Poems wanted for the Martin Poetry Path
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...
Sponsored Content: Recommended Blog
[custom-facebook-feed feed=1]
Newton resident Nathan Persampieri is a “Difference Maker”
MassBay Community College student, Nathan Persampieri of Newton, MA, has been recognized by the Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation with the “Patriots Difference Maker of the Week Award.” Persampieri, who studies liberal arts, was selected for his...
Hammond Pond Parkway bike/ped improvements
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is holding a public meeting Wednesday to present 75% design plans for a significant "pedestrian- and bike-friendly redesign of Hammond Pond Parkway" between Boylston St. (Rte. 9) and Beacon St. (Image from the 25%...
What do you think about these possible V14 features?
In a different thread @Jon made the case for adding a Like button for comments and also proposed adding "threaded comments". You may have seen threaded comments on other sites, where comments get clearly organized into categories so that below one post their can be...
And now for something completely different – here’s a beautiful sunset
Dennis Rieske took this beautiful sunset picture. I thought we could all use a palate cleanser, so to speak. Posted with permission and my gratitude.
Albright/Lipof statement on Ward 3 incidents
Yesterday, City Council President Susan Albright and Council Vice President Rick Lipof issued the following statement on Facebook. The text: Vice President Lipof and I are in agreement with Mayor Fuller’s recent statement condemning the tactics used in the Ward 3...
Susan Albright on Julia Malakie’s LGBTQ comment
In her comment on Village 14 about the email attacking Jim Cote, City Councilor Julia Malakie accused Council President Susan Albright of misquoting Councilor Pam Wright and her on a West Newton Google Group thread. At issue is a question that Councilor Wright asked...
Jim Cote’s tweets
Not everyone is on Twitter and all the tweet references are screenshots without links, so it's tough a) to know if the six tweets attributed to former City Councilor Jim Cote in an anonymous flyer distributed by Councilor Emily Norton and in an email of still unknown...
Mayor Fuller condemns Ward 3 tactics
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller is the second elected official (after City Councilor Julia Malakie) to condemn the Ward 3 GOP email attacking former Councilor Jim Cote and the first to condemn Councilor Emily Norton's anonymous flyer attacking Councilor Cote. Says Mayor...