Not Adding Up: School Committee rejects School Choice… again
On Monday night, the Newton School Committee joined school committees of yesteryear in rejecting School Choice. "We're going to be faced, in these chairs, with [...]
Making a Marc: Laredo administration reaches 100 days
Marc Laredo has been mayor of Newton for 100 days, as of Friday. If it seems like it’s been longer than that, it’s because 2026 [...]
School Committee approves FY2027 budget option that advances Math Pathways
Last week, confronted with a budget allocation that doesn’t provide level-services funding to NPS, the School Committee faced a choice: Cut jobs in behavioral services, [...]
Making Room: Newton’s Amy Dain talks impact of MBTA Communities Act, VCOD
A few years ago, the state mandated cities and towns with MBTA access rezone for higher density housing, to both combat the state’s housing shortage [...]
With a bounty of bakeries, Newton Centre knows how to nurture a sweet tooth
Apparently, the Atkins Diet is dead—at least in Newton. From Tous les Jours to focaccia pizzas at Salt to the ever-more-ubiquitous (but always delicious) Tatte, [...]
Snow, My! Storm drops more than a foot of snow on Newton
Winter has awoken, and she's making up for lost time. The biggest snowstorm Newton has seen in years barreled into the region late Sunday morning [...]
What a Year: The stories that shaped Newton in 2025
In early January, an article in the Newton Beacon laid out a forecast for the year ahead, as 2025 was the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of [...]