VIDEO: Joe Kennedy at Newton’s St. Patrick’s Political Breakfast
From Newton Patch, here’s Congressman Joe Kennedy at the Third Annual Saint Paddy’s Day Political Roast on Friday at Dunn-Gaherins. Thanks to Jenna Fisher for posting. More of Jenna’s photos here. Also: Newton TAB photos here.
Newton Festival of the Arts to be named after Linda Plaut
Marvin Pave wrote a wonderful tribute in Sunday Globe to Linda Plaut, which mentions plans to rename the Newton Festival of the Arts i her honor and “tentative plans for a public celebration of her life to be held this spring.” The article also includes...
NBC Boston: ‘Heaven needed Rev. Howard Haywood’
This is truly must see TV: Check out this report from NBC Boston about the legacy of Newton’s Rev. Howard Haywood.
A different kind of hero
In recent weeks Newton has lost two beloved pillars of the community – Linda Plaut and Rev Howard Haywood. Much love and wonderful tributes were shared here for them in the comments in recent days. This morning a different kind of pillar of Newton also passed...Howard Haywood and Linda Plaut in their own words
Reverend Howard Haywood passes away; Newton mourns
I’m very sorry to report that Rev. Howard Haywood passed away. Howard, whose family dates back seven generations in Newton, was the beloved pastor of Myrtle Baptist Church for 23 years. He was a civil rights activist and affordable housing advocate who was...
Newton dad: ‘…my heart is broken in a million pieces. … I feel like I’m dying.
The TAB’s Julie Cohen spoke to Rigoberto Mendez, the Newton dad who was separated from from his wife and two sons in Newton five months ago when he was deported. “I hope to go back and be with my family again,” he said. “I believe in God. … God is the...Let’s raise a glass to John O’Hara
Very sad to report to that Newton has lost John O’Hara, who co-owned Paddy’s Public House in West Newton and O’Hara’s Food & Spirits in Newton Highlands with his brother Karl.
In the car with Nonantum’s Carl Pasquarosa and special guests
Remembering Tony Bibbo
Newton lost an extraordinary community member and a gentle soul when Tony Bibbo passed away in August. Thanks to Aaron Goldman for honoring Tony in this week’s issue of the Newton TAB. Aaron’s words say it all about Tony: “He was patient with...Video shows Newton dad being escorted out of US by ICE
Wicked Local Newton has posted this video of Newton resident Rigoberto Mendez being escorted by ICE out of the country.
Mendez was deported to Guatemala Friday morning. Mendez came to the U.S. illegally in 1991, from Guatemala, and had been struggling to remain ever since while raising a family here. His wife Imelda Felipe Lopez, also an undocumented immigrant, is being treated for brain cancer and cannot work, raising the possibility that his 18-year-old son Roberto Felipe Lopez will have to drop out of UMass Boston to provide for his mother and 10-year-old brother. [Video courtesy of the Lopez family]
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