by Adam Peller | Mar 14, 2013 | bicycles, Business, MBTA, traffic |
Given the financial state of the MBTA and the current prospects for a green line extension, Needham has been pressing hard for some way to use the old Upper Falls railroad corridor to spur economic development. Now available from the Metropolitan Area Planning...
by Bruce Henderson | Feb 2, 2013 | Business, Cold Spring Park |
NOTE: This post is from about a year ago but Bruce added some new info and photo below (see UPDATE below) OK, this was actually reported a while ago, but I only recently read of plans by Atlas Film Corporation to build a studio in Newton — in Cold Spring Park,...
by Jerry Reilly | Jan 23, 2013 | Business |
I vaguely knew that there were still milk-delivery services around, but I’d never actually seen one in action until I spotted this truck making a delivery on Webster Street this yesterday morning, and was transported back to the 1960s and my parents’ first house in...
by Julia Malakie | Nov 7, 2012 | Auburndale, Business |
Remember this post and this one? It’s happening! There’s a CA$H MOB coming to Auburndale this Saturday, November 10 – please come! Show your support for local business and come spend $10 (or more!) at an Auburndale business of your choice. At 10...
by Groot Gregory | Jul 23, 2012 | Business, Newton Corner |
Jill Colter, a stage 4 cancer patient, was terminated from Clay Nissan of Newton recently. Her family set up a Facebook Page protesting the firing as unjust (don’t think they are saying it is illegal since Massachusetts is an at-will state), and the page has... by Dan Foley | Jul 5, 2012 | Business |
As we look for ways to bring vitality and new business back into our City, Newton Patch has begun running a column called Visions for Vacancies. This solicits input and ideas from readers about selected empty storefronts throughout the city, asking what they would...
by Nathan Phillips | Jun 20, 2012 | Business |
The discussion generated by the Economic Development Commission regarding a one-year moratorium on bank growth is a good one. But here’s a different question that has me puzzled: How do we account for all the empty retail space in our villages? I spoke to the... by Bob Burke | Jun 6, 2012 | Business |
Well, so much for the more interesting uses of the site. The Atrium will become yet another medical office building, the Herald reports. Though, one with a high-profile past. The floundering Atrium Mall is under agreement to be sold for $50 million and converted into... by Bob Burke | Jun 1, 2012 | Business |
To say that the Atrium Mall is dying is like saying that John Edwards has an image problem. It just doesn’t do the problem justice. What do you do with a mall that has layer upon layer of parking underneath and a mediocure position on Route 9? What about an...
by Nathan Phillips | May 24, 2012 | Business |
You’re hearing this news here first, folks: Showing excellent judgment and keen insight, the Board of Directors of the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce has hired Greg Reibman as its new president. Reibman, formerly a publisher and editor-in-chief, and VP of...