Land Use Committee Approves Washington Place
Well, at last it’s happened: After a year of public hearings, developer presentations, and questions and comments from the members of the Land Use …
The Orr Block ???
The Orr block. Is it bad theater or local politics? Theater: The Orr Block, sub title Washington Place The music, a revival of an …
Faulty Towers: Rezoning as a Gift to Developers
Developers often like to present an image of themselves as risk-takers in the mold of Leif Erikson, Vasco DaGama, and Christopher Columbus—or the captain …
Austin Street as a Clinical Trial
Before a new drug is released to the public, it must undergo a series of trials, first on animals in the laboratory, then on …
Cops and Cones: A Conversation
On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Cabot’s Ice Cream at 743 Washington Street in Newtonville, please join local police officers and members of the …
Area Councils
On Wednesday, September 14, the Charter Commission will be holding a public hearing and discussion panel on Area Councils. Area Councils are described in Article 9 …
A Ted Kennedy Greenway
When the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority bulldozed through Newton in 1962-63 to construct the Turnpike extension, it took hundreds of homes and business properties by …