Benjamin and Joshua Moshes have become somewhat famous in the world of New York City traffic recently through their new Congestion Pricing Tracker website, which analyzes the impact of NYC’s in-bound toll ($9 base, with off-peak discounts) implemented January 5 to reduce congestion in the Big Apple. The brothers graduated from Newton South HS, and now Benjamin is a senior in applied math and economics at Brown University and Joshua is a freshman at Northeastern studying computer science. Their new website analyzes estimated travel times for 19 different Google Maps routes every 15 minutes. Their work has been quoted in the New York Times, New Yorker, The Economist, Boston Globe, and at least 14 other publications.
Kemp Harris, who taught in the Newton Public Schools for 38 years, is a singer-songwriter on the verge of launching his next album, The America Chronicles. It was produced and arranged by Freebo (Bonnie Raitt’s former bass player) and recorded at the iconic Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL. Harris is raising funds to finish production and distribution to the world. The first video release from the album is Good Night America.
Newton college students named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester:
- Endicott College: Jenna Vincenzino, Nicole Woo
- George Fox University: Nate Hamilton
- Quinnipiac University: Maxwell Amster, Jonathan Eilon, Danielle Morrill, Jillian Reingold, and Elizabeth Seriy
- University of New England: Asa Whitney