West Suburban YMCA (WSYMCA) will host a March Madness Teen Night, where participants (open to ages 11-19) can watch March Madness, eat pizza, utilize the teen center, play basketball and more. It will take place on Friday, March 21, 7-11PM at the Welles Ave YMCA (135 Welles Avenue, Oak Hill).…
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The The Carroll Center for the Blind‘s 13th annual Walk for Independence will take place on the Mt. Ida campus of UMass Amherst in Newton (100 Carlson Avenue, Oak Hill) on Saturday, May 31. Register as an individual or part of a team. The Walk kick-off is at 9:00 AM,…
The West Suburban YMCA (WSYMCA) will host a Kickoff Event for their new Y Not? Club, a 21+ group for adults looking to connect and have fun. The event will include games, food trucks, a firepit, and more. It will take place on Monday, January 13, 7:30-9:30PM in the back…
The West Suburban YMCA (WSYMCA) is hosting its annual gala, Totally ’80s!, on Saturday, November 2, 6PM-10PM at the Wells Avenue YMCA (135 Wells Avenue, Oak Hill). There will be with cocktails, games, raffles, food, and more. Tickets are $200 per person ($150 before October 2 because of Early Bird…
The Newton Conservators will lead a FREE walk through upland woods and wetlands, and by old stone fences and dramatic puddingstone outcroppings, at Saw-Mill Brook Conservation Area on Saturday, September 21 from 8:30 AM to 10AM. The walk will go from Vine Street to Marla Circle and return back along the…
Newton Tree Conservancy (NTC) is giving away sapling trees from their nursery. These are small trees that will easily fit into a car trunk. There will be many oak species as well as other varieties such as Sweetgum and Eastern Redbud. It will take place on Saturday, October 5, 9AM-1PM…
Newton Conservators is hosting Fall Birding at Nahanton Park, as part of the Newton Conservators Fall Walk Series. Participants can enjoy a leisurely walk through Nahanton Park in Newton, looking especially for migrant warblers and sparrows. It will take place on Sunday, October 6, 8AM-10:30AM and the walk will start at…
On Thursday, June 13, Memorial-Spaulding elementary school students, families, alumni, and educators, as well as Newton elected officials, gathered on a sunny late afternoon to unveil the latest Newton school mosaic by artist David Fichter, whose projects for NPS include murals at Burr, Bowen, and Ward elementary schools. The mood…
West Suburban YMCA (WSYMCA) is hosting a day of coffee and board games. It will take place on March 15, 5:30AM-10PM in the lobbies of both West Suburban YMCA locations (276 Church Street, Newton Corner) and (135 Wells Ave, Oak Hill).
Garden State Utopia, a 2001 Newton North High School junior thesis project by Julia Werb, provides an in-depth history of the creation of Oak Hill Park – Newton’s post-war planned community for returning WWII veterans. There are striking parallels between that history and today’s contentious political fights over today’s development…