Pedestrian hit and killed by train near Auburndale MBTA station
A person is dead after being struck by a train near the MBTA commuter rail stop in Auburndale late Tuesday morning, according to the Middlesex [...]
Newton North girls ultimate frisbee team gears up for new season
Newton North’s girls ultimate frisbee team, one of North’s most successful programs, will begin its season on Monday, March 18. After placing third in the [...]
Five things to do in Newton this weekend
This weekend starts with the Ides of March and ends with St. Patrick's Day. The former is set to bring a little rain instead of [...]
Zoning and Planning Committee approves electrification ordinance
Newton’s Zoning and Planning Committee passed a new measure Monday night that would require the complete electrification of newly constructed buildings and buildings undergoing extensive [...]
Newton Community Pride opens applications for spring 2024 ‘Picture Us! Newton’
Newtonians, it’s time to get artistic. Newton Community Pride is accepting design submissions for “Picture Us! Newton,” a spring citywide public art initiative aimed at [...]
‘Sankofa’: Newton honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream and call to service [videos]
Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 94 years old this week. Although the civil rights leader was struck down in 1968, he left behind [...]
City Hall requests $3 million to dredge ponds
The city will soon dredge the ponds next to City Hall, and the price tag is more than five times higher than the last time [...]
Plans for Countryside, Franklin vague and wasteful: Vote no
By Henry Barbaro This Tuesday, March 14, Newton voters will decide on whether the City’s tax rate should be increased by more than 2½ percent. [...]