On Sunday, January 14, over forty Newton parents, teachers, and elected officials met at the Scandinavian Cultural Center for an informal discussion about school funding. Horace Mann parents Alli Franke, Dan Evans, and Matt Mazer organized the meeting just days earlier and publicized it with the assistance of the Newton…
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Since 1999, the students of Brown Middle School have organized a gift drive for the families of Brookview House in Dorchester. Each year, students collect gifts, load them onto a box truck, and send them to Brookview, where they are given to the caretakers to wrap and gift to Brookview families. King Movers…
This week, the City of Newton achieved Safe Harbor status with regard to a state housing law, Chapter 40B — over 50 years after the law was enacted in 1969. In communities where Safe Harbor status has not been achieved, developers may bypass some local zoning requirements for projects that…
[UPDATE: On December 26, the State Fire Marshal’s Office reported that the person rescued from a burning home on December 13 has succumbed to injuries received in the fire. Newton Fire Chief Gregory J. Gentile said, “On behalf of the Newton Fire Department, I want to express our heartfelt condolences…
On the same day the MBTA announced its successful completion of critical track work that had closed the Green Line Riverside (D) Branch in Newton and Brookline for ten days in December, the MBTA informed Green Line D riders that there will be additional closures of the line in Boston…
On December 19, President-Elect Marc Laredo and Vice President-Elect David Kalis announced their assignments of City Councilors to the Council’s seven standing committees for the 2024-25 term. The incoming Council leaders emphasized that in making these assignments, they “paid careful attention to making sure that leadership roles are distributed fairly…
What a difference a year makes! On December 15, 2023 the West Suburban YMCA held a 1st anniversary celebration for its Wells Avenue facility with an all-day open house. The courts, treadmills, exercise rooms, and pool — which were all all brand new, gleaming, and on display at the grand…
In a major project to eliminate slow zones on the Green Line, the MBTA has closed rail service between Riverside and Kenmore stations on the Riverside ‘D’ line, December 11-20. The MBTA’s alternative travel options during the closure include: Contractors are working around the clock to repair the tracks while…
The Newton Community Development Foundation (NCDF) initiated the NDCF Scholarship Program this year and has awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships to five exceptional individuals. NCDF was established in 1968 to provide affordable housing solutions for the community, and it remains committed to fostering community development, not only by…
To allow track work aimed at removing speed restrictions, the MBTA is closing various parts of the Green Line, November 27 through December 10 and has outlined alternative travel routes around those closures. There will be no trains…
On November 18, members of the Newton Public Schools (NPS) METCO team attended the METCO Showcase in Roxbury to meet prospective METCO families. Attending the event from NPS were Newton METCO Director Lisa Gilbert-Smith, METCO Counselor Melissa Wong, and Executive Assistant Stacie Gladden. At the annual Showcase, urban and suburban…
On November 18, Newton’s dual-high-school robotics team, the LigerBots, hosted a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Newton Qualifier tournament — in which teams of elementary and middle schoolers passionate about robotics compete using LEGO robots that they have designed and built. The LigerBots have hosted FLL tournaments since 2008. This event had…