Lavender Café adds taste of Venezuela to West Newton
There’s a new restaurant in West Newton offering a kind of food that can be harder to find in the area: Lavender Café, which serves [...]
Newton Free Library turns 150 years old
The Newton Free Library is celebrating its 150th anniversary as a public library this year, with a host of events and activities for all ages. [...]
Court rules against city in case involving police sergeant, union negotiator
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the City of Newton unfairly retaliated against a Newton police sergeant for union-related activities. Sgt. John Babcock [...]
Teens arrested for stealing from Newton vape shop
This past weekend, four teenage boys were arrested by Boston Police after committing several crimes, including stealing from Lake Smoke and Vape in Newton. On [...]
Looking for stuff to do this summer? Newton has you covered
Summer is just about here. And in Newton, that means a city packed with fun family events and an explosion of arts and culture. Don’t [...]
This Boston College professor was once excommunicated for heresy and started a cult
In 1949, the president of Boston College, William Keleher, had a problem with some of his faculty. That problem was heresy. Four of his instructors, [...]
A Newton principal helped elevate the deaf community and even taught Helen Keller
Sarah Fuller was the principal of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston for 41 years, teaching countless deaf students how to speak, [...]
Newton’s Ligerbots bask in world championship glory
Editor's note: The Ligerbots ask that only students’ first names be used in news stories. The Ligerbots, Newton’s high school FIRST Robotics team, won the [...]
Joseph Lee was born into slavery but died a wealthy Auburndale hotelier
Joseph Lee was born into slavery in South Carolina in 1847. By 1886, he was one of the wealthiest men in Newton. When he died [...]
This cardinal elevated Catholicism in Newton but missed the boat to vote in a Papal Conclave
Unlike in 2013, when Cardinal Seán O’Malley was one of the cardinal-electors for the next pope, there will be no Boston man voting at this [...]
A Nazi Germany ‘diplomat’ and propagandist once claimed diplomatic immunity for a Newton traffic violation
In 1940, a man in Chestnut Hill had his driver’s license suspended for failing to heed a warning for having parked within 25 feet of [...]
Teens create AI chatbot for workouts
Have you ever wanted to make sure you were accurately counting reps in your workout routine? Now you can, with RapidRoutines, a rep counter and [...]
Norumbega: Auburndale once had a thriving amusement park
Auburndale was once home to one of the Boston area’s biggest amusement parks: Norumbega Park, which opened on June 17, 1897. It was created by [...]
Here are Team Newton’s Boston Marathon run times
Hopefully you were able to cheer on Newtonians at the 129th Boston Marathon on Monday. The Newton Beacon has compiled a list of running times [...]
Newton’s Liz Puleo is running her first marathon, raising money for the West Suburban YMCA
Liz Puleo has long dreamed of running the Boston Marathon. And this year, she gets to make that dream come true while raising money for [...]