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by Jerry Reilly | Mar 19, 2016 | Newton
Here are three FREE! activities for the weekend … Upper Falls Soup Social – The originally scheduled event was postponed back in January due to bad weather. Tonight (Sat 3/19) all are welcome from 6 – 7:30 to the Emerson Center on Pettee St in...
by village14 | Mar 18, 2016 | Newton |
In an editorial in the Jewish Advocate headlined “Newton needs to take anti-Semitism more seriously” the editors write: The town should use all available resources to investigate the current incidents. Town officials refuse to call in federal law...
by village14 | Mar 17, 2016 | Newton |
While the no-growth advocacy group, Newton Villages Alliance, seems to be focusing current efforts on its new blog and speaker series, a new advocacy group — springing from the Friends of Austin Street — is making its debut. Kathleen Hobson introduces...
by Doug Haslam | Mar 17, 2016 | Newton |
Newton North parent and Village14 regular Chuck Tanowitz wrote an article that WGBH published on their web site on the taunting culture and respect at school events. Worth a read.
by village14 | Mar 16, 2016 | Newton |
The Boston Bruins recorded a get well soon video to Sweet Tomatoes’ manager Casey Vaughan, who was seriously injured in the March 1 car crash in West Newton. Bruins players David Krejci, Ryan Spooner, Jimmy Hayes, Zdeno Chara, Tuukka Rask and Patrice Bergeron...
by village14 | Mar 15, 2016 | Newton
A Lexington man has proposed changing his town’s laws to ban certain types of semi-automatic weapons, should Newton’s City Council follow?
by Doug Haslam | Mar 14, 2016 | Newton, Newton North |
Mark Aronson spoke to the students today, and now has sent this email to the community, quoted in full for those who haven’t seen it: Dear North Community, Today I spoke with our students about the fan behavior at Friday’s basketball game. Chants from both...
by village14 | Mar 14, 2016 | Newton |
Catholic Memorial students will aparently not be allowed to attend tonight’s semifinal game after an anti-Semitic chant marred its game Friday against Newton North, the Herald’s Danny Ventura tweets Catholic Memorial students will not be allowed to attend...
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by Jerry Reilly | Mar 12, 2016 | Newton |
Last night was a very special performance of Molly Sweeney by the Newton Nomadic Theater. We performed for a sold-out crowd at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Molly Sweeney was written by Brian Friel and inspired by an Oliver Sacks story, It tells the tale of a 40...
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by Jerry Reilly | Mar 10, 2016 | Newton |
Here are 11 new stories (below) for your viewing/listening pleasure. Back in January, the Newton Nomadic Theater held its 7th Nomad Story Slam one Saturday night at Gregorian Rugs. We invited anyone who wanted to come tell a five minute true story, about something...
by village14 | Mar 10, 2016 | Newton, Schools |
In an article about the challenge of talking to children about Donald Trump, a sixth grade teacher from Newton named Kathy Maher tells the New York Times she worries about the school’s mock-debate season and when someone is asked to play Donald Trump. … the...
by village14 | Mar 10, 2016 | Newton |
The Globe’s Ellen Ishkanian reports on last night’s meeting with Day Middle School Parents, noting that principal Brian Turner “repeatedly acknowledged that he has lost the community’s faith and confidence, and said he is working to rebuild...
