Sinan Salie had barely started elementary school when terrorists crashed a plane into the World Trade Center killing his beloved Aunt Rahma, Uncle Mikki, and a would-be cousin. Twenty-one years later, Sinan stood with his wife and three children this past Sunday as his grandmother once again stood before the…
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On September 15 at 3PM, Harvard Kennedy School Prof. Cornell William Brooks will speak about The Legacy of Emmett Till and George Floyd at the Midterms in the Community Room at Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Ave.). This lecture is free and open to the public. Covid protocols: Masks are…
Historic Newton will host two events about people who came to Newton from different parts of the world: why they immigrated, where they settled, and how they helped build our city. This two-part series of videos introduces guest narrators telling the history of different immigrant groups. Watch excerpts from these…
On August 30 at 6PM, Historic Newton will lead a walking tour focusing on the lives of clever individuals whose final resting place is at Newton Cemetery — including inventors of the microwave oven, the flat-bottomed paper bag, a bread machine, and many more items both useful and fanciful. Fee:…
On August 18 at 6PM, Historic Newton will host a walking tour of the Mount Ida campus. Before this Oak Hill location became Mount Ida College and then a campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, it was the 19th century estate of William Sumner Appleton. Its next owner, Robert…
The Woman’s Club of Newton Highlands was formed in 1917, and it’s now the only one remaining among many such charitable and social clubs across the villages of Newton a century ago. Club members still meet (on the first and third Wednesdays of the month) at its Workshop, a one-story…
High up on a hill overlooking the area where Otis Pettee established the Saco Pettee Machine Shop sits one of the most important properties of Upper Falls history — the Otis Pettee Sunnyside House, at 277 Elliot Street. Now the centerpiece of The Stone Institute, the building will be up…
Newton Upper Falls Historic District Commission will meet virtually (Zoom Link) on Thursday, August 11 at 7:00PM. The Stone Institute is one of the petitioners seeking approval for a solar panel installation and window replacements. See agenda and Staff Memo.
On July 30 (rain date: July 31) at 2PM, Historic Newton will host a fun, leisurely-paced ride to explore some of Newton’s recreation areas: Crystal Lake, Newton Centre Playground, and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, once a popular destination for 19th century bicyclists. The six-mile loop starts and ends at Landry’s…
The Chestnut Hill Historic District Commission will meet virtually (go here for Zoom link) on Thursday, July 28th at 7:00 p.m. The agenda includes the following: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to build a shed; extend the back patio to build a terrace structure with a pool, pool fence,…