Letters & Opinion

To the Editor, Cold Spring Park is my favorite place to go birdwatching in Newton, and I visit often. In the heart of our community, [...]

To the Editor, I was pleased to read in Mayor Laredo’s most recent Newton Update that a feasibility study on a new police station has [...]

At a recent Programs and Services Committee charter-review meeting held under a leaky, water-damaged ceiling, Council President Emeritus Baker asserted that after 46 years in [...]

By John Carmichael In the coming weeks, Massachusetts lawmakers will debate what to include in a supplemental state budget before the end of the year. [...]

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 [...]