Puppy Stolen from Newton Pet Store

A couple had been set to buy the dog.

Newton Police are searching for puppy allegedly stolen from the Newtonville Pet store. Police believe three people took the Shih Tzu, according to WHDH-7News. One suspect allegedly distracted store employees while two others picked up the dog. A local couple had already purchased the puppy and he was set to go home with his new owners, 7News reported. They had planned to name him Tukka, after the Boston Bruins goalie. Carly Williams, the girl who had purchased the Shih Tzu, sent out messages on Twitter Sunday to spread the word about the theft. As a result of the theft, Newtonville Pet has stopped allowing pets to roam in the middle of store, according to 7News. 

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New Subway Opening in Newtonville

This will be the third Subway location in Newton.

A new Subway sandwich shop will soon be making its way to the Newtonville village center.  A new "Subway: Coming soon" sign has recently popped up in the window of the empty storefront at 296 Walnut St., part of the former Newtonville Books location. In addition, the sandwich chain's website also indicates that Subway store #54746 will be opening soon in Newtonville. The sandwich shop will take up part of the storefront that was vacated in March 2012 when Newtonville books decided to relocate to Newton Centre.  Subway has two other locations in Newton, including a spot in Newton Centre (1185 Centre St.) and Newton Corner (275 Centre St.) Information on an opening date for the new Subway was not immediately available. Stay tuned to Patch …

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New Bank Opens in Newtonville, Donates to Local Organizations

To celebrate the Grand Opening on March 7, 2013, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held and two donations totaling $4,000 were presented to local community organizations: Newton Free Library and Newton At Home

City Seeking Proposals for Austin Street Mixed-Use Development

What would you like to see in a potential development at the Newtonville lot?

After several years of studying the space and discussing its potential for development, the city has officially posted a request for proposals (RFP) for a mixed-use development at the Austin Street municipal lot in Newtonville.  The RFP was issued on Thursday, Feb. 14, according to the RFP document posted on the city's website.  The RFP document is located in the .pdf section to the right. The 1.7-acre lot was deemed as "surplus" by the Board of Aldermen's Real Property & Reuse Committee in December 2010. It currently includes 159 parking spaces, with 121 spaces open to the general public. After the space was deemed as surplus, the city formed a Joint Advisory Planning Group (JAPG) in March 2011 to study the potential uses for the lot. The…

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New Newtonville Frozen Yogurt Shop to Open Sunday

The YoFresh Frozen Yogurt Cafe is located in the space formerly occupied by Twig.

A new self-serve frozen yogurt "cafe" is ready to open its doors tomorrow in Newtonville. As indicated by a sign posted on the front door of the Austin Street business, the new YoFresh Yogurt Cafe will be open Sunday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. Earlier this summer, Newton Patch confirmed with YoFresh that it would be opening the first Massachusetts storefront at 14 Austin St., which was formerly occupied by Twig florist. With YoFresh moving into the 951-square-foot space, the building at 10-20 Austin St. will be up to 100 percent occupancy, according to a YoFresh statement issued in July.  The Boston-based YoFresh Yogurt Cafe offers "all-natural, healthy yogurts" with a variety of toppings customers can add to the yogurt. YoFresh has locations in…

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More Newton Village Day Celebrations Coming in September

Following the successful village days in Nonantum, Newton Highlands and Waban, a couple of other Newton villages have planned celebrations.

You've seen them in Waban, Newton Highlands and Nonantum. Now, a village day celebration could be coming to a neighborhood near you. Both Newton Upper Falls and Newtonville will hold village days next month, with the Upper Falls Village Day on Sunday, Sept. 23 and Newtonville Village Day on Saturday, Sept. 29.  The first Upper Falls Village Day will be held at the Emerson Community Center on Pettee Street. The all-day celebration will include tables with a number of vendors and community organizations as well as fun activities for the whole family. Newtonville's first village day will take place on Walnut Street in downtown Newtonville and will also include tables with local vendors, organizations as well as food and activities for the …

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Visions for Vacancies

Visions for Vacancies: 313 Walnut St., Newtonville (Former Jin Mi Market)

What does this empty space in Newtonville need?

Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we’re at 313 Walnut St. in Newtonville, the former Jin Mi Oriental Foods Market.  We've been to this area before; a few weeks back we asked you what you thought of the former All About Shoe location a couple of doors down. But now, we want to hear your thoughts on this empty space. The business is located between a salon and the recently renovated George Howell …

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3:01 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012

David Aust's idea appeals to me. How about starting a new trend and helping the housing situation. I would love to have people be able to lease village street level apartments.   more ›

YoFresh Yogurt Cafe Officially Announces New Newtonville Location

More details on the self-serve yogurt shop at 14 Austin St.

YoFresh Yogurt Cafe officially announced in a statement today plans to open its first Massachusetts location at 14 Austin St. in Newtonville.  According to a statement issued Friday morning, the YoFresh shop will take up the 951 square feet formerly occupied by Twig florist. It will also bring the building at 10-20 Austin St. up to 100 percent occupancy. Chris Gregorys, who runs the franchising for YoFresh, told Newton Patch last month that the Newtonville spot is likely to open up sometime in the late summer or early fall. Gregorys could not give an exact opening date. The Boston-based YoFresh Yogurt Cafe offers "all-natural, healthy yogurts" with a variety of toppings customers can add to the yogurt. YoFresh has locations in nine states…

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Deadline Extended for Newtonville Banner Design Competition

Want to help spruce up the streets of Newtonville? Submit your design.

The city's Planning & Development Department announced Friday that it has extended the deadline for the Newtonville Banner Competition to Tues., July 31.  The competition, which was launched in June, is open to artists of all ages who live, work or attend school in Newton.  According to the contest website, designs by the winning artist will decorate 20 lamp posts along Walnut Street and Washington Street. The banners will be five feet tall and two feet wide. The design contest and banners aim to identify the village as a whole, the website said, and help join two sections of Newtonville that are separated by the Mass Pike overpass. The city is also hoping the banners will "compliment" other beautification efforts going on in Newtonville…

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