On December 1, the City Council approved three remaining items needed for Mark Development’s project to proceed adjacent to the Riverside MBTA station. The project needed approval of a revised special permit and two zoning changes, and if these were not approved by the end the current City Council’s term…
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Looking for last-minute Thanksgiving recipes or early holiday gifts? Stop by Auburndale Community Library on Saturday, November 22 anytime between 1 and 3PM to meet Clara Silverstein and fellow Globe Pequot Press cookbook author Tammy Donroe Inman. Chat about cooking and take a look at our books!
Registration is now open for Halloween Window Painting for grades 3 to 8. Sign up to express your artistic side by painting a window of a participating merchant in one of seven Newton villages. Window painting takes place 10AM-4PM on Saturday, October 25 (rain date, October 26), but the registration deadline…
The United Parish of Auburndale (UPA) 18th annual Pumpkin Patch is open now through October 31. There are pumpkins and gourds of all shapes and sizes — and a bake sale and the chance to win one of several sumptuous raffle baskets. The Pumpkin Patch and PumpkinFest on October 26 take place at…
Newton’s Land Use Committee held its first hearing Tuesday on Mark Development’s proposed revision to its approved development planned at the Riverside MBTA station. Reflecting market movement away from commercial development, the revision would reduce office space and increase residential units from 550 to 750. The meeting included presentations from…
At 11AM on August 21, the property at 283 Melrose Street in Auburndale — formerly home to the Turtle Lane Playhouse and currently home to a failed real estate development — was slated to be auctioned off live. However, one hour earlier that morning, the property’s current owner — Turtle Lane LLC…
The Auburndale Community Library (375 Auburn Street, Auburndale) will host an Ice Cream Social on August 14, 6PM-7PM. Ice cream (including dairy-free), popsicles, and toppings for sundaes. Everyone is welcome.
Nonprofits Common Man for Ukraine and Arts & Big Hearts will present a musical, Voices from Ukraine: Stories of War & Hope, at The Yamawaki Art & Cultural Center at Lasell University (47 Myrtle Avenue, Auburndale) on August 24 at 3PM. Tickets are free, and suggested donations of $20-$35 are…
Don’t Forget Your Art! (DFYA!) will host an event at the United Parish of Auburndale (64 Hancock Street) on Saturday, September 20 featuring the fabulous Laura Vecchione with some tunes by Ingrid Chiemi, and hosted by Eric Riley Moore. There will also be art by Anne-Catherine Higham, pottery by Julia…
Lasell Village, a senior retirement community adjacent to Lasell University, recently announced an expansion plan for housing new independent-living residents. The new building, McGuire Hall, will contain 42 new apartments, a new bistro, wellness and fitness centers, a multipurpose room, a library, and an elevated footbridge that will connect it…
From 9PM Friday, June 20 to 5AM Monday, June 23, the Mass Pike (I-90) will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Exit 123 (I-95 / Rte 128) and Exit 125 (Newton Corner) to facilitate a key part of MassDOT’s major construction project to replace eight Mass Pike bridges near the…
The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) and Indigenous Peoples Day (IPD) Newton will host the 3rd Annual Quinobequin Intertribal Paddle on June 28, 10AM-2PM. It’s fundraiser and a relaxing midday paddle on one of the most beautiful stretches of the Charles River. Meet at the Newton Historic Boathouse (map). This event…