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A first-time candidate, Kazakoff-Eigen challenged incumbent Maria Greenberg. (Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)

JJ Kazakoff-Eigen Drops Out of Ward 1 City Council Race

Laney McAden • September 16, 2025
Jonathan “JJ” Kazakoff-Eigen announced Monday that he is suspending his campaign, leaving Ward 1 incumbent Maria Greenberg with an unopposed track to the Ward 1 Newton City Council seat.
Susan Denison and Ted Kuklinski released this year’s butterfly, named Chrys, at the festival. (Matthew Antonecchia / Heights Staff)

Butterflies Take to the Skies at Newton’s Fifth Annual Monarch Festival

Matthew Antonecchia • September 16, 2025
Wellington Park in West Newton was abuzz Saturday morning, as children, parents, and curious onlookers gathered for the Fifth Annual Newton Monarch Festival.
(Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)

Programs and Services Committee Recommends Former U.S. Senate Doorkeeper for City Clerk

Laney McAden • September 14, 2025
On Thursday, Newton’s Programs and Services Committee unanimously voted to recommend Andrew Willison, a lawyer and former U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, as the city clerk.
Current School Committee Ward 2 chair Chris Brezski announced in June that he would not be seeking reelection and endorsed Swain for his seat. (Photo Courtesy of Linda Swain)

Linda Swain Runs for Newton School Committee Ward 2 Seat, Pledging Budget Efficiency and Student Support

Sophia Gallon • September 14, 2025
Swain plans to advocate for a more efficient NPS budget—one that would ease the challenges the district faces in providing each student with the best education possible.
As a parent to two current NPS students, Fisher expressed her delight in discovering that Newton’s reputation as a center of education matches reality. (Photo Courtesy of Christine Fisher for School Committee)

Christine Fisher Brings an Optimized, Tech-First Approach to School Committee Run

Laney McAden • September 14, 2025
Candidate Christine Fisher believes that a focus on resource optimization and commitment to student outcomes make her the ideal candidate for the seat. 
The Nonantum road has borne tricolor, Italian flag lines in the center of the street since 1935. (Photo Courtesy of Chuck Proia)

Nonantum Erupts in Conflict After Italian Flag Lines Removed From Adams Street

Riley Del Sesto • September 11, 2025
Two weeks ago, city workers painted standard double yellow lines on Adams Street in Newton’s predominantly Italian neighborhood of Nonantum.
The plan will go into effect this school year, according to Superintendent Anna Nolin. (Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)

Newton Public Schools Launches New, Tiered Approach to Parent-Teacher Conferences

Genevieve Morrison • September 10, 2025
The Newton Public Schools Teaching and Learning Department is launching a new, tiered model for middle school parent-teacher conferences this school year, it announced at a Newton School Committee meeting on Monday.
Cecchinelli is competing with City Council President Marc Laredo for the mayoral seat.

Al Cecchinelli Brings a Personal Touch in Third Mayoral Run

Genevieve Morrison • September 7, 2025
Cecchinelli felt called to the mayoral race because of change. As he sees it, recent reforms like upzoning, housing development, and bike lanes on Washington Street are pushing the city in a direction he doesn’t recognize.
(Jonathan Kazakoff-Eigen is running for the Ward 1 City Council ward seat in this year's local election / Courtesy photo)

JJ Kazakoff-Eigan on Budgets, Buses and Building Relationships in Ward 1 Council Seat Run

Carina Murphy • September 7, 2025
When Jonathan “JJ” Kazakoff-Eigen moved to a house in Ward 1 Newton 13 years ago with his wife and first child, he initially considered it a “starter home.”
Spinetta wanted to cultivate the loud and energetic environment she knew all too well with her Italian family. (Image Courtesy of Shirley Spinetta)

Thank God for Tango Mango

Riley Del Sesto • September 7, 2025
If you’ve ever taken a bite from a Tango Mango burrito and thought the taste was heaven-sent, it might be because its inspiration was an act of divine intervention.
(City Councilor Maria Greenberg, shown here with her husband, Mark, her son, Matteo, and her dog, Lily, is running unopposed for a fifth term / Courtesy Photo)

Maria Greenberg on Green Space, Housing and a Run for a Fifth Term on City Council

Carina Murphy • September 7, 2025
As Ward 1 City Councilor, Maria Greenberg has formed a lot of connections with residents and business owners and feels those relationships allow for a more focused, responsive government.
The developer’s petition seeks to install a storm line running from Chapin Road to her property at the end of Homer Street.

Newton Calls for Engineering Peer Review to Help Resolve Homer Street Drain Debate

Genevieve Morrison • September 5, 2025
Newton is calling in a peer review of a drain extension project on 132 Homer St., the latest action by the city in a months-long battle between the developer and neighbors of the Newton Centre property.
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