For nearly nineteen years, Artitudes Gallery, on Washington Street in West Newton, has been an attraction, a place to find original jewelry, crafts, and accessories. The gallery, three doors from the West Newton Cinema, has been a magnet for the long lines of movie-goers waiting for their show to start.…
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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…
The Land Use Committee voted (7-0-1 Markiewicz absent) to approve the request to rezone the properties at 1314 Washington Street and 31 and 33 Davis Street from Business 1 to Multi-Use 4 and voted (6-1-1 Lucas against, Markiewicz absent) to approve the request for a special permit for a 50-unit…
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…
The fifth Village Center Zoning Input Session focused on the village of West Newton. The meeting was held on Wednesday, December 7 with over 120 participants attending the discussion Unlike previous presentations, Planning Department staff attempted to show three examples of VC 1: 110-112 Webster Street (3 units, 3900 sq.…
Allison-Yoshie Eldredge is a world-renowned cellist, founder and director of the new Cherry Street Players, and the first Artist in Residence at the Allen Center, on Webster Street in West Newton. In 1854, Nathaniel Topliff Allen, a disciple of Horace Mann, Massachusetts Secretary of Education, opened the West Newton English…
On Saturday, over one hundred friends and family of 12-year-old Eytani Ganot gathered at his West Newton home to celebrate the surprise granting of his wish — to go on the new, one-of-a-kind Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World Resort. In 2012, Eytani was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle disorder,…
The Jameson Singers will present their holiday program, With a Joyful Heart, at Second Church (60 Highland Street, West Newton) on December 4 at 3PM. Tickets are $15 online or at the door. Highlights include: The same concert will also be presented at First Church in Cambridge on December 3…
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…