The Commonwealth’s new Auditor, Diana DiZoglio is delivering on a campaign promise to audit the Legislature. She told Boston Globe and Channel Five reporters that in her determination to bring transparency to the House and Senate she plans “to audit” what goes on behind closed doors, including budget decisions, committee…
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On March 14, Newton voters rejected Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s proposal to levy an additional $9,175,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for a range of infrastructure improvements, senior programming, the expansion and renovation of the Horace Mann School. The “No” vote was 10,566 to 9,428 in favor. By almost…
Mary Cotton and her husband, Jaime Clarke, are living their dream of owning their own bookstore, Newtonville Books, and providing what Mary calls a “happy space” for their many customers. Now celebrating its twenty-fifth year, Newtonville Books began its commercial life in Newtonville Square — the creative vision of its…
On Tuesday, March 21, the Newton Cultural Alliance hosted the Newton recipients of nearly $2 million in Cultural Sector Recovery Grants from the Mass Cultural Council. Thirty-three Newton-based organizations and thirty-seven Newton residents were among the 5,218 Massachusetts recipients of the one-time pandemic-recovery grant programs. Organization grants ranged from $5K…
Acclaimed Newton author Jonathan Wilson will discuss — and read from — his new novel, The Red Balcony, at Newtonville Books in Newton Centre on Thursday, March 16 at 7PM. Set in 1933, in The Red Balcony, Wilson explores the ambiguities in national and international politics and events involving the…
On the agenda at a recent meeting of the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council were updates on the Levingston Cove and Crystal Lake projects. Luis Demorizi, Open Space Coordinator for Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture, reported that work on Levingston Cove is projected for completion in June, weather permitting. Newton…
On Sunday, March 12, the New Philharmonia Orchestra, led by Principal Conductor Jorge Soto, will perform at Brown Middle School, featuring Ukrainian-born soprano Olga Lisovska. In another of the Orchestra’s World Reflections series, the concert is making the French/American/Ukrainian connection. Mme. Lisovska will sing Juliet’s Waltz, from Romeo and Juliet…
According to an email from Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development has contacted Mark Development about the possible use of the former Hotel Indigo as a temporary shelter for homeless families. The hotel, part of the Riverside Development Project, had been slated for demolition, with…
Tamika Olszewski grew up in upstate New York, in Farmington, “the gateway to the Finger Lakes,” not far from Rochester. Like Newton, Farmington is suburban, with a sizable upper-middle-class population. In a predominantly white high school, she said that “everyone looked the same except me. I had to go to…
On Thursday, February 16, Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano announced their leadership teams and committee membership assignments for the 193rd Legislative session. Newton Delegation State Senator Cynthia Creem (1MN) will continue to serve as Senate Majority Leader and will continue to chair the Committee on Global…