by Greg Reibman | Apr 29, 2016 | Newton |
“City lawyers were disappointed and surprised the Zoning Board of Appeals wouldn’t allow the developer of a Chapter 40B affordable housing project on Rowe Street in Auburndale to present a revised version of its project last year,” according to a series...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 29, 2016 | Newton |
About ten years ago, when I still worked at The TAB, one of our reporters was writing a story about how a group of political insiders was looking to recruit a candidate to run against then-alderman (and habitual thorn in the side of then-Mayor Cohen) Ken Parker. To...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 28, 2016 | Newton |
Newton’s Charter Commission last night proposed term limits for Newton City Councilors of six consecutive two-year terms. Share your thoughts here.
by Greg Reibman | Apr 26, 2016 | Newton |
Now that a couple of weeks have passed since the Newton Charter Commission created a fair amount of anxiety by proposing a 13 member city council (with one at-large councilor coming from each of Newton’s eight wards and five elected city-wide regardless of ward...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 26, 2016 | David Fleishman, Newton, Schools |
An independent review of Principal Brian Turner’s handling of anti-Semitic graffiti incidents at Day Middle School this school year has been completed, Jonathan Dame of the Newton TAB reports. …“All of the facts that we learned were pretty consistent with what...
by Bryan Barash | Apr 26, 2016 | Newton |
This Sunday May 1st is NewtonSERVES, a day set aside for Newton residents to give back to the community. NewtonSERVES is a Day of Community Service that brings together over 1,000 volunteers of all ages to complete more than 50 community projects for the benefit of...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 25, 2016 | Newton |
People who can’t make it to Boston City Council budget hearings this year are now being allowed to testify via on-line teleconference. Should Newton residents be empowered to do the same thing at City Council and School Committee meetings? Via Universal Hub. ...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 25, 2016 | Newton |
The field of possible performers for Newton Has Talent 2016 has been narrowed to 20 musical semi-finalists and it’s up to the public to help choose the 10 finalists who will perform live at the Jewish Community Center on Saturday evening, May 21 to compete for...
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by Jerry Reilly | Apr 24, 2016 | Newton |
Last year the city kicked off the first ever month long Newton Festival of the Arts. There’s a little office in City Hall called the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs that’s staffed by two energetic, imaginative, creative, engaging, and plain...
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by Jerry Reilly | Apr 24, 2016 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater is in the midst of its five week run of A Picasso but the actors will be taking a night off next Saturday so we can present the next Nomad Story Slam at Gregorian Rugs. These nights of community storytelling, inspired by the Moth Radio Hour,...
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by Jerry Reilly | Apr 24, 2016 | Newton |
Here’s are two great photos of the Route 9 – Route 128 interchange from 1952. That spot, just around the corner from my house, looks wildly different today. It will look even more different tomorrow. That interchange is the last step in the decade long...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 22, 2016 | Auburndale, MBTA, Newton, Newton Highlands |
Massachusetts Department of Transportation has included money to make the the Auburndale commuter rail station accessible, State Rep. Kay Khan has announced.
