Category: Waltham Times
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Former State Rep. Brian Golden on what he’ll bring to Newton City Council
By Ruyuan Li Longtime public servant Brian Golden is seeking a seat on the Newton City Council. Golden, 60, was born and raised in the Allston/Brighton area before settling in Newton with his wife and five children. He said his…
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City Councilor Becky Grossman says love of city sparked bid for 5th term
By Ruyuan Li “It brings me a lot of joy to contribute to where we live,” City Councilor Becky Grossman said. “That’s why I have done it for the last eight years, and I’m looking forward to continuing to do…
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Toy stores face uncertainty with tariffs as holiday shopping season nears
By Ruyuan Li Toy stores in Newton are confronting tariff challenges as the holiday shopping season approaches. Will Regan, manager of Henry Bear’s Park in Newtonville, said prices of some toys have risen as a result of tariffs imposed by…
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House History project earns DHS a preservation citation
By Madyline Swearing Lisa Murphy’s house on Moultrie Street sits on land once cultivated by descendants of Dorchester’s first English settlers. Though she has lived there since 1998, Murphy didn’t learn this until 2023, when she asked the Dorchester Historical…
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Coolidge Corner Theatre dives deep with ‘A Life Illuminated’ for GlobeDocs opening night
By Hazel Nystrom A stark blue hue illuminated a crowd of faces as the lights dimmed in Theatre 1 at Coolidge Corner Theatre. On the screen, waves crashed over a submersible bobbing on the ocean surface, ready to descend 3,000…
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53 oil paintings in a Palestinian exhibit were lost in the 1940s. A new exhibit on display in Brookline reimagines what could have been.
By Hazel Nystrom On November 29, 1947, Palestinian-Lebanese Maroun Tomb’s art exhibit opened in Haifa, a Palestinian city at the time. The exhibit featured 53 oil paintings lining the walls of a Maronite church. That same day, the United Nations…
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Early voters make their choices ahead of next Tuesday’s city election
By Nathan Metcalf A slow but steady trickle of 2,230 voters cast early ballots at one of the ten locations that were opened over the weekend for voting ahead of Boston’s Nov. 4 municipal election. At Dorchester’s Richard J. Murphy…