Newsmakers: A campaign stop and a family production
Editor’s note: Newsmakers is a regular feature spotlighting milestones and accomplishments of Newton community members, businesses and organizations. Auchincloss visits Granite State for Harris As [...]
Academic Honor: Lasell President Eric Turner inaugurated
Lasell University was radiating with pride on Friday as the school officially inaugurated President Eric Turner. "This is a bit much, but it's a lot [...]
Don’t fear, you can still sign the kids up for Halloween Window Painting
As the air cools down to a bite and the spooky decorations start popping up in yards across the villages, Newton's annual Halloween Window Painting [...]
PHOTOS: Newton celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
Newton held its 4th annual Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration Monday, and the cold rain couldn't dampen the warm pride that radiated across Albemarle Field. There [...]
Five things to do in Newton this long weekend
"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the [...]
Newton scientist wins Nobel Prize
PHOTO: Gary Ruvkun, middle, has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. He's shown here with his daughter, Victoria Ruvkun, left, his wife, Natasha [...]
Newsmakers: A climate honor, a board appointment and punching cancer
Editor’s note: Newsmakers is a regular feature spotlighting accomplishments of Newton community members, businesses and organizations. Boston College named Climate Leader Mass Save has named [...]
Myrtle Baptist Church to mark 150th anniversary with celebration weekend
In October 1874, as the region’s Black population increased with post-Civil War migration to Boston, Black families in West Newton launched their own church, Myrtle [...]
PHOTOS: Newtonville Village Day sends off September in style
Newtonville held its Village Day on Sunday, closing out the warm months with a block party and a couple thousand guests. Crowds lined Walnut Street [...]
Third annual Newton Bakery Crawl coming this weekend
Fall is here, and it’s time to get your sweet tooth ready and support local businesses. All Over Newton is throwing its third annual Newton [...]
Newsmakers: Newtonians take board seats at two nonprofits
Volunteers of America of Massachusetts adds board members Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, a nonprofit that provides behavioral health treatment, re-entry services for justice-involved individuals, [...]
West Newton Cinema to host film festival showing Newton filmmakers’ creations
It turns out, Newton has quite a few filmmakers. And some of their work will be up for a four-day showing this month. The Newton [...]
PHOTOS: Upper Falls Village Day
Upper Falls held its annual Village Day on Sunday, and they couldn't have asked for nicer weather. Hundreds of people gathered at Pettee Square and [...]
Newtonian Elizabeth “Betty” O’Toole turns 100
She’s a mother. She’s a teacher. She’s an immigrant. She’s a newly minted centenarian. She is Newton’s own Elizabeth “Betty” O’Toole. O’Toole celebrated her 100th [...]
Five things to do in Newton this weekend
"September tries its best to get us to forget summer," British philosopher Bernard Williams once said. With low humidity and temperatures expected to be in [...]