On Saturday, October 28, hundreds of Newton’s student painters gathered to decorate windows at business storefronts in six villages and also the Newton Free Library, painting Halloween-themed images for Newton’s 24th annual Halloween Window Painting event. Browse the photos taken by John and Amy Sangiolo in each of the locations:
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Jr’s Paws for a Cause is hosting its 3rd annual Jr’s Barktoberfest, which will include raffles, pet-related vendors, live music, free dog treat samples, and a dog friendly costume contest. There will also be complementary tastings for those who are 21+. The event will take place on October 19, 5PM-8PM…
Newton Parks, Recreation & Cultural Development is again hosting Halloween Window Painting for Newton students in Grades 3-8. It will take place on October 28, 10AM at various participating merchants’ windows in Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Nonantum, and West Newton. Register for each village individually by October 15.
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season, and tickets and information are available online for these events: Ensemble Series concerts: Salon Series concerts:
The Centre Street Food Pantry began with a handful of volunteers responding to a few people coming to the doors of Trinity Parish in Newton Centre seeking food. The Church provided a room to stock some food, and after the group incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization in 2010, it…
The nearly 90-year old Mount Alvernia High School campus, owned by the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MFIC), was purchased by Boston College for $40.5 million on September 25, according to Mass Land Records. The twenty-three-acre campus is located across Centre Street from the BC Newton campus and…
It indeed takes two days — September 29-30 — to complete All Over Newton‘s second annual Bakery Crawl, featuring almost two dozen bakeries in Newton. It’s a free, do-it-yourself event: Scan through the list of bakeries on the Bakery Crawl site to see which ones are participating on which days.…
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is hosting Friends of the Poor Walk, a 1.5-mile walk to raise funds to assist the Newton community with food, clothing, and housing-related requests. The walk will take place on October 1, 1:30PM and start at Sacred Heart Parish (1321 Centre Street, Newton…
Bakey has opened in Newton Centre at 749 Beacon Street, in the space formerly occupied by Galit’s. The store opened last weekend and is operating as a soft-opening “pop-up” with a limited menu on Saturdays and Sundays, 8 AM-3 PM, while they plan their full renovation to bring in ovens…
Arpit Patel has run the popular Baramor bar and restaurant in Newton Centre since 2019. While hosting many charity benefits, outdoor music performances, and dog-friendly events, he’s developed a sense of what Newton residents and visitors enjoy and what businesses the community is lacking. So when his brother Ankur wanted…