Ward 5 City Council candidate criticizes cops in…. Mashpee
Bill Humphrey wants to succeed Ward 5 Councilor John Rice but he’s not just focused this summer on Waban, the Highlands and Upper Falls.
Man drowns at Crystal Lake overnight
According to Newton Patch, a 28-year-old man drown in Crystal Lake just before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Our condolences to his loved ones.Bear in Newton Centre
Newton Police have their eyes on a black bear that is hanging out in a tree in Newton Centre, according to Newton Patch. Police are asking people to be careful or avoid the area. I’m refraining from writing any unbearable puns.
Search for new police complex begins
Mayor Fuller issued the following RFI today for a new site for a police complex. It includes the current HQ, garage and annex as locations to swap or sell. From the mayor’s office: “Mayor Ruthanne Fuller today issued a formal Request for Information (RFI)...VIDEO: On patrol with a Newton police officer
Newton North students Aidan Leary and Dylan Crook produced this documentary from a ride along with Newton Police Officer Reid Larson
How Uber and Lyft are taking a toll on Newton
Automated vehicles are coming. This is not something we can stop. People want them, companies are developing them and most agree that at some point in the next 10 to 20 years, they will become the dominant vehicles on the road. What form they ultimately take is still...
Robbing pedestrians to enlarge a parking lot?
While walking the stretch of Beacon Street encompassing DPW’s requested 29 tree removals a couple of weeks ago, I had a closeup look at a stretch where sidewalk and curb reconstruction was already completed, at the former South Pacific plaza. (Where current food...Hot tempers in the Garden City
Newton Patch has up on a tradition that used to be a sometimes controversial but always well-read part of the TAB: reporting incidents from the police log. Here’s two items from this week’s log
Nail Salon Rage In Chestnut Hill Draws Newton Police
…it took four security guards and at least one Newton Police
Setti Warren: “Jeff Sessions doesn’t decide what happens in Newton”
Gubernatorial candidate, I mean Mayor, Setti Warren released the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ threat to strip some sanctuary cities of Justice Department grants: “With all due respect to the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions...Lennon may be freezing Fuller out of the elementary school vote
City Council President and candidate for mayor Scott Lennon is taking an idea made popular by Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley and offering Newton kids $5 Cabots gift cards for shoveling out Newton fire hydrants and posting a photographic proof on social...Newton JCC receives bomb threat
The Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center sent the following to its members this morning: The Leventhal-Sidman JCC received a bomb threat at 9:45 this morning. The call was similar to dozens of others received by JCCs up and down the East Coast last week and today....Citizen challenges new drone ordinance in court
Universal Hub reports that Newton doctor Michael Singer filed suit in US District Court alleging that the city is violating his First Amendment rights with the new drone ordinance.