You can still find statement earrings, intricately crafted necklaces and shiny rings at The Silver Woman, a jewelry shop at 49 Union Street in Newton Centre, but not for long. Ellen Gorowitz, owner of the venerable Union Street store, has decided to retire and will shutter the 20-year-old business by…
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Pon de Joy opened in Newton Centre at 212 Sumner Street, next to B.Y.O.D, on February 12. The new store specializes in mochi donuts and is the second to be opened by Heather Kim, a former realtor in the area. Heather discovered the mochi donut craze after relocating to the…
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…
On Sunday afternoon, at least 750 fans of ice sculpture and winter markets congregated on Newton Centre Green to admire the work of Craig McConnell, from Images In Ice. He brought a previously sculpted ice throne, an ice castle, and an ice Mama Bear and baby. As enthusiastic crowds watched, he…
Ken Parker and Shawn Fitzgibbons will host a discussion on February 13 at 7:30PM at Union Street Restaurant (107R Union Street, Newton Centre) to focus on the three upcoming ballot questions related to funding local government: an override and two debt exclusions. They plan to explore questions such as: How…
For Ryan Gott, owner of The Cork and Board at 1207 Centre Street in Newton Centre, shopkeeping is a second career and the realization of a dream. The longtime family and probate lawyer decided during the pandemic to open a specialty foods store with a local New England focus, and…
On Thursday, December 1st, Barney Heath, Director of Newton’s Planning Department, joined by members of his staff, launched the third in a series of seven community presentations on the proposed Village Center Overlay Design. This meeting, focused on Newton Center and Thompsonville, was not meant to be a public hearing,…
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…
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…
Newton Cultural Development’s annual Halloween Window Painting event — October 29 (rain date: October 30), 9AM-4PM — offers opportunity for all Newton students in Grades 3-8 (under adult supervision) to decorate participating merchants’ windows with Halloween-themed artwork. The six villages in this year’s event are Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands,…