New Art Center’s Drag Queen Story Hour disrupted with bomb threat
The New Art Center was recently hit with a bomb threat, and the center’s director thinks a drag queen event was what triggered it. New [...]
Newton police get a Taser upgrade
Newton Police Equipped with New Axon Enterprise Taser 10 The Newton Police Department has added a new tool to use in daily community policing: A [...]
With Honor: Newton remembers eight retired firefighters who died in past year
On Sunday, Newton honored the eight retired firefighters who have died in the past year. Armando DelCampo was appointed on Aug. 10, 1986; retired on [...]
Newton Police confiscate gun from teen’s home
This weekend was Gun Violence Awareness Weekend, and the Newton Police Department started it off with a troubling announcement. On Thursday, police followed up on [...]
Fallen, Never Forgotten: Newton honors police killed in the line of duty
Police Memorial Sunday, a day to reflect on officers lost in the line of duty, falls on the second Sunday of every June. And this [...]
Police report spike in vehicle break-ins around Newton
The warmer weather of spring doesn't only bring flowers and taxes. It also typically brings out thieves. The Newton Police Department is reporting more than [...]
Newton police chief on leave ‘for personal reasons’
At Monday's Memorial Day ceremony, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller gave a shout-out to Newton Police Superintendent George McMains and referred to him as "acting chief." It [...]
What we know about the man charged with two antisemitic crimes in Newton
Earlier this week, Newton police charged a man with two separate antisemitic hate crimes. On Friday, that man faced a judge. Alexei Rodriguez, 49, of [...]
Newton police charge Boston man with two antisemitic crimes in Newton
Newton police have arrested a suspect in connection with vandalism at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston, according to a statement issued by the [...]
Spring MassDOT work will transform how Newton moves
Springtime in Newton typically means flowers are starting to bloom, school graduations are not too far off, and road construction crews are back in full [...]
Protest sends library photo exhibit into confrontation and chaos
A photography exhibit at the Newton Free Library depicting people and scenery from the West Bank has been getting pushback from some in Newton, and on [...]
Group files lawsuit against Newton police over 2023 Boston Marathon incident
Last April, videos surfaced from the Boston Marathon showing group of runners and spectators—predominantly Black—near Heartbreak Hill, with a line of police of police officers [...]
Community stands large against hate at wall display rededication
On Sunday afternoon, scores of residents—police estimate almost 2,000 people—gathered on Homer Street to re-dedicate a display honoring Israelis taken hostage by Hamas exactly six [...]
Newton police note spike in anti-Semitic and anti-Israel hate crimes
Mirroring a disturbing national and regional trend, hate crimes have sharply increased in the last few months compared to previous years, especially anti-Semitic and anti-Israel [...]
Man killed in Sunday morning house fire on Walnut Street
One person is dead after a fire engulfed a house on Walnut Street, the Newton Fire Department reported Sunday afternoon. Sunday morning, around 8:30 a.m., [...]