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Newton Small Business Center to Offer Drop-in Office Hours

Need some advice for your new or current business? Stop by the Newton Small Business Center.

Newton officials will be doing their part to celebrate National Small Business Week this week (May 21-25) with a number of drop-in "office hours" throughout the city aimed at helping current and future business owners.  The Newton Small Business Center will offer advice on starting a business, permits, licenses, small business loans and business expansion.  A set of office hours will be held in a different village each day, Monday-Friday, starting tomorrow, May 21. The times and locations are included below: For more information, contact Amanda Stout in the city's Planning Department at 617-796-1127 or astout@newtonma.gov. 

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 20

Waban Village Day, a seedling sale and the city's annual Memorial Day parade.

1. Memorial Day parade. The city of Newton will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade today starting at 2 p.m. The parade will kick off from Our Lady's Church and proceed down Washington Street, up Walnut Street and down Watertown Street to Coletti-Magni Park in Nonantum. Following the parade, there will be a community picnic and celebration from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. at Pellegrini Park on Hawthorn Street. 2. Waban Village Day. The Ninth Annual Waban Village Day will be held in Waban Square today from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. There will be music, food, rides, crafts and a fun run will start at 10 a.m. 3. Seedling Sale. The Newton Community Farm will hold the second day of its annual seedling sale today from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Friends of the farm will be able…

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A Look at the History of Route 9

Boston Globe's YourTown presents a photo slideshow of Route 9's history.

Whether you call it Boylston Street, Worcester-Boston Turnpike, Ted Williams Highway, United Spanish War Veterans Highway or simply Route 9, the highway that divides part of Newton and Chestnut Hill is more than 200 years old.  The Boston Globe recently pulled together a slideshow depicting some of the history of the road, from Brookline Village in 1915, through the disappearance of Framingham's Shopper's World and growth of the Natick Collection, to the former Omni Foods site in Newton. According to Westborough Patch Blogger Glenn R. Parker, Route 9 follows the 19th century Boston-Worcester Turnpike, which was used for agriculture and dairy farms.  Wikipedia tells us that Route 9 or part of it, is named for Red Sox Hall-of-Famer Ted …

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Local Experts, Residents Weigh in on Newton's Parking Problems

The Newton League of Women Voters held a parking forum Thursday night that raised questions about how cities manage parking and what the best way is to handle parking supply.

You're driving around Newton Centre, late for an appointment, and every metered parking spot is taken. On the fifth circle around the center lot, you finally spot someone pulling out of a space on Beacon Street. You quickly turn the car around, zoom out the exit, fight through the traffic and into the space before someone else gets there. Then, you reach into your pocket and find -- no quarters. Parking in Newton is not always easy.  While some may say it's a lack of parking supply, local experts at a Newton parking forum last night argued that it's a matter of parking management, not necessarily the number of spaces. "How we think about parking now is entirely flawed," said Jason Schrieber, a principal at the Nelson/Nygaard transportation…

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 19

A concert, the mayor's "Hoops for Our Troops" event and Newton artists open their studios.

1. Hoops for Our Troops. Newton Mayor Setti Warren will welcome a number of local sports celebrities and veterans to a "Hoops for Our Troops" basketball game and veterans services fair today. The event kicks off at 12:30 p.m. at Newton South. 2. The Beauty of Brahms. The New Philharmonia Orchestra will perform a concert today titled "The Beauty of Brahms," featuring Music Director Ronald Knudsen in collaboration with the New World Chorale, directed by Holly Krafka. The concert will be held at the First Baptist Church in Newton and starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10-$30. 3. Relay for Life. The Relay for Life Newton/Brookline will take place today at Forte Field in Newton. The 12-hour event will run from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and raises money for …

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Pinkberry, Cinema de Luxe Coming to Newton's Chestnut Hill Shopping Center

WS Development announced Friday the National Amusements Cinema will be a Cinema de Luxe, and teased two other stores coming to the shopping center.

Pinkberry will soon be joining the line-up of stores in the revamped Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, joining Shake Shack, which announced it was coming to Chestnut Hill last week, Sports Club/LA and a National Amusements theatre. In an email sent Friday afternoon, WS Development Director of Corporate Marketing David Fleming told Patch that the frozen yogurt shop is coming in addition to Bernard's restaurant and a Cinema de Luxe. The new tenants will be located in a new, 115,000-square-foot building that will be built on the former Macy's site. Pinkberry, a high-end frozen yogurt shop from the West Coast, also has locations in Cambridge and Boston's Back Bay. Bernard's is currently located in the Mall at Chestnut Hill. The shops are expected…

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