Meeting Regarding Former Turtle Lane Playhouse
You Are Cordially Invited to A Community Meeting The owners of 283 Melrose Street, the former Turtle Lane Playhouse, invite you to attend a community meeting where they will present their revised plans for the property. This will be an opportunity to come see the revised plans, listen to the owners as they describe their […]
Is Cultural Appropriation OK? Blackface?
Is it OK for white people to have dreadlocks? He gets asked this question weekly. But the question that people ask isn’t really about a hair style; it about racism and political correctness. The 1 Janitor puts this into perspective including blackface which he says you do have to take history into account: Why don’t people like […]
Newton Needham Chamber offers MBA scholarship
The Newton Needham Chamber has entered into a partnership with Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business to offer a $20,000 MBA scholarship to an employee at a qualified Chamber member company annually. “We are thrilled to partner with the Newton-Needham Chamber to provide this annual scholarship to a Chamber member who joins our world-class Executive […]
The Onion Features Lincoln Eliot Elementary School
Wow, a Newton elementary school is featured in The Onion, the well known satirical website! image from The Onion Elementary Schoolers Depressed After Getting Look At Voters Filing Out Of Gymnasium NEWTON, MA—Looking out their classroom windows at the masses of dejected and weary adults throughout the school day, students at Lincoln Eliot Elementary School told […]
Dr. Ferber Demystifies The Ferber Method
Concord Museum presents world-renowned Sleep Expert and Author Dr. Richard Ferber at The Fenn School on Thursday, November 20, 2104 at 7:00 pm The Concord Museum is honored to present Dr. Richard Ferber for a lecture and book-signing at The Fenn School (516 Monument Street, Concord) on Thursday, November 20 at 7:00 p.m. Sleep expert Dr. […]
Rosemary Wells Reads for the Record at Lakeshore Learning
Jumpstart’s Read for the Record® celebration with award-winning author Rosemary Wells reading her book Bunny Cakes at the Lakeshore Learning Store in Newton, MA. They were hoping to set a record for the largest shared reading experience across all 60 Lakeshore Learning Stores across the country! An annual event, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record® celebrates literacy […]
Parents: Want to be Cast for TV Show?
Now Casting active ambitious adventurous *PARENTS* …for a new show on a major television network… If you and your spouse or a couple that you knkow would take on any challenge to win your child(ren) a SIX FIGURE trust fund, this show is for you. Filming dates would be January 20 – […]
Mt. Ida College President to Speak at Rotary Club
Barry Brown, President of Mt. Ida College, will speak at The Rotary Club of Newton on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at the Braeburn Country Club. Join us for lunch at noon followed by Mr. Brown’s presentation. All are welcome to attend Rotary, however if you are not a member we ask that you let us […]
Why Harvard Didn’t Take Death Threats Seriously
On Oct 3rd and in the days following, hundreds of Harvard Asian and Asian-American students and affiliates, primarily women, were emailed a racist death threat. The author referred to the recipients as “slit eyes” and threatened to come to Harvard to “shoot all of you” and “kill you individually.” A Harvard police spokesperson responded that […]
2014 Children’s Champions Honored
During the John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton’s 60th Annual Meeting, five long-time Club supporters were inducted into the first class of Children’s Champions Honorees. Each year, a small class of visionaries, leaders, and top performers who are/were responsible for helping the organization grow and thrive throughout its 100 year history will […]
