Members of the Massachusetts Native Fish Coalition (NFC), MassWildlife, and Newton Conservators joined forces on Saturday morning, May 9, to re-introduce native fish into the City Hall Ponds. In 2024, the fish population in the City Hall Ponds was nearly wiped out when the City pumped the fish into Bullough’s…
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The Newton Historical Society’s Durant-Kenrick House – a cheerful, green, 18th century saltbox on Waverly Avenue – was lit up for Naughty Newton at Night – a risqué, Hamilton-themed fundraiser for the nonprofit known as Historic Newton, with sponsorship by cannabis dispensary Garden Remedies. The cocktail party portion of the…
This year, the City’s Arts & Culture Department will again launch Newton’s well-regarded Artful Pianos program with five or seven decorated pianos. Why five or seven? So far this year, all but two of the pianos have teams of volunteer Piano Pals ready to care for their pianos, rain or…
On Thursday, February 26, the Conservation Commission will review plans to relocate native fish from Bullough’s Pond to City Hall Ponds to “correct the negative impact” of an earlier project that had pumped water and fish in the other direction. In 2024, the City of Newton initiated a De-Watering for…
Tuesday afternoons at the Centre Street Food Pantry are humming with activity. The police direct traffic as a line of cars queue up at the back entrance of the Trinity Parish of Newton Centre for Senior Hour. Drivers wait patiently in line, order slips tucked neatly inside their car windshields.…