The City of Newton and the Town of Needham are exploring the possibility of creating a Community Way along the former rail right-of-way between the Upper Falls Greenway in Newton and Webster Street in Needham. Two options are being considered: In either case, the Community Way project would construct a…
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Jerry Reilly, the magician of Upper Falls, notes that signs for the Upper Falls Loop have recently appeared in his neighborhood. The signs point the way for a new, pleasant, 2.5-mile walk through six park lands – Hemlock Gorge, Braceland Park, Charles River Walk, Upper Falls Greenway, Frank Barney Conservation…
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…
You can’t mistake the light, crackling sound when a needle is placed on a record and it begins to play. It’s a process to hear music from an album, not the instant gratification of using an iPod. Nobody knows this better than Dave Belson and Brian Coleman, co-owners of Want List…
Over 100 people participated in the November 29 online information session about proposed zoning maps for Upper Falls and Waban. The meeting was led by the City’s Planning Department. After a brief presentation on the process of creating the maps and an explanation of the different Village Center Districts, the…
The Friends of the Upper Falls Greenway will host a community tour of the Upper Falls Riverwalk on Sunday, December 4, starting at 1PM. Please meet at the benches near the Braceland Park parking lot, south of the Chestnut St – Pennsylvania Ave intersection in Newton Upper Falls (map). The tour…
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…
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,…
Bettina’s Bakery, celebrating its first year as the new shop on the block — 295 Elliot Street at the top of Oak Street, in the Upper Falls Historic District — offers a unique mix of German and Honduran baked goods (from scratch) and locally sourced roast coffee. Replacing a sub…