Three years on the job, Nolin is navigating a new era for Newton’s schools
As Newton Public Schools gets ready for the start of another new school year, Anna Nolin, now entering her fourth school year as superintendent, is [...]
Laredo administration to reorganize DPW, sustainability leadership
In a memo to city councilors on Aug. 13, Mayor Marc Laredo announced that his administration is restructuring the DPW leadership to address the need [...]
Letter to the Editor: Unlike Moulton, Markey takes housing crisis seriously
To the Editor, Newton is facing the same housing shortage crushing communities across Massachusetts. For too many families, homeownership is a distant impossibility, and rents [...]
Massachusetts Primary: Five things to know in Newton
In one week, the 2026 primary campaign season will end in Massachusetts. And what a noisy primary season it’s been. Candidates for governor, state legislature, [...]
Harvest season starts with an array of community events in Newton
Summer 2026 is almost over. Meteorological fall starts next week, and the autumnal equinox will be here shortly after that. But as the aroma of [...]
Letter to the Editor: Salary increases won’t make elected officials care more
To the Editor, Few residents know that our 24 city councilors and eight School Committee members receive taxpayer-funded compensation plus benefits, indexed to the mayor’s [...]
Column: For Newton teens, ‘a lot of responsibility’ comes with summer jobs
Over a typical summer, more than 300 Newton teenagers and college students work for the Parks and Recreation Department as staff in camps and at [...]
Letter to the Editor: Auchincloss should answer for Palantir donations
Dear Editor, Since February, community members nationwide have organized to demand elected leaders return campaign donations from Palantir, the data and surveillance company whose software [...]
Jason Poulos on affordability, foreign policy and the movement to remake the Democratic party
When Jason Poulos launched his congressional bid last winter, he was an unknown candidate facing an unknown political landscape. He’s since amassed a small campaign [...]
Court orders Newton to pay back impact fee money to cannabis shops; City to appeal
The City of Newton has been ordered to pay back $2.4 million in community impact fees (CIFs) it collected from three marijuana retailers in Newton: [...]
Moulton visits Newton to make his case for the Senate primary
If the Tuesday Farmers' Market at Cold Spring Park looked more crowded than usual, it's because there was a visit from a congressman who wants [...]
Five things to do in Newton this weekend
There are only a few weeks left to bask in the warm, summer sun. And the kids head back to school soon before Labor Day. [...]
Column: Uplifted by unsung acts of kindness
Every day, hour by hour, I am (as we all are) bombarded with real news, fake news and alerts about the horrible things that are [...]
Guest Essay: A bike ride down Memory Lane
Forty years ago, I was a regular at the Sunday morning bicycle races at Wells Avenue in Newton. They’ve been running ever since, and a [...]
Residents share hopes, frustrations with Newton’s ADU permitting process
Accessory dwelling units are fast becoming a popular idea in communities where housing demand far exceeds supply and where high costs keep new homeowners out. [...]
Auchincloss talks policy, politics and party vision ahead of contentious primary
When Jake Auchincloss was starting his first term in Congress, the world was in the grips of a pandemic as the nation awaited a vaccine [...]
Snapshots: Newton’s annual India Day celebration
Newton held its sixth annual India Day Celebration on Saturday at the Hyde Community Center, celebrating the city's large Indian American population and sharing Indian [...]
Longtime Newtonian Judy Foreman releases mystery novel set on Cape Cod
Judy Foreman is a former health columnist for the Boston Globe (and Newton Beacon editorial advisory council member) who has moved into writing novels, and [...]
Column: A hope for ‘out-of-doors renewal’ in the summer weeks before school
On any nice day during the school year, my students beg to go outside. I usually tell them, fine, we’ll take a walk in January [...]
Crystal Lake closed for rest of season
After lab tests showed E. coli levels back up in the water at Crystal Lake, Mayor Marc Laredo announced on Friday that the lake was [...]