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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

For more than four decades, WBCN was more than a radio station in Boston. It was a cultural force that helped shape the ...

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 [...] ...

I have decided on a different approach to my campaign for affordable housing. Instead of focusing on the same areas that many other organizations are already working on, I turned my focus to changing ...

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 ...