March 9, 2026
Community Newspaper for Newton, Massachusetts
What do flying dogs, mini donkeys, puppets, and ukelele players all have in common? They, along with multiple other performers, will be entertaining crowds at the Hyde Community Center’s bandstand this summer. The Newton Highlands outdoor concert and movie venue, which is marking its 10th anniversary in June, is hosting…
“What things have you done to help climate change?” Andrew Breithaupt thought for a moment before he answered: “I’ve driven across the country three times.” Breithaupt, resident of Newton for just over a year, might be recognized as the creator of Green Newton’s climate kiosk. That’s the big Tic-Tac-Toe exhibit…
Newton’s Memorial Day Parade was held on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, from Newton North High School to Coletti-Magni Park. Here are the highlights…
In a tradition spanning many decades, community groups, under the direction of the City’s Veterans Officer and other veterans, have collaborated in planting American flags at the graves of veterans in the Newton Cemetery before Memorial Day. Greer Tan Swiston has been doing this for twenty years, starting by coordinating…
In the wake of the Operational Override failure on March 14th and after nearly two months of negotiations between the Newton City Council and the Newton Retirement Board, the City Council voted 23-0* to accept the Retirement Board’s proposal to increase funding for the Pension Trust at the rate of…
After several weeks of reviewing municipal and school department budgets, the City Council has submitted six budget resolutions — one to the School Department and five to the Mayor — for consideration.
Last Wednesday, many active in Newton’s civic community gathered for the 49th Annual Honorable Theodore H. Mann Mayor’s Community Breakfast, hosted by the Harmony Foundation and sponsored by The Village Bank. In keeping with its theme of CommUNITY, the first in-person gathering for this event since Covid was held under…
[Update: Ding’s Kitchen has reopened] The Newton Health and Human Services Department on Monday revoked the food service permit for Ding’s Kitchen, at 10 Langley Road in Newton Centre, due to “serious and repeated violations” of the state’s sanitary standards for food establishments. The department’s notice, issued on Monday, states…
The Tigers Girls Ultimate Frisbee team — undefeated 21-0 going into their last home game on Wednesday — will compete for the Division I State Championship in Northampton this weekend. The team recently placed first at the Pioneer Valley Invitational, competing against several all-star club programs — and was one…
Last week, the Lazer Robotics, an award-winning, Newton-based FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team, completed its multi-year run in FLL by winning of the League’s most prestigious honors – FLL’s Coopertition Award – at the 2023 FLL Open Invitational in Marrakesh, Morocco. Coopertition is a key part of the vision of…
