Schmidt talks about the people who’ve helped him in life
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Health Ministries Chief Executive Officer Matthew Schmidt said he’s needed more than one mentor in his life. “I always……
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Light in the darkness: Community remembers the life of Bobby Flores Sr.
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Around 100 people attended the candlelight vigil for Bobby Flores Sr. at his Newton home near where he was……
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Young woodworker hones craft
By Jared Janzen RURAL HALSTEAD—Shane Brown creates products so beautiful that his customers don’t even want to use them for their intended purpose. “Half……
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Cook lived life of giving, caring, faith
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Delores Cook has been described as a second mom, a school mom and a wonderful teacher by people who……
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Treaster, Mock friends on and off the wrestling mats
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Newton High School senior wrestlers Grant Treaster and Sawyer Mock see quite a bit of each other on the……
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Harvard and newspapers: Jack a new addition to the Newton Public Library staff
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now At a fairly young age, Sam Jack has quite an impressive and diverse resume already. He started his current……
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380 books: Two library employees read many tomes in a year
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON—It’s not unusual for library employees to read books. It might be a little uncommon, though, if an employee……
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Friendly competition: Hayes brothers have 71 years of furniture business experience
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now They both say they’re not brothers until it’s 5:30 p.m. They say that jokingly, because the two local businessmen,……
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Cellist enjoys the tones of his chosen instrument
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON—There was a cello duet going on Monday night at Newton Public Library, but it wasn’t anything close to……
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Preschoolers talk about how to wrap presents, what they want from Santa
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Christmas is a special time of year. Many people busy themselves with holiday traditions, like shopping, baking Christmas treats……
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