Peter Bruce recently raised a very important point about the need to carefully assess the success of city policies on transit-oriented development (TOD) in Newton, but he ultimately came up short in his primary analysis of Newtonville. Bruce noted that $300K of transit subsidies for the TRIO development has been…
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Barely a month into retirement, Shiuchin Chang knew it just was not for her. After decades cooking in restaurants, she wanted to return to the kitchen and whip up savory Taiwanese fare for hungry customers. With her family behind her, she recently opened Grandma’s Kitchen, a Taiwanese restaurant in Newtonville,…
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 8, the Planning Department held an online Village Center Zoning Input Session to hear feedback, receive comments, and answer questions related to the proposed zoning map for Newtonville. Over 140 residents attended the meeting. The Planning Department summarized public comments in real-time in notes appended to a map…
The New Art Center’s New Art Shop is now open at the New Art Center’s space on the 2nd floor of the Trio (245 Walnut Street, Newtonville) for holiday shopping that supports local artists. The shop will be open Wednesdays through Sundays until December 23, noon to 6PM each day…
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 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,…
On October 25, all eight members of the City Council’s Land Use Committee voted to recommend to the Full Council approval of the Crafts Street Elder Housing with Services proposal (see Special Permit documents), which includes a request to rezone seven parcels (34, 36, 38, 48, 50 Crafts Street, and…