Martin Poetry Path opens Sunday at 11 AM – rain or shine
Two years ago, two sisters – Julie and Lisa Leavitt created a wonderful and whimsical Upper Falls attraction called the Martin Poetry Path. The Martin Conservation Area is a small pocket park on the side of a hill on Circuit Ave in Upper Falls. The Leavitt sisters...
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PorchFest is this Saturday, June 4
PorchFest is back this year, on Sat June 5, noon- 6 PM, after a Covid absence. This year its bigger and better than ever with 100+ porches in Auburndale, Waban, and Lower Falls. Here's the schedule and here's the map. Don't miss it!
Memorial Day Parade is back
After a two year Covid absence, Newton's Memorial Day is back today and its a beautiful day for it. The parade will begin Sunday at 3 p.m. and follow its traditional route beginning in Newtonville at Newton North High School and finishing at Colleti-Magni Park in...
Someone’s not been talking to someone
A few week's back we ran this tongue-in-cheek post about "$26,700" being spray painted on Watertown St. This week that stretch of Watertown St was nicely repaved. Before the new pavement was barely cooled National Grid came by and spray painted markings on the...
Full Council votes NO on City Budget
Mayor addresses City Council after vote. The vote was 11- 13. I'll post the video once NewTV posts.Full meeting can be found here: https://newtv.org/watch. Mayor's address to council begins at 3:28.
City Councilors urge additional ARPA fund be directed toward schools
Twenty Councilors offered the following resolution to address issues in the schools. The resolution passed 22-1-1
FINAL PERFORMANCE – NEWTON PIANO SUMMIT – TODAY!!
The Final Performance for the Newton Piano Summit will be TODAY - 1:00 - 3:00 PM. This performance will be held at the historic Second Church in West Newton. The final 2022 Newton Piano Summit artist will be The HelenSung Trio - PUSH, Celebrating Women in Jazz Please...
Newton Open Studios – TODAY and TOMORROW!!
Newton Open Studios returns to Newton on May 21 and 22, Saturday and Sunday from 11 - 5 p.m. The locations will be both indoor and outdoor so please bring a mask and respect COVID protocol requests by each artist. Click here to go to the website and refer to this map...
Four councilors take issue with mayor’s statement on Conlon shooting
The following letter was sent to the mayor by Councillors Noel, Humphrey, Bowman and Ryan in response to the statement the mayor released yesterday about the shooting. Here's the text of the mayor's statement that this letter is responding to ... and here's the D/A's...