The Woman’s Club of Newton Highlands will hold its annual Craft Fair at the Hyde Center (90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands) on November 12, 10AM-4PM. It includes a Silent Auction of items from local businesses and crafters. Visit the website to see kinds of arts & crafts available — knitting,…
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The Woman’s Club of Newton Highlands will restart its annual Breakfast with Santa — with photos, coloring, and healthy snacks — on December 3, 9AM-noon, at its Workshop (72 Columbus Street, Newton Highlands). This event started in 1984 to help Highlands children stay connected after the Hyde School closed, and it’s been…
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…
Newton’s Department of Public Works will hold an online meeting (Zoom link) on November 2, 6PM-8PM, to summarize the community feedback it has received about the Newton Highlands Project and to gather further community input on the initial design alternatives for the village center. See flyer.
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,…
In its October 24 meeting, the City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee reviewed a presentation of the preliminary mapping of proposed zoning districts in Village Centers. The presentation was made by the City’s consultant for this project, Utile, under the direction of the Planning Department. These selected slides from the…
NOTE: Bob Burke has lived in Newton Highlands for most of his life. This is an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, as told to Highlands resident and professional memoirist, Andrew Szanton. I played a lot of sports as a teenager. Pickup games after school, often on the Aqueduct. I played…
The Newton Highlands Congregational Church (54 Lincoln Street) will celebrate its 150th anniversary (see timeline) with two special events: 150th Anniversary Party on Sunday, October 2, at 11:30AM-1PM, free and open to all. Live, local music; ice cream truck; crafts; photo booth. Walking tour of Newton Highlands with Historic Newton…
On Saturday September 24 and Monday October 3, the four Newton Area Councils hosted information sessions to review the proposed Village Center Zoning Redesign materials that are currently on display at the Newton Free Library. They also covered the feedback tool. The display and the feedback tool will be available…
The four Area Councils — Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Upper Falls, and Waban — will hold two special meetings to inform the community about Newton’s Zoning Redesign Proposal. See Agenda. Saturday, September 24 at 2PM, both in-person at the Waban Library Center (1608 Beacon Street) and virtually (Zoom link – Passcode: 700015). Tuesday,…