Newton Public Schools are still working through fallout from a turbulent fiscal 2026 budget year, per a new report. Newton Patch's Tuesday, Aug. 25 morning briefing flagged continuing shifts inside the district tied to the rocky budget cycle, though the item stopped short of detailing s…
Newton recorded 18 property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, per South Middlesex Registry of Deeds filings, though only seven listed a sale price. Recorded prices ranged from $685,000 to $3,375,000, with a median of $1,335,000. The top sale was 171 Hobart Rd. at $3,375,000, sold by Malcolm
Newton's restaurant week is underway, giving diners a ten-day window to sample local restaurants at discounted prices, according to Newton Patch. The promotion, detailed in Patch's "Get A Free Pizza, $8 Meals In This MA City For Restaurant Week: Cheap Eats," offers meals as low as $8 at…
A Massachusetts judge has ordered Newton to repay $2.4 million to the city's cannabis retailers, Newton Patch reports. The ruling, detailed in Patch's "Why a judge says Newton must return $2.4M to cannabis shops," did not come with further specifics on the underlying dispute in the news…
Newton and tech firm Hear2There launched audio wayfinding technology Aug. 18 to improve accessibility in public spaces. The rollout, announced in a wire release carried by the Des Moines Register, targets residents with vision loss and others who rely on spoken directional cues to get a…
A Newton North wrestler who started late has been named the best in Massachusetts, Patch reports. The Tigers program landed in the statewide spotlight this week after Newton Patch profiled the wrestler's rapid rise from late starter to state champion, though the outlet's report did not …
Newton's zoning and facilities committees have meetings on this week's agenda, per a Patch briefing that offered few additional details. The Patch AM item, headlined "🌱 Patch AM: What's on the agenda at this week's Newton zoning and facilities meetings?", flagged the pair of panels with…
Newton Patch is asking what the town's $1.5 million "Thrive" experiment actually delivered. The outlet's Patch AM roundup, published the evening of August 16, raised the question of the program's return without yet detailing results, leaving readers who have followed the initiative's sp…
A $2.4 million court judgment against Newton could ripple through the city's budget, Newton Patch reports. The commercial outlet's morning newsletter also flagged a heated development dispute over Chapin Road in Newton Centre, though details remain scarce. Separately, Mayor Marc C. Lare…
Visual Comfort & Co. opened a new lighting and design showroom on Needham Street this week, joining Newton's retail corridor. The 230 Needham St., Suite E5 location marks the design brand's latest Massachusetts showroom, according to PR Newswire. Elsewhere, Newton Patch reports "Newton …
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