In 2018, Kelly Comings and her husband Andy decided to create a summer camp. Both educators, she in Holliston and he at Day Middle School, wanted to create opportunities to get kids involved in service and social justice. They initially created Service Stars, a two-week program with Day Middle School…
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When Renande Loayza’s mother brought her and her older brother to Hyde Park from their home in Cap Hatien, Haiti, in 1984, the eight-year-old third-grader certainly had no idea about the path she would take as a community advocate, organizer, and leader. When her family moved to Milton, Renande had…
Taking aim, Roxy Siman slammed her gloved fist into a punching bag while her friend Carla Bergstrom held it steady. The two 11-year-olds — plus 25-30 other local kids — recently practiced their techniques at the Nonantum Boxing Club during a free after-school session run by the Newton Police. Starting…
Lots of leagues for Newton’s spring sports season are open for registration:
At the start of this legislative session, State Representative Kay Khan has filed forty-three bills relating to: Among the bills is An Act relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated buildings (HD.2192), jointly filed with Representative Livingstone and Senator Edwards. This legislation requires all newly constructed and…
The Newton School Committee’s Superintendent Search Committee has announced that three candidates have been recommended for further consideration in the search for the next Superintendent of NPS. The Search Committee had interviewed seven candidates selected from an initial screening. Next week, each of the three finalist candidates will visit Newton…
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced last week that the City will use $1.75 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for coaching services provided by Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) to assist 50 under-resourced families that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. From three submissions for delivering these services, EMPath’s…
Are you a fan of Saturday Night Live, Broad City, or In Living Color? Do you love Jerry Seinfeld, Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen or Tina Fey? If so, expect to be entertained by Nitrous Oxide, an evening of sketch comedy being performed at Newton North High School’s Little Theatre on…
On Tuesday, the Charles River Regional Chamber hosted a one-hour online forum with Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and Interim Superintendent Kathleen Smith to discuss proposals for an operating override and two debt exclusions (see video). After a brief presentation by the Mayor and Interim Superintendent, Chamber president Greg Reibman moderated a…
So says State Rep. Ruth B. Balser, explaining a bill she has filed — HD2465 An Act Ensuring Access to Addiction Services. This bill prohibits sending men who suffer from a serious substance-use disorder — and are civilly committed for involuntary treatment — to a treatment facility overseen by the…