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  • 16th Annual Boston Volvo 5k Road Race for MS

    16th Annual Boston Volvo 5k Road Race for MS

    Join National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter,  this Thanksgiving morning at the 16th Annual Boston Volvo 5k Road Race and work up an appetite by running or walking for those who can’t!

    Date: November 28, 2013
    Time: 7:30 am registration, 9:00 am start
    Location: Boston Volvo, 75 North Beacon St., Brighton, Mass. Parking available at Stop & Shop behind Boston Volvo and at the garage on Guest St.

    Register Online until November 26th for a discounted rate of $20!

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    Your participation in the Volvo 5K Road Race provides help for today and hope fortomorrow through education, support, advocacy, and research funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter. Programs and services funded by the National MS Society make a huge difference to the nearly 18,000 people and their families in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont who must live with MS every day.

    Our USATF-certified course is the perfect place to spend your Thanksgiving Day morning helping those who are thankful for the smallest things every day.

    See you at the starting line!

  • Soiree and Auction to Benefit Waban Library Center

    Soiree and Auction to Benefit Waban Library Center

    Whole Foods in Newton off Walnut Street is hosting a soiree and auction to benefit the Waban Library Center.

    There will be a live auction and a silent auction, food and beverage.

    Stephen Dean, auctioneer from Dean Associate sof Newton has donated his auctioneering services. Whole Foods has donated themed Gift Baskets, Thanksgiving Dinner and several other items for the silent auction.

    Please come this Saturday, September 21st from 5pm to 8pm!

    Whole Foods event for Waban LIbrary Center

     

  • Autumnal Equinox Celebration at Well Within

    Autumnal Equinox Celebration at Well Within

    Grab a friend and join Well Within on Sunday, September 22nd from 1-4 pm as we celebrate the autumnal equinox with an open house at Well Within.

    Drop in anytime during the open house to sample delicious paleo friendly hors d’oeuvres that highlight the foods of fall and experience equinox themed mini-treatments including acupuncture, massage, reiki and more.

    Well Within Autumn Equinox celebration

     

     

     

     

    Click HERE to learn more!

  • NNHS Hockey Team Carwash Fundraiser!

    NNHS Hockey Team Carwash Fundraiser!

    Tiger Hockey Car Wash

    Date: Saturday, September 21st

    Time: 8:30am – 1:00pm
    Location:  Tiger Drive, Newton North High School
    Cost: Donation
    All funds raised go directly to benefit the Newton North High School JV and Varsity hockey teams. Support  Newton North High School Hockey Team while cleaning up your car!

    Many thanks from the NNHS Hockey Team!

    Newton North High School Hockey Fundraiser

     

     

  • Cook Restaurant Opens in Newton!

    Chef Paul Turano newest venture “Cook” opens Saturday, September 14th.

    The new 80-seat restaurant in Newton, MA is a true neighborhood restaurant concept.  There is something for everyone:

    – lighthearted “snacks” (house made pretzel ($3), caramel-bacon popcorn ($5) and sweet and spicy peanuts ($5)

    – starters (a bag of clams with ramp tartar, salt and corn chow chow ($13), Vietnamese glazed pork ribs with pickled carrots ($12) and Udon noodles with peanuts and ponzu ($10)

    – mains such as bacon wrapped trout with a lobster & cornbread stuffing with toasted almonds ($23) and braised eggplant with house-made cavatelli, fresh ricotta, basil and tomato ($18)

    The restaurant has a wood-fired stove with nine bar seats where guests can sit and order items directly from the chef, including various flatbreads and wood-roasted bites, while watching them be made.

    The 15-seat bar will host a from-scratch cocktail program, five rotating beers on tap, over 25 canned and bottled beers, and an extensive wine list featuring by the glass and bottle options as well as two draft wines.

    Cook will open Saturday, September 14th, 2013 at 4:30PM for its first dinner service and will serve dinner 4:30PM – Close (when there are no more customers), seven days a week.

    Cook will launch its first brunch Saturday, September 21st, 2013 and will be open for brunch on both Saturday and Sundays moving forward from10:30AM – 2:30PM.

    Lunch service will launch October 1st, 2013 and will be served Monday – Friday from 11:30AM 3:30PM.

    For more information on Cook please visit: www.cooknewton.com

    Watch as Owner/Chef Paul Turano creates his second restaurant “Cook” from start to finish. Cook is located on 825 Washington Street, Newtonville, MA 02460.

  • Benefit for Waban Library Center! Involves Chocolate!!

    Benefit for Waban Library Center! Involves Chocolate!!

    On Saturday, September 21 5pm-8pm, come to a mocktail party hosted by Whole Foods Market (Beacon and Walnut Streets) to benefit the Waban Library Center. In keeping with Whole Food Market’s Core Value to serve and support their local and global communities, they will generously provide hors d’oeuvres, beverages, a chocolate fountain and both live and silent auction items.

    Saturday, September 21

    5 pm – 8 pm

    Whole Foods off Walnut Street

    Waban Library benefit

    The auction led by professional auctioneer, Stephen Dean, includes Whole Foods Market products and books in themed gift baskets, Thanksgiving dinner packages, and health and beauty gifts.

    Think Italy, Date Night and more!

    This party celebrates the fourth anniversary of the all volunteer-run WLC and the 25 neighborhood. WFM has supported the WLC since 2009, now it’s our turn to give back and join in the celebration.

     

  • Lego Event at Wellesley Books

    Lego Event at Wellesley Books

    Legos with Sean Kenney 

    Wednesday, Sept. 18th @ 2 pm 

    at Wellesley Books, 82 Central Street

    Wellesley 

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    Come flex your LEGO creativity with artist, author, and LEGO certified professional Sean Kenney. He’ll be giving a LEGO demonstration, signing books, and leading young builders in guided play This is a ticketed event and seating is limited. Tickets are $5 per seat and can be purchased on our website, over the phone(781.431.1160) or by stopping into the store.
  • Volunteers and Toys Needed for Birthday Wishes

    Volunteers and Toys Needed for Birthday Wishes

     Birthday Wishes is pleased to announce the opening of our new Birthday-in-a-Box office in Lexington, MA, on the campus of the Cotting School. We are delighted that our long-time volunteer and Party Coordinator, Mary Heveran, will serve as our new Birthday-in-a-Box Program Manager. Welcome Mary!
    For the past several years, we have experienced significant growth in our Birthday Box program, which now provides more than 150 boxes per month state-wide to homeless children. The program was created in 2005 for those children living in domestic violence shelters, scattered sites, hotels, and other locations which cannot accommodate Birthday Wishes volunteers. It allows Birthday Wishes to reach homeless children in almost any living situation. Moving this program to a separate facility will greatly increase our capacity to meet the growing needs of this program, while offering improved efficiency and oversight.
    The Lexington office needs volunteers and toys:
    • Office volunteers to assemble Birthday Boxes, pull and wrap birthday gifts, inventory donations and deliver Birthday Boxes.
    • Brand new toys (in original, unopened packaging) for children of all ages, as well as Target, Old Navy, TJMaxx and Marshalls gift cards for our teens.
    If you would like to donate or volunteer, please contact Mary Heveran at mary@birthdaywishes.org or866-388-9474 x12.

     

  • Meet Newton Alderman Deb Crossley this Sunday!

    Meet Newton Alderman Deb Crossley this Sunday!

    Representative Kay and Nasir Khan, School Committee Member Diana Fisher Gomberg, Carol and Ken Krems, Joan McGrath, and former Mayor Thomas B. Concannon invite you for Coffee, Snacks & Conversation with Alderman Deb Crossley, Candidate for Re-Election for Alderman-at-Large

    Deb Crossley

    Sunday, September 15, 2013
    3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

    at the home of
    Kay and Nasir Khan
    18 St. Mary’s Street
    Newton, MA 02462

    RSVP requested but not required Kay Khan at 617-527-1451 or kaykhan7@gmail.com

     

  • Writing Scary and Suspenseful Stories Workshop for Kids!

    Writing Scary and Suspenseful Stories Workshop for Kids!

    Ghosts, Ghouls & Gangsters

    Writing Scary and Suspenseful Stories Workshop for kids!
    Saturday, Sept. 14th @ 3:30 pm

    at Wellesley Books

    82 Central Street, Wellesley, MA

     

    Join a terrific trio of local authors — Erin Dionne, A.J. Paquette, and Ellen Booraem — as they discuss the craft elements writing suspenseful scenes. Come prepared to write at the edge of your seat!  Please RSVP to kidevents@wellesleybooks.com to help us plan!