Dry Spell: Drought puts Newton at risk for wildfires
Newton often has issues with high water tables and flooding. But this month, the opposite is cause for concern. New England is in the midst [...]
Five things to do in Newton this weekend
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby With the 2024 election behind us and winter [...]
Biotech CEO, local dad Jason Bhardwaj launches School Committee run
PHOTO: Jason Bhardwaj is running for the Ward 3 seat on Newton's School Committee. Courtesy Photo Newton's 2025 local election season has already begun, and [...]
Snapshots: Honoring Newton’s veterans
Newton's veterans' groups, police and fire departments, local officials and neighbors came together on Monday morning to celebrate Veterans Day and honor those who have [...]
Newton for Everyone to host discussion on ‘100 percent affordable’ housing
You've heard about 40B developments that come with a certain percent of their units set aside for below-market rates. What about developments where all the [...]
By the Numbers: How Newton voted in the 2024 election
The votes have been cast, the results are in, and the election of 2024 is over. Former President Donald Trump won the presidential race, U.S. [...]
Five things to do in Newton this weekend
Monday is Veterans Day, when we pay tribute to the people who have served in the United States military, and that means a long weekend [...]
Snapshots: Amy Sangiolo’s election night party
Former Newton City Councilor Amy Sangiolo has won the election for the Middlesex 11th state representative seat. She and a couple dozen of her supporters [...]
Ballot Questions: Voters ditch MCAS requirement and reject tip wage change
The election is over, and in addition to helping pick a new president, Massachusetts voters had five ballot questions to answer. The results make for [...]
Sangiolo wins 11th Middlesex seat
Former Newton City Councilor Amy Sangiolo is now state representative-elect Amy Sangiolo. Sangiolo, a Democrat, defeated Republican Vladislav Yanovsky in the race to fill the [...]
Newton Community Education is in financial crisis
Newton Community Education is in financial trouble, and the School Committee is weighing whether it can help. Launched more than 30 years ago, the organization [...]
What happens to that pile of free cash in the city’s coffers?
Newton has more than $23 million in free cash, left over from Fiscal Year 2024. What happens to that money now? In her recent presentation [...]
Commonwealth Avenue Carriage Road project moving along
Commonwealth Avenue in Auburndale is getting a makeover, and soon there will be no driving on the Carriage Road portion of it. Mayor Ruthanne Fuller [...]
SMASHED: Newton families go medieval on pumpkins at City Hall
PHOTO: Students from the Newton North/South high school robotics club, the LigerBots, display a guillotine to crush pumpkins with at Newton's Pumpkin Smash 2024 on [...]
Thousands haunt Prince Street for Halloween block party
PHOTO: A woman dressed as a witch and man covered in aluminum cans dance to live music on Prince Street on Halloween. Photo by Bryan [...]