Newton Youth Soccer opened registration this week for the 2026/2027 travel soccer season, with sign-ups also open for its Summer 2026 clinics and a travel tryout schedule now set. Families interested in travel or clinic programs can register through the Newton Youth Soccer website. No o…
This week's Newton obituary column lists seven residents whose deaths were recorded between July 21 and July 23, 2026: Bloomberg, Kalman; Colecchi, Jacqueline; Curley, Gerald; Komow, Nancy P. (Burns); Montillo, Mariangela J. "Gualtieri" (95); Scipione, June Marie (Silvia) (86); and Slat…
Newton's METCO program heads into the 2026-27 school year under a newly named interim director, Patch reported Sunday, though the outlet's roundup did not identify the appointee or the circumstances behind the change. It's the lone Newton-specific development to surface in Patch's cover…
Newton recorded 16 property transfers between June 26 and July 25, with nine disclosing sale prices ranging from $532,000 to $2,760,000 and a median of $1,320,000. The month's top sale was 60 Ashton Ave at $2,760,000, sold by Natasha and Michael Ferrell to Joshua M. and Christine Berg. …
Newton Free Library kicked off a new weekly Monday-morning storytime series for toddlers this summer, continuing through August. The "My First Storytime" program joins a packed summer slate that includes English Language Learning conversation classes, two of which have already filled to…
Newton Free Library hosts a "Poop Museum" science program for kids Saturday morning as Patch flags possible changes to the city's overnight parking rules. Susie Maguire of the Poop Museum leads Science Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon on July 25, one of five library programs that day incl…
Newton panel hears sweeping parking ban overhaul, votes only to pause discussion.
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's Public Facilities Committee held a $232,000 City Hall window and cupola design request after members said the scope was unclear.
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…