Walking slows the world down
Jumping 10 feet in the air, I felt a tap on the side of my hiking boot. I had just dodged the bite of……
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Fashion is fun through the decades
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now For decades now, I’ve enjoyed fashion—well, at least most of it. There are fashion trends I never will wear,……
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Create lasting memories with your children
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now I’m getting a little reminiscent about my days raising my kids as a single mom. I still think of……
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We should be aware of alcohol’s negative effects
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Selling full-strength beer is now legal in local grocery stores and Sunday sales are under consideration. What’s a……
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A new chapter for the 22-Mile Home
By Courtney Critchfield It’s absolutely surreal to think that the last article I wrote was announcing that my handy man and I were going……
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If we must pick winners as a government pick people
Last week, I wrote a story about Newton’s tight housing market and how part of the problem driving the tightness was a lack of……
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If someone’s arrested, then cleared, we should write that
If you want to do something right, it takes time. If you want to cover a court system properly, it takes even more time…….
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Open meeting laws too broad for saving face
Here’s what we’re going to publicly say we agree to. Now, let’s discuss in private what we’re going to agree to. That’s been……
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Do right by the community and they’ll do right by you
If you’ve ever been in Le J’s Bar BQ, tasted the ribs or hotlinks and met owner Jeffrey Love, it’s hard not to wish……
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Occidental deal could be good, with safeguards
Using the numbers provided, the city’s tentative terms for the Occidental Development look like a beneficial deal for Newton…if done right. We’ve long pushed……
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