Coming next week: Teen Study Nights at the Newton Free Library
To support teens during school finals, the Newton FreeLibrary will be open for Teen Study Nights until 11 pm Monday, June 12 – Wednesday June 14 to give students extra time to prepare for their exams and final projects. They’ll have school supplies on hand, and offer...
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It’s Summer in the Highlands and everyone’s welcome
Summer in the Highlands is back again in the Hyde Playground in 2022. There's a wide range of performances at Hyde Bandstand including bands, movies, plays, storytelling and cultural programming. The first concert was Friday June 10th. For more info or reminders...
Help The League make city government more accountable
The League of Woman Voters has just launched its Municipal Transparency and Accountability Initiative. They'd like to solicit your input with this brief survey. LWVN’s Municipal Transparency and Accountability Initiative is an effort to evaluate the transparency and...
Cheesecake Brook & Other Waters of Newton
A friend just tipped me off to what she said is a very interesting photo exhibit on the walls of the 2nd floor corridor in City Hall. It's called Cheesecake Brook & Other Waters of Newton by Alex Griswold - "An on-going series black-and-white photographs that...
Well that was fun
Yesterday the Newton Nomadic Theater hosted perhaps our most eccentric production in our nine years of existence. We called it the Hidden Shakespeare Theater - "one part scavenger hunt, one part outdoor hike, and three parts Juliet" Guests were kept totally in the...
Residents sue to block Senior Center replacement
John Hilliard reports in the Boston Globe that a group of residents have sued to block the NewCal Senior Center project. A group of Newton residents is asking a Middlesex Superior Court judge to block the city from spending money on a proposed replacement for the...
Straight A’s in Newton High Schools
Do you know the grading distribution in Newton’s high schools? Scores of parents have told me that their high schoolers have become straight A students. If our kids are getting smarter or learning more, this is great news. Unfortunately, a public records request...
The Newton Beacon – a new newspaper for Newton
The Newton News Foundation, Inc., a recently formed nonprofit corporation, will hold a community meeting to discuss the establishment of The Newton Beacon, a non-profit weekly digital newspaper. The meeting, open to the public, will be held Thursday, June 16, from 7...
Thanks for the Wonderful Sendoffs. We are going to miss Newton and all of you
I'm just writing to let you all know how overwhelmed and grateful Joanne and I have been for the going away events that so many of you have put together for us along with the many phone calls, email messages and text that just keep coming in. We never imagined that...