The Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council is hosting a virtual Winter Cheer Photo Contest to help spread community cheer in these frigid—and isolated—weeks. Share your cheer-worthy photos via email, they will share them on Instagram, and enter all participants into … Continue reading
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Newton South Stage Presents BREATHE
A global pandemic, a civil rights crisis, and a divided country. We’re trapped in quarantine, isolated from our friends. So many of us feel like we’re gasping for air. Blending live theater with recorded performances, Breathe is a series of … Continue reading
Newton Inspires: Broadway Babies!
Newton Inspires: Broadway Babies! The Newton Schools Foundation invites you to join in a free, virtual event featuring Newton Public School alumni Zachary Baer, producer, live and digital entertainment; Skylar Fox, director, playwright and theatrical designer; Ryan Vona, actor and … Continue reading
Student Project: planting trees to honor lost lives
The 4C Tree Project aims to honor the memory of lives lost to COVID-19 by celebrating life through the planting of trees, and they need your help to make it a success. Spearheaded by Green Newton’s Environmental Youth Leadership Program, … Continue reading
Next Newton School Committee Meeting
Meeting Agenda Superintendent’s Update Public Comment Spring and Fall Planning Update Ventilation Final Update and Report Testing Working Group Update Elementary Survey Results Addendum MOA with NTA FY22 School Calendar Review: FY22 Calendar Vote: Draft Minutes: September 2, 2020 Draft … Continue reading
Building Resilience Across the Charles River Watershed
Adapting to the impacts of climate change is a daunting task but many local cities and towns are facing this challenge head-on. Having the best possible information on the impacts of climate change within your community can help guide effective … Continue reading
Heating and Cooling Older Homes for Comfort and Energy Efficiency
A free webinar for owners of older homes that need heating and cooling upgrades, or want to add central air conditioning. Speakers from Newton’s HeatSmart Program will explain how electric heat pump technology works, and how we can retrofit it … Continue reading
Looking to help in the community? Make kids club bags for the Centre Street Food Pantry!
Help give families with children an extra bag of food as part of the Kids Club Program. Please help by making a grocery bag (or more than one) filled with kid-friendly foods. If you’re interested, go to the website www.centrestfoodpantry.org/donate-food … Continue reading
Looking for something to do Martin Luther King Day weekend and the following weekend?
Consider Belmont World Film’s Family Festival View the festival trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzi8KRjhQfY Belmont World Film’s Family Festival goes completely virtual this year, expanding from its typical four days to ten to allow audience members to view film at their leisure … Continue reading
Newton Food Pantry – Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Volunteer Recruitment
The Newton Food Pantry is currently looking for new volunteers with linguistic skills, BIPOC volunteers, and volunteers from diverse backgrounds. Click here to learn more about this opportunity. Do you want to be a part of a local non profit … Continue reading