Got a high ceiling? Looking for a tall Christmas tree? Stop by the Christmas tree lot at the First UU church (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). We have a number of trees in the 8- to 12-foot range — and a magnificent 14-footer. Open Thursdays & Fridays 5PM-7:30PM, Saturdays 9AM-4:30PM,…
Posts published in December 2022
The Land Use Committee voted (7-0-1 Markiewicz absent) to approve the request to rezone the properties at 1314 Washington Street and 31 and 33 Davis Street from Business 1 to Multi-Use 4 and voted (6-1-1 Lucas against, Markiewicz absent) to approve the request for a special permit for a 50-unit…
Twenty-five years ago, State Representative Kay Khan began her quest to upgrade the three commuter rail stations in her Newton district — Auburndale, West Newton and Newtonville — because none of them are accessible and none have both in-bound and out-bound platforms. In fact, trains stop less often in Newton…
Have you heard of “the Freedge,” a source of free food for anyone and everyone? Freedges are springing up in many communities. Our Newton Community Freedge is located at 420 Watertown Street on the property of Central Drapery and Dry Cleaning, which allows use of its parking lot for the Freedge shed…
Senator Markey, State Senator Cynthia Creem, and State Representative Kay Khan joined the staff of Cradles to Crayons (C2C) at its national headquarters in Newtonville last Friday to mark C2C’s 20th anniversary. C2C Founder and CEO Lynn Margherio led a tour of the facilities and explained the agency’s mission to…
Also discussed: Cabot Split to Bigelow and Day The December 5th regularly scheduled School Committee meeting began with two public commenters from the Newton Gun Violence Prevention Collaborative, who spoke about the need for more student and community education about gun safety. They cautioned that increased security presence inside school…
The Rotary Club of Newton is soliciting applications to run the 2023 Boston Marathon. The race goes off on Patriots Day, Monday, April 17. Your goal would be to raise funds to support the $7500 in scholarships the Newton Rotary Foundation will award to Newton North and Newton South students…
Folksinger Catie Curtis has done it all, musically. She started in Saco, Maine, where she was born, singing and playing (the guitar) the music of folk legends like James Taylor, and evolved into a folk music legend in her own right. In high school, and especially at Brown University, she…
For the past two years, the Charles River Regional Chamber has received and distributed state funds to pay for meals made by local restaurants and delivered to local food pantries by Newton Rotary volunteers, in a program called Nourishing Newton. Now, thanks to Senator Cynthia Creem, the program has been…
Newton Neighbors is holding a food drive to benefit the Arabic Baptist Church Food Pantry. Please drop off nonperishable foods — including cereal, pasta, rice, canned tuna, canned vegetables and fruit, and other similar items — at any of these drop-off locations: Or donate funds directly to Arabic Baptist. “Your…