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Week in Review: New Appointments, a Gas Leak and Child Porn Cases

Catch up on the week's news in Newton!

  • The friends and family of missing Boston College student Franco Garcia continue to pray for Franco's safe return. .
  • We reported this week that after a Watertown administrator turned down the job. 
  • Former Newton resident Megan McGrory Massaro and fellow mom Miriam Katz .
  • A former Newton elementary school teacher . A Suffolk Superior Court magistrate lowered David Ettlinger's bail Tuesday morning to allow Ettlinger's federal case to proceed.  
  • On Monday night, the Board of Aldermen gave their approval to transfer the former Carr School to the School Department for use as swing space. Meanwhile, . 
  • Mount Ida College .
  • after a major gas main break in front of The Capital Grille in Chestnut Hill.  
  • The MBTA Board , including a few Newton bus routes. 
  • Local group Open Crystal Lake announced that . 
  • On Wednesday, . Warren was joined by PMC Founder Billy Starr and Victoria Kennedy. 
  • During his arraignment in Middlesex Superior Court Thursday, and was held on $5,000 cash bail. 
  • The Boston Jewish Film Festival .
  • Mayor Setti Warren said this week . Warren will also name the city's Community Service Award after Mann as well as a conference room at Newton City Hall. 
  • This week, readers selected  and . 
  • Police responded to Boston College Friday afternoon
  • In other Boston College news, . 
  • With Passover starting Friday evening, in this week's Newton in the Kitchen column.
  • Saint Joseph Preparatory High School, which will form with the merge of Newton's Trinity Catholic and Brighton's Mount Saint Joseph Academy, .
  • ? ? Check out those lists and make sure to let us know if we missed one! 


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