Week in Review: Local Races Heat Up and a Tower Tragedy
Miss a few headlines this week in Newton? Catch up on your news with our Week in Review.
- Newton Patch featured numerous Letters to the Editor this week from residents supporting candidates for the upcoming municipal election. Check out the letters we've received and submit your own to Melanie.Graham@patch.com.
- Our daily PatchCast feature has since moved to one edition a week. The new PatchCasts are rich with news, features, photos and video. Check out this week's edition.
- As Taylor Wells was getting ready to open up her fifth yoga studio (in Brooklyn, NY), the Newton resident had some time to sit down with Patch and talk a little bit about some of the changes she's made in her life and the decision to sell Prana Restaurant.
- After a recent coyote attack in West Newton that left a dog dead, the city decided to hold an informational meeting Wednesday night on the coyote population in Newton.
- Newton School Committee member and candidate Jonathan Yeo filed an appeal this week after a Middlesex judge ruled last week he could not be on the Nov. 8 ballot. An appeals court eventually ruled on Thursday that Yeo can run.
- The Charles River was recently awarded an international prize for excellence in river water management.
- A man was arrested recently after he threatened someone with a 12-inch knife at a Newton bar.
- The Newton School Committee met this week and discussed the district's growing enrollment numbers and aging facilities. The committee also received some updates on teacher contracts, finances and construction at F.A. Day Middle School.
- Senate Candidate Tom Conroy made a stop in Newton Wednesday night, showing that he is still determined to face off against Scott Brown, despite the financial strength and support of Elizabeth Warren.
- Tragedy hit Newton Upper Falls Wednesday after a maintenance worker on one of the radio towers fell to his death.
- The Newton North girls volleyball team remains undefeated this season and is ready for the playoffs.
- Patch received word this week that the owner of The Local in West Newton has plans to expand on Washington Street and open a take-out burger joint.
- Friday marked a special day at the Newtonville Whole Foods as it became the first store on the East Coast to offer Braille in its aisles. For more on this story, tune in to Patch tomorrow morning.
