Last year, voters were divided over whether to keep or toss the city’s overnight winter parking ban. So, Public Safety and ...

A Harvard professor told a Newton crowd Thursday they have the power to restore an “ailing democracy.” Political philosophy ...

On Monday night, Mayor Marc Laredo and Chief Financial Officer Maureen Lemieux presented a cautiously optimistic financial ...

My cohort has grown up in an era of unprecedented academic pressures, endured the toxic fallout of social media, and lost ...

Newton is embracing the pickleball craze, supporting  programs, lessons and free play at outdoor and indoor courts across the ...

Newton began observing Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day in 2021, and the festival has gotten bigger each year. Unfortunately, this year the rain from Sunday night kept everyone off of ...

Mochiko Hawaiian BBQ in Newtonville suddenly has a “Closed” sign in its window. The loud pop music no longer serenades the ...

Newton North seniors Esty Dudnik, Maggie Abely, Adelle Dupere, Pearl Neafsey, and Caroline Fahey all joined the Newton North ...

One recent Saturday, my wife and I jumped on our bikes and went to the bakery. Except this one was at the end of a driveway on Fairway Drive.  Vittoria Vanni opens Gingerbread in Love [...] ...

To the Editor, Each year Newton suffers through an unhappy debate about what we need to cut from our school budget. That’s one legacy of Proposition 2 ½, the limit on property taxes that has [...] ...

Dear Editor, I appreciate the Beacon’s decision to report on the concerns raised about the hiring of Brown Middle School’s new social studies teacher. I was disappointed, however, by aspects of the ...