Female-owned pop-ups on Washington Street this week only
‘Love on Washington,’ a collection of Valentine’s Day-themed pop-ups, is popping up in Newtonville at 801 Washington Street (a few doors down from Cook, The Paint Bar and Rice Valley) from Tues. Feb. 12 through Saturday. The five-day...
New Yorker has Crushing Experience in Newton
According to Newton Police, on the scene, a tree blew down crushing this car and also fell on telephone wires causing further damage. The site was on Bullough Park near Dexter Road. Police indicated that no one was injured and the owner was notified.Business owners welcome Washington Street developments
Robert Korff’s Mark Development has expanded their Washington Street portfolio with a series of purchases that include the neighborhood’s post office branch, John Hilliard reports in the Globe and business owners are looking forward to improvements along the corridor.
Among the businesses there is Cook Newton, where Paul Turano, the restaurant’s executive chef and owner, said new development in Newtonville will be a great addition to the neighborhood. It will help
Kids Robotics Event on Saturday
It’s that time of year again when the LigerBots host a FIRST LEGO League tournament. We do this every year and it’s a great time. This one is a “qualifier” round with the Eastern Massachusetts State Championship coming up in December. On...
New Art Center executive director departs
This just in from the New Art Center in Newtonville Dear Members of the New Art Center Community, I am writing to inform you of a recent administrative change at the New Art Center. Dan Elias has resigned his position as Executive Director. During his tenure, he made...
Newtonville Pizza Changes Hands
Newtonville Pizza has been owned by the Triantafilles family for 44 years, but today it has a new owner. I had a very brief conversation with Harry, son of Charles, who had owned it. He said the new owners are Nick and Mush. Why are they selling after so long in the...Hello, it’s me, your pal Washington Street!
The “Hello Washington Street” project, also known as the Washington Street Vision Plan is at the half-way point of a yearlong community planning process. The Principle Group will release the first draft of the vision plan and zoning recommendations on...
“Hello Washington Street” Snapshot
This document is being discussed on another thread along with some unfortunately knowing nothing about it. So here it is. From the beginning of the PDF: “Hello Washington Street!” vision plan is the City of Newton’s initiative to...
Improvements to Lowell and Austin Street Intersection
Since my last post about this dangerous intersection, the city has addressed some of those concerns and the city council has voted to keep the changes with a few additions. Basically the recommendations of Sean Roche have been...
Got an ash tree you care about? Time to think about treating for EAB
Longtime readers may recall that back in 2012 and 2013 I was looking for colonies of friendly wasps that would find the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) when it turned up in this area. I did find some colonies, and in 2016, the best colony (best because they drop a lot of dead...Newtonville Area Council asks about Washington Street
The survey is here.
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