballet has announced the expansion and relocation of the Boston Ballet School Newton Studio to 153 Needham Street in the N-Squared Innovation District .The new studio will be located within the new Newton Nexus complex. The ballet’s current location at...
Phil Lipof moving to NECN
WCVB anchor (Channel 5), Newton native Phil Lipof is joining New England Cable News as an anchor, the Boston Business Journal.
Newton’s 9-11 honor roll
As has become an annual tradition here on Village 14 here are the names of 15 individuals who died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that are known to have a Newton connection. If you know of any additional names, please add them to the comments...
Andy Levin tries – but can’t – understand opposition to the Orr Block project
In a column this week, Newton TAB editor Andy Levin tries to make sense of opposition to the proposed Washington Place project at the site of the decaying Orr Building in Newtonville.
I pass the Orr block frequently during my travels around the city. Each time, I stare at the buildings in an attempt to understand why some folks are so against their being replaced. I do understand the anxiety about the displacement of several popular businesses and existing renters, but the buildings themselves are a century old, very worn down and of marginal historical significance, in my opinion. I can’t think of any good reason they shouldn’t be replaced and the area renewed.
