Newton South High School Community Rallies To Keep Prom: Patch PM

NEWTON, MA — It's Monday, April 12. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• The Boston Red Sox' game in Minneapolis was postponed shortly before the first pitch today.
• Prom hangs in the balance in Newton.
• The Waltham Traffic Commission voted to repeat last year’s pedestrian friendly Moody Street from High to Pine streets.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

Today's Top Story

For the past three months, the seniors at Newton South High School have been planning a way to have a safe prom and follow COVID guidelines. Then, state officials encouraged schools to skip prom for the second year because of the pandemic.

The news landed hard on students and staff who had already drafted a COVID-aware prom and gotten it approved.

"Right now, the event hangs in the balance as we wait for Superintendent Fleishman to make a final decision on whether to allow our Prom to happen," said Newton South High School Class of 2021 president Benjamin Moshes.

That decision is set to happen this week, he said. Read the rest of the story.

Nearby News

• More than 1K Sign Petition Urging Newton To Improve Parks, Fields
• Advocacy Group Pushes Brookline To Rethink Growth
• Proposed Riverside Changes To Allow More Life Science In Newton
• Waltham To Close Moody Street To Cars To Help Business Again

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Thursday's Other Top Stories

No game: The Minnesota Twins, who the Sox were expected to begin their series against, said the postponement was "out of respect" for the developing situation in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center following the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

Pedestrian plaza is back: During the height of the pandemic, Waltham was one of the first cities in the state to completely close a roadway to allow restaurants more space for outdoor dining. It was held up as an example by communities across the commonwealth as an example. It's set to reopen the pedestrian plaza May 1. But it didn't come without some controversy.

Spot goes to war? Boston Dynamics's robot dog was spotted preparing to take to the battlefield recently — in France.

Pedestrian struck:A 41-year-old Peabody man driving a Ford Mustang hit a 58-year-old Peabody pedestrian on Forest Street Sunday night according to police.

Lost & Found: Two women got lost Saturday traversing Arethusa Falls in Crawford Notch State Park, according to New Hampshire conservation officials. After wandering for a while, they called 911 just before 11 p.m. By 1 a.m. - as rescuers were out hiking toward them - they decided to turn around and head back the way they came and found their own way back to their car.