As reported earlier, the City of Newton authorized the painting of double-yellow lines in the median strip on Adams Street, which was done after 10PM on June 26. The action occurred three weeks before the local St. Mary of Carmen Society’s 90th annual five-day celebration, which culminates in a procession bearing…
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Shortly after 10PM on Thursday evening June 26, the residents of Adams Street were shocked by loud street sounds accompanied by heavy dust coming through their windows. When they opened windows and doors, they discovered men in protective clothing and masks operating trucks that were grinding up the pavement on…
Caleb Gannon appeared in Newton District Court on June 26 for a hearing on an assault charge related to an attack on Scott Hayes last September. He had been charged with attacking Mr. Hayes, a Framingham resident, who was part of a pro-Israel rally at the corner of Harvard and…
On Wednesday morning, June 4, a group of about thirty parents, children, construction staff, teachers, City Councilors, and School Committee member Emily Prenner joined Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and School Superintendent Anna Nolin at the long-awaited groundbreaking for the new addition to the Horace Mann School at 225 Nevada Street. The…
Scott Hayes, who was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in the non-fatal shooting of Caleb Gannon on September 12, 2024, was scheduled to face trial on June 18. ln a pretrial case session on June 4 in Newton District Court, Judge Mary E. Heffernan ruled that he would…
On Sunday, June 1, Coletti-Magni Park and the Nonantum business district offered something for every age group: a large climbing wall, a “bronco” ride, axe-throwing, batting balls, train rides, face-painting, a puppet show, step-dancing, a boxing demonstration, a clown, a wide array of crafts and jewelry, and street dancing to…
Former State Representative Kay Khan has been named one of its six Distinguished Public Service Fellows at UMASS Boston’s Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy (CWPPP), in recognition of her thirty-years of leadership in advancing a broad range of mental and physical health services, programs to improve the…
A large, lively crowd of local business and political leaders filled the Needham Sheraton ballroom on Wednesday, May 14, to hear Dr. Mary Burke, the Principal Economist and Policy Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Ashley Stolba, the Commonwealth’s Interim Secretary of Economic Development; and Yvonne Hao, former…
On May 5, the Newton Election Department made nomination papers available for City Council and School Committee races. As of Tuesday, May 13, twenty-three candidates for City Council and nine for School Committee have taken out papers. Candidates have until July 22 to return nomination papers with signatures to be…
On May 5, in a 19-4 vote, the City Council approved an amended version of the original Northland Project that offers a mix of residential, commercial, and retail development on twenty-two acres in Newton Upper Falls. The original permit proposal, submitted in 2019, would have included office space in the…
About forty Newton and non-Newton residents gathered with homemade signs at the foot of the Walnut Street bridge by Washington Street to mark May 1st, May Day. The RESIST the Coup organizers — Nadine Cohen, Susan Davidoff, and Lynn Weissberg — chose this location to bring their message to the…
On April 24, more than 100 people gathered to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the first-time raising of the Armenian flag on the ceremonial flagpole at Newton City Hall. Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian led the ceremony. A group of teenagers, representing…