I am writing in response to the letter by Rockwell, Monahan, and Walters about my July 25 Op-Ed, Saving our Village Centers — Retail in the age of Zoning Redesign. I would like to explain what I meant about a great Shopping Experience. Retail is not only about stores but…
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With one small store in Newton, Boston Vegan Foods has big ambitions: to make and sell delicious and nutritious food without harming the environment or animals. The shop, located at 1136 Beacon Street in Four Corners and online at BostonVeganFoods.com, seeks to help people go vegan, thereby cutting down greenhouse…
Ding’s Kitchen (at 10 Langley Road, Newton Centre) reopened on Saturday night after apparently satisfying health inspectors’ concerns through renovations. The reopening was announced with a sign on the front door last Thursday. Tuesday evening, patrons could be seen eating, and a new sign speaks of a promotion — from…
“I’m still going on a tour of the salad menu,” said Maryellen Kaye, a return customer enjoying one of the many lunch options at the recently opened Kendall Kitchen, located at 275 Grove Street, near Riverside Station. While those looking to eat healthily can choose from an impressive 10 salad…
I was both surprised and disappointed to read Carol Todreas’ Fig City op-ed in which she suggested that Newton’s proposed village center rezoning will somehow harm our small retail, restaurants and other shops. To the contrary, we see the plan to allow for the gradual addition of more housing and…
As anticipated, Alexandria, the nation’s largest life science real estate investment trust, has sold its Newton Riverside Center (275 Grove Street, Auburndale) to Boston-based Greatland Realty Partners for $117 million, half of the price it paid for it in 2020. Adjacent to the now-paused Mark Development Riverside project, the three-building…
Nasser Musisi is looking to the future after going on strike last week with Starbucks colleagues across the country. The Newton Corner barista said he and his coworkers are prepared to take additional action if the international coffee chain does not address their concerns about union bargaining practices, problems with…
The Charles River Regional Chamber invites all to a networking event: July 19, 8:30AM-9:30AM: Coffee Connect at Arsenal Yards. The CRRC’s big summer coffee connect is back for a second-straight year on the village green at Arsenal Yards for coffee and networking with professionals. Free for members and non-members.
Northland Development will host a Community Tour of its real estate development project at the corner of Needham and Oak Streets on July 20, 6PM-7:30PM. Weather permitting, this will include a walk through the construction site. The tour will start inside of Building 1, the historic mill building at 156 Oak…
Jean Carlo Contreras and Noelia Mendez have found Newton to be a great place to live. Jean Carlo moved here in 2013, and Noelia joined him in 2020. One thing they have missed, however, is the coffee from their native Costa Rica. In Noelia’s case, you might say that coffee…