Great live music at the Allen House Sat
Fabulous blues harmonica player Annie Raines will be performing for FREE! on Saturday evening in the tent on the grounds of the Allen House in West Newton. Admission is free but you do need a ticket. Register here while tickets remain
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Proposed zoning changes go way too far
My cell phone started buzzing on Thursday evening. “Have you seen the proposal by the city” asked one neighbor. “I can’t believe we were not notified,” said another. “It’s outrageous,” said yet another. I went immediately to the mayor’s email. Near the bottom was a...
Thanksgiving Food Gift Card Drive
Newton Neighbors is sponsoring a Thanksgiving Gift Card Drive which runs until this Saturday, Nov. 19, so consider donating soon. To support local families struggling with food insecurity, Newton Neighbors will be providing families with $75 gift cards to local...
Bike ride to Auburndale Cove, Sat Nov 19
An invitation from Bike Newton .... Join us for one of our most popular rides! We'll go down the Commonwealth Ave. Carriage lane to Auburndale, through the Cove north and along Charles river path in Waltham, to Newtonville and back to the Library. This may be final...
Carriage road two-way for bicycles – update
If you walk, bike, run, or drive on Commonwealth Avenue’s Carriage Road, you have probably noticed some changes of late. Different kinds of lines - faint white, dashed yellow, and even solid double yellow- have appeared before, after, and across some intersections...
Support continued outdoor dining in Newton
In the early days of Covid, the state passed rules that eased the path to greatly expanded outdoor dining at restaurants across the state. Those rules will expire this coming March 31. The increased outdoor dining was both a great quality of life improvement for...
Fig City News could use your help (and your $$)
In a short amount of time the Fig City News has become an absolutely essential source of news about all things Newton. This has been particularly important in the aftermath of the Newton Tab throwing in the towel on local news coverage. They've got an attractive and...
Fortress Braeburn
For the last couple of years, at the beginning of the winter, the Braeburn Country Club has erected light wooden fences across their best hills to stop anyone from sledding down. It also has erected similar fences across entry points (off Kent Rd and off Windsor Rd)....
Confessions of a Former Idealist
Today's New York Times featured an article that succinctly summarizes the daunting new challenges facing young people of modest means as they seek to enter the housing market. Here are some excerpts: American home buyers are older, whiter and wealthier than at any...