Trivia de jour: What percentage of Newton property is non conforming?
As part of the city’s effort to update it’s zoning regulations they have put together the Zoning Redesign Pattern Book. Here’s my favorite trivia tidbit: Percentage of property in Newton that is “non-conforming” to our current zoning...
Let’s hear from the candidates
Village14 would like to extend an invitation to all candidates running for office in Newton this year to write a Guest Column. We’ll post a single column from any candidate who sends one between now and Aug 1. Use your column any way you like, a general...
Investigative journalism?
Guest column from Richard Saunders, candidate for mayor in Newton. An article about me was recently posted on this site by a Mr. Richard Heidel who identified himself as a local investigative reporter. I had never heard of him before, and a quick Google search did...
Nothing is what it seems
Thanks to Village14 for inviting me as a guest columnist. Yesterday Richard Saunders took out papers to run for Mayor of Newton. This was extremely interesting for a few reasons. It appears that nobody in Newton, certainly nobody in Newton political circles, has...
Tells us about your serving
Yesterday was the annual NewtonSERVES day, one of the best traditions in this city. Every year on a Sunday in the spring volunteers fan out across the city to pitch in their volunteer labor on neighborhood projects of every kind across the city. This year there was...
Newton affordable housing in the Trump era
I went to an event to kick off the campaign to elect Andreae Downs to the City Council yesterday. After her remarks she opened the floor to questions from the audience. The first question came from housing advocate, and director of housing non-profit CAN-DO,...
Photo of the week
This went out on Newton Fire’s twitter feed yesterday. The Fire Dept was called when the truck went over the embankment. They were able to successfully winch it back up again.
Walk the pipes with the Conservators
This Sunday at 2 PM, if you’re not hunting for Easter eggs, join the Newton Conservators on a wonderful 5 mile hike of the Newton aqueducts. Newton is bisected by two major aqueducts that form a triangle. The Cochituate Aqueduct (pronounced...
Upper Falls Easter egg hunt on Sunday
Everybody’s invited to the Great Upper Falls Easter Egg Hunt this Sunday at 2 PM. It will be a great event for kids of all ages. Hundreds of candy filled eggs will be hidden so nobody will go home empty handed. Five lucky hunters may find one of the very...
Leafblowers
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Goodbye but not farewell
City Councillor Ted Hess-Mahan has had a good 14 year run but he’s hanging up his spurs … or given that cowboy looks he’s got going on these days, maybe he’s just putting the spurs on. Ted is not running for City Council this year and is...
Crazy Divers: Men be like...
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