Guest Essay: Why we should vote ‘No’ on parking ban repeal
By Dan Cohen How does a 4-hour, 4-month parking restriction for winter still make sense? The upcoming vote on repealing Newton’s four-month, four-hour overnight winter [...]
Guest Essay: Our support for transgender students is unwavering
As elected Newton City Councilors and members of the Newton School Committee, we are deeply concerned by September 27, 2024 comments made on the Newton [...]
Letter to the Editor: I missed the questionnaire deadline, but here are my answers
To the Editor - Thank you for your coverage of this year's elections! It's a tremendous service to voters and the city. Amidst campaigning I overlooked [...]
Letter to the Editor: Troubled by candidate’s past statements about transgender youth
I was troubled to read posts from Ward 4 candidate for Newton City Council, John Chaimanis, about transgender youth. In comments made on the Facebook [...]
Guest Essay: Antisemitism and demonization of Israel are intertwined
By Yelena Margolin, Newtonville and Irene Margolin-Katz, Chestnut Hill The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism was recently endorsed by the Massachusetts Special [...]
Guest Essay: Be informed, vote informed
By the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Newton Feeling lost in Newton's complex election system? You're not alone. For this [...]
Guest Essay: Repeal the Parking Ban
By Andrea Kelley City Councilor-At-Large Having access to the streets during a declared snow emergency for plowing and emergency vehicles is crucial, but this can [...]
Letter to the Editor: Alzheimer’s takes a toll, so we’re taking a walk
For the first 10 years of my life, I spent most weekdays in the backseat of my mom’s Chevy Suburban, trekking to and from my [...]
Letter to the Editor: Blog smear highlights how disinformation threatens democracy
Dear Newton Beacon, Recently, the head of the Newton Teachers Association reminded educators to take a lunch break. Unremarkable as this was, a Boston-based right-of-center [...]
Letter to the Editor: Candidate Julie Irish too timid on housing
The Beacon's interview with City Council candidate Julie Irish notes that we are in the midst of “the biggest housing crisis in recent memory.” I [...]
Guest Essay: To increase voter turnout, Newton should move local elections to even-numbered years
It’s time for Newton to move to even-year elections. Only about 25% of Newton’s voters turned out to vote in 2023’s highly controversial municipal elections [...]
Guest Essay: With school budgets, Newton can learn from Somerville
To Newton’s present and future city leaders: What is your plan to resource and bring much-needed growth to our schools? As a longtime Newton resident [...]
Letter to the Editor: Antisemitism Commission recommendations story misleads
Dear Editor, Your August 11 article, “Leaders laud recommendations by antisemitism commission," misleads readers into thinking there is consensus support for the K-12 recommendations of [...]
Guest Essay: Endorsements may play outsized role in Newton’s local election
By Marcia Johnson In the upcoming 2025 Municipal Mayoral, City Council (CC) and School Committee (SC) elections, Newton voters will face a great challenge in [...]
Guest Essay: IHRA definition of ‘antisemitism’ is problematic
By Margaret Litvin The Massachusetts Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism has set its sights on public schools across our state. Some of their K-12 recommendations, [...]