On Wednesday, June 28, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, and Newton Police Superintendent George McMains led a community meeting to discuss the June 25th homicides of Lucia Arpino, 97, her daughter Gilda (Jill) D’Amore, 73 and her son-in-law, Bruno D’Amore, 74. The three were murdered in…
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Nasser Musisi is looking to the future after going on strike last week with Starbucks colleagues across the country. The Newton Corner barista said he and his coworkers are prepared to take additional action if the international coffee chain does not address their concerns about union bargaining practices, problems with…
Daniel Francis Clifford, 74, a longtime Newton resident and commercial real estate consultant, appraiser (MAI) and reviewer, died at home from Melanoma on Sunday, June 25. He leaves his wife Margi Butler; daughter, Irene; son, Jay and his wife Denisse; stepson David Winbourne and his wife Justine, his brothers Doug and…
The Rotary Club of Newton has awarded David Sellers, Executive Director of the John M. Barry Boys and Girls Club of Newton, with its Paul Harris Community Service Award – Rotary’s highest honor, recognizing outstanding contributions to the community. Sellers received the award Tuesday night at the club’s Installation and Award…
The Alliance for Community Media Hometown Media has honored NewTV with an award for Best Voter Education Piece by an Access Center, Professional. NewTV won this award for its Newton News interview with Mayor Ruthanne Fuller regarding the override ballot questions in March. NewTV credits Streaming Media Specialist Eugene Foygelman and Newton…
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan announced an arrest in the murders of three elderly family members found stabbed and bludgeoned early Sunday morning at 49 Broadway in Nonantum. The victims have been identified as 97-year-old Lucia Arpino; her daughter Gilda (Jill) D’Amore, 74, and Gilda’s husband, Bruno D’Amore, 75.…
[This is an evolving story that will be updated.] Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan announced this evening that Newton resident Christopher Ferguson, age 41, was arrested sometime after 7PM and charged with the murder of Gilda D’Amore in the triple homicide discovered on Sunday morning on Broadway in Nonantum.…
The pollinator garden created in Cold Spring Park last October — the product of Dobi Wallober’s Eagle Scout project with Troop 209 — is now in full bloom. Alan Nogee, president of the Friends of Cold Spring Park, presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the garden today, adjacent to the…
More than 600 people (online and in-person) attended the first of a series of public hearings on the proposed Village Center Overlay Districts. The meeting began with a moment of silence for the victims, families, and friends of the tragic murder of three Nonantum Village elders, Gilda D’Amore, Bruno D’Amore,…
In his testimony at the Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee’s public hearing on the Village Center Overlay District zoning proposal, Jeremy Freudberg, President of the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council, underscored the “significant amount of time” the nine-member Council devotes in its monthly meetings to discussing and analyzing Planning Department…
Three people were found dead of stab wounds and blunt trauma this morning at a home on Broadway in the Nonantum village of Newton. There were signs of forced entry to the home. The assailant(s) remain at large, and police ask residents to be vigilant and report unusual activity immediately.…
A public hearing will be held WEDNESDAY night at 7PM on a citizens’ petition requesting amendments to the City’s Tree Preservation Ordinance. The petition was filed per the City Charter (Art. 10, Sect. 10-2) to provide the City Council with public comment on the need to strengthen the existing Tree…