Letters & Opinion

To the Editor, Each year Newton suffers through an unhappy debate about what we need to cut from our school budget. That’s one legacy of [...]

Dear Editor, I appreciate the Beacon's decision to report on the concerns raised about the hiring of Brown Middle School's new social studies teacher. I [...]

I have decided on a different approach to my campaign for affordable housing. Instead of focusing on the same areas that many other organizations are [...]

My son attends a public middle school in Newton, and he has started naming things I spent years hoping he wouldn’t have to. He talks [...]

To the Editor, Although the notion of a light rail sub-branch through Newton Upper Falls, between Newton Highlands and Needham Heights, to support new development [...]

To the Editor, Newton already has a strong template for developing beginners. The city’s 2026 YouthWorks program paired six weeks of paid employment with career-competency [...]

I recently shared a letter with Newton’s planning department regarding an issue that highlights a serious, unintended consequence of our current inclusionary zoning framework. It [...]

To the Editor: One exchange stood out in the Senate debate this week between Ed Markey and Seth Moulton. Asked about AI regulation, Markey argued [...]

To the Editor, The choices in the only contested state rep primary race in Newton are clear, and those in the district have an enviable [...]

To the Editor, Newton is facing the same housing shortage crushing communities across Massachusetts. For too many families, homeownership is a distant impossibility, and rents [...]

To the Editor, Few residents know that our 24 city councilors and eight School Committee members receive taxpayer-funded compensation plus benefits, indexed to the mayor’s [...]

Dear Editor, Since February, community members nationwide have organized to demand elected leaders return campaign donations from Palantir, the data and surveillance company whose software [...]

Forty years ago, I was a regular at the Sunday morning bicycle races at Wells Avenue in Newton. They’ve been running ever since, and a [...]

Last week, I was proud to join fellow advocates impacted by Alzheimer’s and other dementia to witness passage of the Alzheimer’s Act of 2026 on [...]

Dear Newton Beacon: As a resident of Brookside Ave. I support the special permit application for 60 Brookside. The developer held two meetings with neighbors [...]