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Newton Opens Lottery For 70-Plus Affordable Apartments

Newton opens lottery for 70-plus affordable apartments as Nonantum's Festa nears its 91st year. SEB Housing began accepting lottery applications this week for more than 70 affordable units at one of the city's newest residential developments, built on behalf of Garden Communities, Newto…

Newton Youth Soccer opens registration for its 2026/2027 travel season and summer clinics.

Newton Youth Soccer is the headline item this week: the club has opened registration for its 2026/2027 travel soccer season (Grades 3-8 and Grades 9-12), is taking sign-ups for its Summer 2026 clinics, and has set a schedule for travel tryouts. Families interested in travel soccer or su…

Newton Board Approves Walmart Fulfillment Facility Under New Variance Law

A Newton board approved a 20,000-square-foot Walmart fulfillment facility under a newly enacted variance law this week, as the city also opened a lottery for more than 70 affordable apartments at its newest residential development, per Newton Patch. The city separately announced a new d…

Newton June Median Hits $2.15M as Three of Five Disclosed Sales Top $2 Million

Newton recorded 16 deeds between June 12 and July 11, 2026, but prices were disclosed on only five transactions, with 11 entries reflecting intra-family trust transfers and estate-planning conveyances. Among the five disclosed sales, prices ranged from $75,000 to $4,805,000, with a medi…

Council Set To Vote On 14-Home Thurston Road Project

Newton's City Council prepares to vote on a 14-home development combining three Thurston Road properties into one large parcel, a plan detailed in a Patch report today. Meanwhile, the Newton Free Library keeps its summer momentum going, running its 2026 Summer Reading Program through Se…

Underwood Fourth Graders Deliver 100-Plus Food Bags To Newton Pantry

Underwood Elementary fourth graders collect food pantry donations as Newton library rolls out new summer programs. The students gathered more than 100 bags of food for the Newton Food Pantry as part of a new fourth-grade language arts project, Newton Patch reports. Meanwhile, a Newton p…

Newton Moves to Swap Gas Street Lights for Solar on Prescott Street

Newton advances a solar street-lighting overhaul while local fourth-graders rally for the food pantry. City officials are reviewing a plan to replace gas-powered street lights with solar fixtures on Prescott Street, according to Fig City News, part of a broader infrastructure modernizat…

Newton Land Use Committee Approves 14-Unit Thurston Road Housing Project on 7-0 Vote

NEWTON — July 7, 2026 — Newton Land Use Committee advances 14-unit Thurston Road housing development and approves Langley Road retaining wall permits. The committee voted unanimously, 7-0, to approve a special permit for Hillside Development's 14-unit attached single-family project at 93, 103, and 0 Thurston

Newton Residential Prices Cluster Above $2.8M as June Deed Data Shows High-End Skew

Newton's registry recorded 15 property transfers between June 8 and June 9, 2026, but only six carried disclosed sale prices, ranging from $960,000 to $19,052,000, with a median of $3,105,000. The period's defining transaction was the $19,052,000 commercial conveyance at 157 Herrick Roa…

Newton Youth Soccer opens registration for travel program and summer clinics ahead of the 2026-2027 season.

Newton Youth Soccer is accepting registrations for the 2026/2027 travel season (grades 3–12) and summer 2026 clinics, with travel tryout dates now posted. No high school games were scheduled for the June 29–July 5 period. Families interested in travel or clinic programs can find details…

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