Newton PorchFest — an afternoon of free, live music performed outside people’s homes — will take place Noon-6PM on June 3 (rain date: June 4) in Auburndale, Lower Falls, Waban, and a bit by Crystal Lake. Here’s the schedule and map. It’s all made possible entirely by neighborhood volunteers and…
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Nineteen Newton City Councilors submitted this letter urging Representative Aaron Michlewitz, Chair of the House Committee Ways and Means Committee, to support a $75,000 funding request (Budget Amendment #1005) submitted by State Representative Kay Khan, for a needs assessment for the DCR building located at 107 Charles Street in Auburndale.…
Large green and blue barrels dot the curbs all over Newton. If it alarms you as to how much trash and recyclables you and your family generate each and every week of the year, you are not alone. Newton’s Sustainable Management Commission has completed a report “Setting the Path to…
Ward 4 Councilor Chris Markiewicz recently shared this memo written by the Inspectional Services Commissioner, John Lojek, to the Mayor, regarding delays with the Turtle Lane project. In 2016, the City Council voted to approve a special permit request to preserve the existing theatre space, construct an addition to the…
On Thursday morning, a truck heading eastbound on the Massachusetts Turnpike hit the Auburn Street bridge in Auburndale. The truck’s pneumatic lift had suddenly released and became wedged in a steel beam on the overpass. According to former Ward 4 City Councilor Jay Harney, a longtime Auburndale resident who came…
In the closing hours of the 117th Congress, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) secured $7 million dollars in the 2023 federal budget to improve Newton’s three commuter rail stations at Newtonville, West Newton, and Auburndale. Among the improvements included in the allocation are new stairs, ramps, elevators; full-length in- and out-bound…
MBTA officials announced on Tuesday, December 20, that Newton’s three commuter rail stations will not receive much-needed construction funding to make the stations fully accessible. The MBTA applied for grant funding from the new All Stations Accessibility Program, which provided $686 million in grants to improve the accessibility of transit…
Twenty-five years ago, State Representative Kay Khan began her quest to upgrade the three commuter rail stations in her Newton district — Auburndale, West Newton and Newtonville — because none of them are accessible and none have both in-bound and out-bound platforms. In fact, trains stop less often in Newton…
On December 5, the Planning Department held its fourth Village Center Zoning Input Session to hear feedback, receive comments, and answer some (but not all) questions related to the proposed zoning maps for Newton Lower Falls and Auburndale. Over 70 participants were on hand to hear the short presentation by…
This weekend, over 370 student artists participated in Newton Cultural Development’s Halloween Window Painting event, now in its 23rd year. You can admire their work in the shop windows of Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Nonantum, and West Newton. (Our photos in these links don’t do them justice. Please…