A Newton teenager's national piano competition win led local headlines Thursday, even as town hall stayed quiet on new public-record business. Per Patch, a 15-year-old Newton resident recently topped a national piano competition, one of the outlet's featured items today. Meanwhile the N…

Newton voters will decide this fall on ballot questions covering a marijuana sales repeal and state primary reform. Massachusetts election officials certified nine measures for the November ballot after the Supreme Judicial Court struck rent-control and income-tax proposals, Patch staff…

A new affordable-housing opportunity opened at the redeveloped West Newton Armory as MBTA rail work threatens Auburndale service this week. Newton Patch reports that income-qualified renters may qualify for a new unit at the Armory site, while a separate Patch dispatch warns that planne…