Newton PorchFest — an afternoon of free, live music performed outside people’s homes — will take place Noon-6PM on June 3 (rain date: June 4) in Auburndale, Lower Falls, Waban, and a bit by Crystal Lake. Here’s the schedule and map. It’s all made possible entirely by neighborhood volunteers and…
Posts published in May 2023
[Update: This event has been canceled. See https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=nonantum%20village%20day). The Nonantum Neighborhood Association will host its Village Day on June 4, 11:30AM-3PM at Coletti-Magni Park, on Watertown Street between Adams and Chapel Streets. All the fun is free: trackless train, face painting, puppet show, boxing exhibition, and music by the Studio…
Residents in 11 homes on Garland Road — in partnership with Newton’s 4 Our Future program — are hosting the Sustainable Street Tour on June 4, noon to 4PM, to help the public learn about solar projects, heat pumps, insulation, and driving electric. Stop by to see completed projects and…
Susanna Boberg will perform a Senior Recital at Newton Highlands Congregational Church (54 Lincoln Street) on Sunday, June 4 at 4:30PM to benefit the Newton Food Pantry. She is finishing her clarinet studies at the New England Conservatory as she graduates from high school. The concert will include works from Messager,…
The West Suburban YMCA, announced that enrollment is now open for preschool and Out-of-School programs for the 2023-2024 school year. Childcare programs at the West Suburban YMCA have had extensive wait lists for the last couple of years. While many preschool programs across the region have faced staffing shortages, the…
At 4:30 PM on Wednesday night, Newton resident Nathan Phillips — who has been raising the alarm over what he considers an unsafe degree of leaks from National Grid gas piping in the area — measured an explosive level of methane (6%) in an Eversource electrical manhole on Homer Street…
The Newton Art Association (NAA) will hold an awards ceremony virtually on May 8 at 7PM (Zoom link) to honor three recipients of named scholarships ($800 each) and four recipients of Honorable Mention awards ($150 each). The recipients are: Named Scholarships Honorable Mention Awards For over 35 years, the NAA…
In a speech to Newton residents and the City Council on Monday evening (text, NewTV’s video), Mayor Ruthanne Fuller presented a proposed FY2024 budget of just over half-billion dollars, an increase of $19.7 million (+3.94%) over last year, aiming to balance the City budget in the face of the failure…
On the rainy final day of April, the League of Women Voters of Newton (LWVN) held its second Civics Challenge. The first was in March, 2020, and then the pandemic struck, delaying a sequel until last Sunday’s match in the Cabot Elementary School cafeteria. Four “teams” — a total of…
Tiziana Dearing, host of WBUR’s Radio Boston, will be the keynote speaker at Newton Inspires, this Thursday, May 4 at 6:00PM at Newton South High School. Newton Inspires, a fundraiser for the Newton Schools Foundation, features these other notable Newtonians describing their inspirations and sharing stories and insights: Participants may…