This is an updated version of this post to reflect the recently updated route for this trail.  The new slightly longer 3 mile route now goes over Route 9 to Eliot station and then overlaps with a bit of the much longer six mile aqueduct trail before heading up through...

Bruce Henderson just forwarded me this wonderfully obscure historic artifact.  It's a copy of a 570 page book published in 1854 by Francis Jackson about the early settlement of what is now Newton (then part of Cambridge).  It covers the period 1639 - 1800.  It's part...

Join Green Newton on Thursday, March 3 at 7pm to learn all about insulating your home. The City of Newton’s Energy Coach, Liora Silkes, and an insulation expert from CLEAResult will discuss the comfort, cost, and climate benefits of insulating and air sealing our...

A flock of 150 or so birds descended on Spring St today. My friend Lynda Johnson runs a kids theater camp.  This past summer one of the activities she had the kids do when they weren't rehearsing/performing was making colorful origami birds.  At the end of the summer,...

The city put together the Ad-Hoc City Seal Working Group to look into replacing the city's official seal.   The group solicited public input, held public meetings, looked at the various problems with the current seal and made generalized recommendations for a...

We can expect 10" of wet heavy snow tomorrow in Newton.  By the time we wake up Friday morning we should be in the thick of it. Snow Emergency Parking Ban goes into effect Thursday night at midnight.  No cars are allowed to park on the street, municipal lots, or...