New Art Center is hosting a Dia de los Muertos Community Cultural Day with music, dance, and art-making. The event will take place on October 29, 12PM-4PM, at New Art Center (61 Washington Park, Newtonville). Entry is free, and you may reserve your spot in advance.
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Over 2,000 participated in this year’s Paddy’s Road Race! According race results, the top finishers were…
- Women’s 1st Place: Hallie Armstrong, 2nd Place: Sally Dupiere (of Newton), 3rd Place: Erica Morin (of Newton), 4th Place: Jessica Chao (Newton).
- Men’s 1st Place: Alex Kramer, 2nd Place: Finn Myatt, 3rd Place: Kennan Billings (of West Newton), 4th Place: Matt Drummon.
The Centre Street Food Pantry began with a handful of volunteers responding to a few people coming to the doors of Trinity Parish in Newton Centre seeking food. The Church provided a room to stock some food, and after the group incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization in 2010, it…
At 3:45PM on October 15, the bells will ring — safely and brilliantly — in the newly restored bell tower of Grace Episcopal Church in celebration of the preservation of this historic bell tower. Everyone is invited to join the party on the lawn of the church (76 Eldredge Street, Newton…
The weather was fine, the people were friendly, the cake was delicious. Here are some quick photos of Newtonville Village Day, 2023.
In an email to the West Newton Business Community forwarded to the West Newton resident listserve by Ward 3 Councilor Andrea Kelley, the Department of Public Works will be reconfiguring lanes on Washington Street within the West Newton Square area to improve overall Washington Street corridor operations Sunday, October 8 from 10PM until…
The nearly 90-year old Mount Alvernia High School campus, owned by the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MFIC), was purchased by Boston College for $40.5 million on September 25, according to Mass Land Records. The twenty-three-acre campus is located across Centre Street from the BC Newton campus and…
After a long career in child welfare administration, Randy Block is running to be Ward Councilor for Ward 4. (That seat, which is elected by the voters of Ward 4, is currently held by Chris Markiewicz, who is not running for reelection.) While Mr. Block has lived in Newton for…
Not so very long ago, playing music, exercising in gym class, and learning side-by-side with children from different racial backgrounds were revolutionary ideas in education. But at one trailblazing Newton school, those concepts were put into practice more than 160 years ago. “We do now take a lot of these…
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture (Newton PRC) hosts line dancing for anyone over the age of 45. It takes place every Thursday, 1PM-3PM, at The American Legion Nonantum Post 440 (295 California St, Nonantum). Registration is required, but free.