Community Corner
Week in Review: MCAS, a Suspect Search and a New Farmers' Market
Catch up on all the Newton news from the last seven days.
- Patch looked into why the D Line has had so many electrical problems lately in Newton, causing delays and requiring service shutdowns.
- Newton will hold its first Walk/Bike Week starting Friday, Sept. 28.
- Newton North students will re-enact the Hunger Games early next month.
- The family who protested Clay Nissan -- claiming the car dealership fired their family member because she had cancer -- has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages to the dealership.
- While Trinity Catholic High School has left its Newton building, another school has moved into the Washington Street space.
- The Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line will see some increased service in the future.
- Boston College recently started its 150th anniversary celebration with a Mass at Fenway Park.
- Earlier this week, Joe Kennedy III agreed to three debates for the Fourth Congressional District. Sean Bielat, though, responded to that announcement saying he was "disappointed."
- The state's MCAS scores were released on Wednesday. See how Newton did.
- Did you tune in to our Live Chat this week about College Essays?
- Who do you think won the Brown-Warren debate held Thursday?
- The Parks and Recreation Department announced that a new winter farmers' market will be coming to Newton in November.
- Newton firefighters quickly extinguished a fire on Brooks Avenue Friday.
- Police were able to arrest one suspect Friday after an armed home invasion on Falmouth Road.
- Aldermen this week approved a long-term lease for solar panels on some elementary schools. In addition, the board approved a public hearing date for the Riverside Station project.
- A person was struck and killed by a Commuter Rail train on the Newton/Boston line Saturday night.
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