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…
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You can’t mistake the light, crackling sound when a needle is placed on a record and it begins to play. It’s a process to hear music from an album, not the instant gratification of using an iPod. Nobody knows this better than Dave Belson and Brian Coleman, co-owners of Want List…
The Village Bank is once again making parking free all across Newton all day on Small Business Saturday, November 26. All parking meters and kiosks will be covered by blue wraps with the Village Bank logo to remind you to shop local. “Our goal is to encourage members of the…
Early in the pandemic, Massachusetts established rules to facilitate outdoor dining, and those rules are set to expire in March 2023. (See Newton’s restaurant guidelines.) The Charles River Regional Chamber has started a petition in support of making the outdoor-dining rules permanent, at least on the local level, and the petition currently has over…
At the corner of Walnut and Floral Streets in Newton Highlands, in a row of shops that formerly held Takara Sushi and Coffee Corner, there’s a letter-sized sign taped to a shop window: “Help Wanted — Inventor’s Assistants — kimatlab.com” — along with a one-page, densely typed “Partial List of…
The Allen Center (35 Webster Street) will host the first Newton Thanksgiving Market on November 22, noon to 4PM. Organized by All Over Newton, the event will bring specialty vendors from Newton’s farmers’ markets together for holiday shopping. Some vendors suggest or require pre-ordering — with deadlines of November 17,…
Last June, the Charles River Food Co-op launched its inaugural membership drive with the goal of reaching 500 Founding Members — each paying $200 one-time or in installments — by October 31. On November 2, that goal was reached, with the encouragement and endorsement of Russo’s Produce. Today the Charles River Food…
On Friday, for the first time since Covid, the members of the Charles River Regional Chamber gathered in-person for the Chamber’s Annual Fall Breakfast, filling the the Marriott’s Grand Ballroom in a sold-out event. Mark Sokoll presented the Chamber’s highest honor, the R. L. Tennant award, to past Chair Linda…
An incident on Union Street in Newton Centre last Thursday night inspired this artful response. Todd Miskell, owner of BMBI Fitness, arrived Friday morning to find a gaping hole in one plate glass window on the front of his gym and an outdoor chair askew on the floor inside. Upbeat…
In celebration of National Bakery Day, ten Newton bakeries are participating in the city’s first Bakery Crawl, organized by All Over Newton for September 30-October 1. It’s free and do-it-yourself; chart your own course on this map. To receive discounts or promotions mentioned on that web page, just mention to…