Newton inventor creates AI program to help kids with autism socialize
Newton resident Bijan Bowen has harnessed the power of OpenAI’s ChatGPT to create the R1 Social Robot, an interactive program that families are now using [...]
Newton Housing Partnership strives for affordable housing in an unaffordable world
The Newton Housing Partnership is a group that seeks to promote the creation and preservation of affordable housing in Newton. They act as an advisory [...]
Picture Paw-fect: Newton dog walker incorporates Polaroid photography into business
Lucas Beyer is a recent graduate of Boston College who started a dog-walking business in Newton, Happy Camper Dog Walking, with an added element: he [...]
Garden City Tennis Series to serve summer fun for a cause
The Garden City Tennis Series begins with the First Annual Garden City Singles Championship on Aug. 16 to 18 and continues through the first two [...]
Welcome Home helps rehome goods to those in need
Welcome Home is a Newton nonprofit that takes donations of lightly used household goods and gives them to people in need. Co-founder Mindy Peckler started [...]
Newton North alum Alex Sherman heads to Olympic Trials
PHOTO: Newton North alum Alex Sherman, shown here running the 400m hurdles race at the 2023 Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, VA, for the University of [...]
Newton dance school boasts long history and innovative approaches
Joanne Langione Dance Center is the oldest school of dance education for children in Newton, but it isn’t languishing in the past. With a new [...]
Newton mom creates AI toolkit to help families navigate special education
Karen Gage, a Newton parent and education technology specialist, has launched a new product called KidvoKit to support parents of special needs children in managing [...]
Friends remember Phil Herr, housing advocate and longtime city planner
Phil Herr, a longtime city planner in Newton, died on April 16. He played a key role in many Newton planning initiatives, particularly the Comprehensive [...]
Local knitting business teams up with local nonprofit to help women in need
Third Piece, a Newton-based knitting company, is offering a Mother’s Day gift set of a how-to-knit kit and a card that will benefit Women’s Lunch [...]
Shelter run by Newton church seeks donations for migrants
Ward 1 City Councilor Maria Greenberg is running a supply drive for migrants who are staying at the shelter run by Our Lady Help of [...]
Athletic field improvements to start this summer
The city will soon turn plans for improvements to the athletic fields at Albemarle Park, McGrath Park and the Burr School into reality. The goal [...]
Newton Neighbors helping pay summer camp costs for low-income families
Newton Neighbors, a local nonprofit that facilitates mutual aid efforts in Newton, is running its annual campaign to help fund summer camp places for Newton [...]
Newton’s Climate Kiosk inspires indoor cousin kiosk at Harvard
You may have seen the Climate Kiosk around town—an interactive, tic-tac-toe-inspired display sponsored by Green Newton and designed to inform people about ways to live [...]
Designer working on new city seal for Newton
The City of Newton has hired designer Sebastian Ellington Ebarb to design a new city seal. Ebarb, who is a design professor at Northeastern University, [...]