What do Post Malone, Rihanna, David Beckham, Cardi B, Travis Barker and Popeye all have in common? They all have eye-catching tattoos, of course. Celebrities — both real and cartoon — are continuing a practice stretching back 5,200 years, when the first evidence of tattooing was found on Otzi the…
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A March 24 fire in a two-family duplex at 1243 Walnut Street in Newton Highlands took the life of one man, identified by the Middlesex District Attorney’s office as 69-year-old Scott Patz. According to the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, another adult in the home was injured but did not…
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On March 25, as the spring sports season began, Newton’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Department hosted a webinar detailing its plans to continue making improvements to and transforming some of the City’s athletics fields. Newton’s 118 acres of fields “are for the health and well-being of children and other park…
Large number of early childhood students requiring IEP’s blamed on pandemic isolation. On Thursday March 20 and Monday March 25, the School Committee held its first two special meetings to review the Newton Public Schools (NPS) budget proposed by Superintendent Anna Nolin and NPS staff for Fiscal Year 2025 (fall…
On February 7, CAN-DO opened VITA — its free tax-preparation service for low-income individuals — and welcomed its first two tax filers into its office in Nonantum, in space provided by The Village Bank. Since then, approximately forty additional tax filers have entered the doors. Eight community members answered the…
Newton is one of ten Massachusetts communities that is aiming to participate in the Ten Communities Program – a state pilot program to require electrification of all new buildings and major renovations of those buildings. The goal of the pilot is to eliminate reliance on fossil fuels as a power…
On March 21, a group of Muslim residents hosted Newton’s first community-wide interfaith Ramadan event. During Ramadan, Muslims fast daily from dawn to sundown and customarily gather with family and friends to break fast in the evening with a meal, Iftar. For this event, about 250 Muslim and non-Muslim residents…
At its March 25 meeting, the City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee (ZAP) met with John Sisson, Director of the Economic Development Commission (EDC), to discuss ways to help local small businesses survive as Newton embarks on village center development. The topic, docketed by Councilors Albright and Kelley, has been…
The City Council’s Real Property Reuse Committee is set to meet on Thursday, March 28 to discuss a request to put a portion of the City-owned section of the Walker Center property up for sale or lease. The original Walker Center site was split into two parcels, with private developer…
On Monday, March 25, the Finance Committee will discuss the possibility of the City soliciting “proposals from outside special counsel to ensure compliance and enforcement of applicable permits at the Turtle Lane site in Auburndale.” The Turtle Lane Development at 283 Melrose Street has been beset with problems from the…
Over the March 16-17 weekend in Foxborough, Newton’s eighth-grade boys travel basketball team won the 2024 Division 1 New England Championships — for the fourth year in a row. The team has been playing together since 4th grade and has now completed its final season in Metrowest Basketball, competing against…