From photographs, Fig City News estimates that at least 1,200 people lined the streets extending from the Beacon / Centre Street intersection on Saturday, June 14 in protest of the policies of the Trump administration as part of a nationwide “No Kings” protest. No counter-protesters were evident. For photos visit:…
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Driver after driver honked horns on June 14 in solidarity with the crowd lining Beacon and Centre Streets in Newton Centre for the No Kings protest against President Donald Trump and his actions. On a day drizzly and cool for a summer Saturday, more than 1,200 Newton residents and those…
Former State Representative Kay Khan has been named one of its six Distinguished Public Service Fellows at UMASS Boston’s Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy (CWPPP), in recognition of her thirty-years of leadership in advancing a broad range of mental and physical health services, programs to improve the…
About forty Newton and non-Newton residents gathered with homemade signs at the foot of the Walnut Street bridge by Washington Street to mark May 1st, May Day. The RESIST the Coup organizers — Nadine Cohen, Susan Davidoff, and Lynn Weissberg — chose this location to bring their message to the…
The Charles River Regional Chamber of Commerce concluded Women’s History Month on March 31 with guest speaker Governor Maura Healey, and Congressman Jake Auchincloss was a late addition to the much anticipated program. A lively audience of 259 business leaders and elected officials from Needham, Newton, Watertown, and Wellesley filled the…
At noon on Saturday, March 15, more than 100 people appeared on Newton Centre Green with a variety of homemade signs, protesting the actions of the Trump Administration. The one-hour stand-outs –noon to 1PM — are the collaborative initiative of three Newton activists — Nadine Cohen, Susan Davidoff, and Lynn…
On Saturday, well more than 100 people came together in Newton Centre to protest the manyviolations of American democracy committed by the Donald Trump administration since January20, 2025. The DOGE czar was singled out for some of the most virulent criticism. The largeenthusiastic crowd gathered at the intersection of Centre…
League of Women Voters (LWV) will present Municipal Budget Virtual Topic Meeting with former Newton Mayor David Cohen to help participants understand Newton’s municipal budget by discussing the challenges of meeting the varied needs of residents while maintaining a fiscally strong Newton, including revenue sources, expense drivers, capital projects, overrides,…
Newton residents are standing out on Newton Centre Green every Saturday, 12 Noon to 1PM, rain or shine, at the corner of Beacon and Centre Streets, to demonstrate opposition to the actions the government is taking to fire government employees, limit free speech, deport immigrants and limit immigration, abandon our…
There will be a silent vigil by a group of seniors at Newton Centre on Saturday, March 1, 2025 from 11:30AM to 1:00PM. A group of seniors from Newton will express concern with the direction of American policy under the new Administration. The group believes that this will be the…