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Dear Editor, In re: Councilor charters housing development discussion: As one of the abutters to 60 Brookside Ave., I would like to point out that [...]

To the Editor: Regarding the proposed four single-family homes to be built at 600 Brookside Avenue, approved by the Land Use Committee, but permitting chartered [...]

Bryan McGonigle’s July 2nd article about Newton’s 1776 Town Meeting really struck a chord with me. I’ve always liked history, but what I found interesting [...]

To the Editor, The letter, "Auchincloss Needs to Answer for Pro-Israel Lobby Donations" masks an ancient obsession in modern vocabulary. This is not legitimate policy [...]

Dear Editor, Sumit Majumder is wrong on AIPAC and Middle East events. An American organization comprised of Americans working within the democratic norms of our [...]

To the Editor: Clearly, as your article points out, a well-intentioned gift to the Newton Public Schools can be fraught, raising legitimate concerns about equity [...]

For more than 22 years I have served on the Newton Commission on Disability. As a blind, profoundly hard of hearing, and mobility-impaired resident, I [...]

To the Editor: I attended a town hall hosted by Congressman Jake Auchincloss at Needham High on June 28. A constituent pointed out that Auchincloss [...]

Newton knows something about local self-government. Across our villages, residents show up to debate schools, zoning, housing, development, transportation, taxes, climate policy and the future [...]

To the Editor: The Newton Beacon fell short of basic journalistic standards in its article highlighting criticism of Newton’s first public Eid ul-Adha celebration. The [...]

The Newton Beacon recently reported on a letter attacking Newton’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration at City Hall. The article correctly noted that the May 29 letter named [...]

To the Editor: When I first heard the news about six weeks ago that a group of Muslim neighbors here in Newton had organized this [...]

Here’s how I would make things better on Newton’s streets: Mayor Laredo did the right thing by repainting Adams Street, the main boulevard in The [...]

In the past few years, climate change and its effects have become impossible to ignore. From the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes [...]

To the Editor, This week, I visited Newton Congressman Jake Auchincloss, in Washington, D.C., to ask for his support on three legislative priorities around Alzheimer’s [...]