In another thread Greg Reibman recounted some horrific things that came is way as a result of his activities on V14.  I recounted a few that happened to me. Unfortunately if you have any sort of public profile there's a pretty good chance that eventually you will get...

Today's Chamber of Commerce newsletter reported on this Upper Falls development ...   Tom Brady’s media company is setting up shop in a historic building Newton Upper Falls that has an, um, alarming history.   Shadow Lion (which made the “Tom vs. Time" series and...

1 pm on Saturday, keyboardist and composer Hidemi Akaiwa brings her unique fusion of Japanese Zen principles, jazz, and microtonal contemporary classical music to the stage with her quartet. 2 pm on Saturday, Kevin Harris who has an international reputation for his...

A story in the Boston Globe today by John Hilliard reports on the substantial local tax breaks that three of Newton's private country clubs enjoy.  Between the three country clubs they get annual tax breaks of nearly $2 million thanks to a provision of state law...

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...

The Friends of Hemlock Gorge are hosting their annual spring cleanup of Newton's spectacular Hemlock Gorge park on Saturday April 29.    Meet at Hamilton Place, just over the river in Needham between 9 - 9:30 AM.  Gloves, bags and tools will be provided by the DCR.  ...

138 artists from all over Newton will be opening their studios to you, to come visit and see their art at the 26th annual Newton Open Studios this weekend. Here's a preview of some of the art and here's a map of all of the studios - some of which will have multiple...