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,…
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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…
“At Lochtree, we make it easy to find great eco-friendly & zero-waste products.” If you’ve been to Newton’s Tuesday Farmers Market, you may have noticed the Lochtree booth and Lochtree’s founder, Henry Palmer. Lochtree is an online marketer selling an eclectic range of environment-friendly sustainable products and applying some of…
This fall is the soft-opening for Newton’s first zero-waste store and refill station, Fulfilled Goods LLC (612 Washington Street). You’ll find bulk hand and dish soap, laundry detergent, shampoo and conditioner, lotion, and more available for purchase using your own containers from home or donated and sanitized containers available at the store.…
Bettina’s Bakery, celebrating its first year as the new shop on the block — 295 Elliot Street at the top of Oak Street, in the Upper Falls Historic District — offers a unique mix of German and Honduran baked goods (from scratch) and locally sourced roast coffee. Replacing a sub…
On Tuesday, the Newton Rotary Club honored Greg Reibman, President of the Charles River Regional Chamber, with its Paul Harris Award — Rotary’s highest honor, recognizing outstanding contributions to the community. Reibman was honored for helping to conceive of the Nourishing Newton project, which has worked to address food insecurity…
The nonprofit Newton News Foundation is planning to launch a digital news site, the Newton Beacon, next year. This week it announced its application to the City of Newton for ARPA funding: The Newton News Foundation, Inc. has applied to the City of Newton for start-up ARPA funding for The Newton Beacon in…