The five-day festival is scheduled for July 14-18 at Pellegrini Park.
Blood platelet and type O donations are in high demand.
The event will be held from Thursday, July 15 through Saturday, July 17.
After setting up a feasibility study and then acquiring the building earlier this year, city officials sent out a request for proposals.
Newton Community Pride's annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts, which was put on hold last year because of the pandemic, is on.
Local rescue seeking homes for six cats.
Swimming pool dangers persist, especially for children.
Work was finished in September last year, but because of the pandemic, the ribbon cutting was only held recently.
Newton Highland Street Foundation is sponsoring entry to children’s museums, nature sanctuaries and other events every day of August.
Besito opened in 2014, to aplomb. Besito at the Chestnut Hill Mall was the fifth in the U.S., and the second in Massachusetts.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital is asking nonprofits working to solve housing insecurity in the area to apply for a $1.9 million grant.
On July 12, Newton Parking Control Officers will again be giving out parking tickets to cars at expired meters.
Newton Neighbors helping Neighbors is helping organize a bicycle drive to get bikes into the hands of young people.
The fireworks draw over 10,000 people and the city decided it just wasn't safe yet, according to Newton Community Pride.
Here's a list of the Red Cross blood drives coming up in the Newton area.
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Here's where to go in Newton to cool off.
Juneteenth has been a major holiday in the U.S. stretching back to its founding in 1865.
New England Country Mart, the Chelsea-based food delivery service, is teaming up with a local restaurant to fight food insecurity.
The Newton Resource Recovery Center at 115 Rumford Ave. has mostly reopened in time for spring cleaning.
The pandemic has affected the nation's blood supply. The Red Cross is holding a few blood drives soon in the Newton area.
Former Red Sox Player David Ortiz was in Newton and raised several hundred thousand dollars to help children get heart surgery.
The Newton nonprofit will use the money to help transform the lives of individuals confronted by vision loss.
If your pet bunny hopped away from you recently, check with Newton police.
There will be speeches, followed by a moment of silence, and a march into Newtonville.
Newton Community Pride and the city are hoping to promote local businesses in Newton's village centers by getting people out for art.
People who donate through the Red Cross between May 1 and 15 are eligible for an Amazon gift card.
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A Newton convenience store sold the winning $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s "High Voltage" instant ticket game.
A developer that got approval to build 234 apartments at the corner of Washington and Dunstan streets is asking for permission to add 67.
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The Garden City was among 38 Massachusetts municipalities allocated financial support through the federal support program.
April’s full pink moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons that will shine big and bright over Newton.
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The pandemic has impacted the U.S. blood supply. The Red Cross is holding a series of blood drives soon in the Newton area.
Nearly 1 million pounds of prescription drugs were collected during the last take-back event in October 2020.
Newton Community Pride is trying something a little different this year and repurposing its FenceArt project.
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The Lyrids peak is a perfect start to Earth Day in Newton. Known for fireballs, the meteor shower overlaps with the Eta Aquariids.