Newton Food Pantry Volunteers Needed!
Are you looking for a volunteer experience that allows you to give back to your community? The Newton Food Pantry is looking for volunteers. Volunteers are especially needed for Wednesdays starting in September – our food distribution days. This is a great volunteer opportunity for older kids – feel free to sign up along with your Middle […]
Russo’s to Close this Fall
To Our Devoted and Loyal Customers, After more than 70 years working for the family business, Tony Russo is retiring. Our business will close this fall. It has been Tony’s privilege to serve our many wholesale and retail customers for seven decades. Our business began as a small farm in […]
Meet Amy Mah Sangiolo: Newton Candidate for Mayor
I was part of a Zoom Meet and Greet and clipped Amy Mah Sangiolo by topic. Newton Public School Reopening Did you know that Newton Public High Schools have slipped by 20 spots in the rankings since Ruthanne Fuller became mayor? We are no longer in the Top 20 ranking. Newton School District: #58 […]
Changing the Game Kickstarter Project!
I wanted to let you all know about my Kickstarter project that I am launching in two weeks. Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes by Mia Wenjen Everyone deserves to see themselves in the pages of a book. Now, Mia Wenjen brings the accomplishments of Asian Pacific American female athletes to life with […]
Donate to St. Mary’s Winter Clothes Drive in Newton
Winter Clothes Drive: St. Mary’s is conducting a winter clothes drive this coming Saturday, December 5, from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. in the church driveway. We are collecting gently used or new winter items such as: Clothing (including hats, gloves, mittens, scarfs) Sleeping bags Blankets Disposable handwarmers These donations will be given to: Common Cathedral (serving Boston’s […]
Nominate Nonantum Boxing Club for Newton’s Best Business of the Year
Newton Patch asks Which Newton Business Is Best Of The Year? Nominate Your Favorite! Please nominate Nonantum Boxing Club here. Here’s my nomination: I have boxed at Nonantum Boxing Club for nearly nine years and it is a wonderful place that supports the community, especially those in need. From a boxing perspective, Marc Gargaro, one […]
Maruichi Japanese Food and Deli Supermarket in Brookline
I’m so excited about Maruichi Japanese Food and Deli Supermarket. There’s also a Ramen Shop inside, Brooklyn Ramen. They sell Brooklyn Ramen as DIY to go kits as well. Maruichi Japanese Food and Deli Supermarket & Brooklyn Ramen 299 Harvard St Brookline, MA 02446
Newton Police stopped Black Newton Parent at Gunpoint Minutes Away from His Home
Dear Newton North Community, Thursday, I shared my concerns about recent student social media posts, and I am writing to follow up on that letter. As I mentioned, recent events have led us all to think more deeply about racism and how it manifests itself in society-at-large, and also here in Newton. The recent incident, […]
Where are the POC in the Newton Police Force?
I participated in my first rally today at the Line Up for Black Lives in Newton. I’m particularly focused on systemic racism and I’ve always wondered why there are no visible people of color in the Newton police force. Are the POC in the police force all … admin? Are there no POC actual police […]
Newtonville Books Will CLOSE if New Senior Center is Built
From Newtonville Books Newsletter: Many of you are aware of the City’s interest in building a new senior center on the triangle parking lot in Newton Centre. The City maintains this website with all the information about these ambitions, which have been narrowed down to either renovating the existing senior center in Newtonville, or building […]
