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Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, led Newton Country Day for 34 years, diesNewton honors eight residents at 9/11 25th anniversary ceremonyNewton Housing Authority names acting director after Lara resignsNewton schools report shows wide achievement gaps by raceNTA President Mike Zilles announces retirement amid roof leak dispute
Education
Newton School Committee to review PROTECT Act on Monday, Horace Mann update also on agenda
The Newton School Committee meets Monday, Sept. 14, with a superintendent's memo on School Resource Officers, an update on Horace Mann Elementary's building transition, a first read of the PROTECT Act and an overview of the Thrive 2030 Strategic Plan on a packed agenda.
Business
Eastern Bus relocates from Newton to West Roxbury after housing project displaces yard
Eastern Bus Company relocated from Newton to West Roxbury after a multifamily housing project displaced its yard, highlighting how the city's building boom is squeezing out commercial operators that need open land.
Education
Newton School Committee to review PROTECT Act on Monday, Horace Mann update also on agenda
The Newton School Committee meets Monday, Sept. 14, with a superintendent's memo on School Resource Officers, an update on Horace Mann Elementary's building transition, a first read of the PROTECT Act and an overview of the Thrive 2030 Strategic Plan on a packed agenda.
Education
Newton School Committee to review PROTECT Act on Monday, Horace Mann update also on agenda
The Newton School Committee meets Monday, Sept. 14, with a superintendent's memo on School Resource Officers, an update on Horace Mann Elementary's building transition, a first read of the PROTECT Act and an overview of the Thrive 2030 Strategic Plan on a packed agenda.
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Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Local Government
Newton Finance Committee weighs $2.97M building purchase
Newton's Finance Committee votes Monday, Sept. 14, on Mayor Laredo's request to spend nearly $3 million to buy the former Davis School building in West Newton, a property the city sees as a potential temporary or permanent police station site.
Local Government
Newton's Beacon Hill delegation closes out session with millions in local funding
Newton's Beacon Hill delegation secured millions in local funding during the two-year legislative session, with Sen. Creem alone accounting for $2.65 million, while key bills on pension bonds, PFAS and school cellphones remain unresolved heading into a Dec. 31 conference committee deadline.
Education
Education
Education
Education
Newton School Committee to review PROTECT Act on Monday, Horace Mann update also on agenda
The Newton School Committee meets Monday, Sept. 14, with a superintendent's memo on School Resource Officers, an update on Horace Mann Elementary's building transition, a first read of the PROTECT Act and an overview of the Thrive 2030 Strategic Plan on a packed agenda.
Education
Normandin, Ross Del Porto run unopposed for NTA's top two posts
Ryan Normandin and Elizabeth Ross Del Porto are running unopposed on a joint ticket to lead the Newton Teachers Association after Mike Zilles' retirement, with their first priority being a new contract before the current one expires in August 2027.
Education
NTA President Mike Zilles announces retirement amid roof leak dispute
NTA President Mike Zilles announced his retirement at the end of the school year as the union presses the district over persistent roof leaks at Newton South High School and Burr Elementary, backed by a city report confirming the damage.
Education
Newton Teachers Association alleges city dropped GLP-1 coverage without bargaining
The Newton Teachers Association has filed a Department of Labor Relations charge alleging Newton Public Schools and the city cut GLP-1 weight-loss drug coverage without bargaining, while a new FMLA benefit granting up to 15 additional paid sick days for family care took effect Sept. 1.
Education
Newton School Committee proposes livestreaming teacher contract talks
The Newton School Committee named a 13-member bargaining team and proposed livestreaming contract negotiations with the Newton Teachers Association, aiming to finish a deal by spring 2027 and break a 12-year streak of missed deadlines.
Education
Newton approves genocide education expansion, new private school
The Newton School Committee unanimously approved a grant-funded genocide education expansion for grades 8–11 and gave conditional one-year approval to Newton High Peak School at its Aug. 31 virtual meeting.
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
Community
Community
Community
Community
Newton honors eight residents at 9/11 25th anniversary ceremony
Newton marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a public ceremony Friday afternoon at Fire Department Headquarters, where a memorial lists the names of eight Newton natives killed that day. Upper Falls Village Day and other community events fill the rest of the weekend.
Community
Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, led Newton Country Day for 34 years, dies
Barbara Rogers, RSCJ, who led Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart as headmistress from 1989 to 2023, died Sept. 7 in Barnstable; a wake is set for Friday at the school and a funeral Mass for Saturday in Weston.
Business
Business
Business
Business
Eastern Bus relocates from Newton to West Roxbury after housing project displaces yard
Eastern Bus Company relocated from Newton to West Roxbury after a multifamily housing project displaced its yard, highlighting how the city's building boom is squeezing out commercial operators that need open land.
Business
Frank Pepe seeks second sign at Newton's Chestnut Hill mall
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana at 199 Boylston Street is seeking a special permit amendment for a second sign, with Newton's Development Review Team set to consider the request on Sept. 2.
Business
Opus Newton hits full occupancy, plans a second location
Opus Newton, the 172-unit senior living community on Winchester Street, reached 100% occupancy within its first year and now has a 300-person waitlist, prompting developer 2Life Communities to search for land for a second Greater Boston location.
Business
Ten restaurants open, eight close across Newton since December
Newton has seen 10 restaurant openings and eight closings since December 2025, with two more spots still pending across the village centers and Needham Street corridor.
Business
Newton's oldest bar reopens as The Biltmore Tavern under new ownership
The Biltmore Tavern opened Monday, July 27, in Newton Upper Falls after a five-month renovation by new owners Scott Drago and Adam Patti of Blue on Highland in Needham, preserving the historic bar's 1920s-era floors and tin ceiling while introducing a New American menu.
Business
Nearly half a ton of food waste, diverted every single week — and this Newton Centre diner owner says it's easier than you'd think
Newton Centre restaurateur Kay Masterson discusses how Johnny's Luncheonette composts nearly 1,000 pounds of food scraps per week through Black Earth Compost and offers reusable takeout containers via Recirclable, in a new Green Newton Exchange Podcast episode posted July 13.
Sports
Sports
Sports
Cameron Joyce
Cameron is a Rhode Island native and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in News Media in 2026. He previously worked as a beat writer for Alabama volleyball and baseball for "The Crimson White" and a pro sports writer for Ball Exclusives.
Cameron Joyce
Cameron is a Rhode Island native and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in News Media in 2026. He previously worked as a beat writer for Alabama volleyball and baseball for "The Crimson White" and a pro sports writer for Ball Exclusives.
Cameron Joyce
Cameron is a Rhode Island native and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in News Media in 2026. He previously worked as a beat writer for Alabama volleyball and baseball for "The Crimson White" and a pro sports writer for Ball Exclusives.
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