Come one, come all to the 9th annual Waban Village Day taking place in Waban Square on Sunday, May 19.

The festivities begin at 10am with the 5K Family Fun Run.
From 11am to 3pm, you can take in our exciting entertainment lineup, sample food selections, and view enticing vendor wares.

This year’s entertainment line-up will include the Newton North Jazz Ensemble, NNHS’s Rich Labedz’s professional group, and the Newton Family Singers.

More information and registration for the Family Fun Run is available on the Waban Village Day website. 

Calling all Vendors. Do you have something to sell; jewelry, crafts, specialty items, artisan breads or foods, cosmetics, clothes, to name a few. Come share your creations with a booth at Waban Village Day, Sunday, May 19 th 11am-3pm.

This is the 9th Waban Village Day, it takes place in Waban Square on Woodward Street, right off of Beacon Street. This is a very popular event, fun for the whole family, with over 2000 people participating in rides, food and crafts. If you are interested in a booth at Waban Village Day, please contact Liz by email. For more information check out the Waban Village Day website.

All Newton school students, faculty, staff, and parents are invited to join the Annual Memorial Day Parade on Sunday, May 19.  Honor all veterans by marching in the parade (all are welcome) or cheering us on from the sidewalk!

The parade begins at 2pm at Our Lady Help of Christians Church at the corner of Washington St. and Adams St in Newtonville. The parade follows this route:

Starting at Our Lady, the parade proceeds west on Washington to Walnut St.
Turn right onto Walnut St. and proceeds to Watertown St.
Turn right onto Watertown St. and ending at Colette – Magni Park. (at Adams St., next to Dunkin Donuts).

Refreshment will be served at the end of the parade for all participants.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please call Tom Shoemaker at the VFW Post 440 at 617.244.0440.

On Tuesday May 7th, all are invited to join Mayor Setti D. Warren for the grand opening of the Veterans Center, a first-of-its-kind center dedicated to providing a variety of services for veterans.

This family-friendly, veterans appreciation event will feature numerous attractions, including appearances by former New England Patriot and three-time Super Bowl champion Joe Andruzzi, and Patriot DL Rob Ninkovich; a Hoops for our Troops basketball challenge, and the chance to play ball with legends from the Boston Celtics; an evening of comedy featuring comedians Steve Sweeney and Rob Steen; and food and beverages courtesy of Cabots Ice Cream, WholeFoods, Darryl’s Corner Bar and Kitchen and O’Hara’s.

The evening will be emceed by Matt Siegel of KISS 108′s Matty in the Morning.

6:30-8:30 p.m.
Veterans Center
295 California Street, Newton

The 29th annual Friends of the Newton Free Library Book and Author Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013. The authors this year are William Landay and Randy Susan Meyers.

Newton Marriott Hotel, 2345 Commonwealth Avenue at Route 128 starting with a cash bar at 11:30 a.m. with luncheon and speakers from 12 noon to 2:45 p.m.

New England Mobile Book Fair will have copies of the authors books for sale and the authors will be signing books.

The price for the luncheon is $45 per person. Sponsorships are $75 and $100. Purchase tickets online at the Newton Free Library’s website or send your check for $45 per person made payable to the Friends of the Newton Free Library to Book and Author Luncheon, PO Box 600533, Newtonville, MA 02460. Specify the names of those who will attend the event & include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please indicate your preferences for chicken, fish, or vegetarian entree for lunch.

William Landay is the author of the New York Times bestseller Defending Jacob (set in Newton), The Strangler, a Los Angeles Times Favorite Crime Book of the Year, and Mission Flats, winner of the Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Crime Novel and a Barry Award nominee. A former district attorney who holds degrees from Yale and Boston College Law School, Landay lives in Newton, where he is at work on his next novel of suspense.

Randy Susan Meyers is the author of The Comfort of Lies (Feb 2013) and The Murderer’s Daughters (January 2010//St. Martin’s Press.) Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Randy now lives in Boston with her husband, where she teaches writing seminars for Grub Street Writer’s Center, and is the mother of two grown daughters.

The Newton Veteran’s Council is looking for any interested groups of children to participate in the city’s annual Memorial Day Parade.   A float, a marching band, a sports team, or any other kind of organized group, can march in, or otherwise participate in, the parade.

This year, the parade will be held on Sunday, May 19.  The parade typically commences at 2:00 pm and marches through Auburndale and Nonantum.  The route is about a mile in length. If you are interested, please contact Tom Shoemaker (member of the Veteran’s Council and State Commander of the American Legion), for more information at 617-244-5182.

The agenda of the next meeting of Newton’s Community Preservation Committee includes:

• historic burying grounds;
• Newton’s Capital Improvement Plan & CPA funding process;
• a discussion with with the Board of Aldermen President & Vice President; and
• Museum Archives – update on anticipated project costs & schedule

The committee will meet Thursday, 9 May, at 7 pm, in City Hall Room 222. The full pre-meeting packet will be available online beginning May 2.

The next deadline for funding requests for FY14 and FY 15 is June 1.
Projects that submit pre-proposals by this deadline can qualify to submit a full proposal next fall for either fy14 or fy15 funding. Full instructions & read-only forms are online under ‘Guidelines & Forms.’
To request a proposal form or for help in adapting the form for your project, contact Alice Ingerson by phone at 617.529.9337 or by email.