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	<title>Newton Villages - A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers &#187; Newton Centre</title>
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		<title>Village Business Profile: Big Picture Framing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Boiros</dc:creator>
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Big Picture Framing
81 Union Street, Newton Centre and 60 Needham Street, Newton Highlands (plus other locations)



Barry Stahl &#38; Bob Clayton opened Big Picture Framing, Boston&#8217;s premier chain of custom framing stores, in 2000.  (Barry was raised in Newton, but now lives in Metrowest.)

What motivated you to get into business? 11 years ago, we looked around at how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Village Business Profile: Lash L’Amour</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Boiros</dc:creator>
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Lash L&#8217;Amour
55 Langley Rd
Newton Centre



Cynthia Tsang, of Boston, opened Lash L&#8217;amour in 2010.  Lash L’Amour is an upscale eyelash &#38; eyebrow extension boutique providing an array of beauty services including manicures and pedicures and wedding make-up.  They employ the latest techniques used on Hollywood’s celebrities and highest quality semi-permanent eyelashes and medical grade adhesives in their process.

What motivated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Dewar leaves Newton Centre, and other comings and goings</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2012/01/john-dewar-leaves-newton-centre-and-other-comings-and-goings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 30+ years, John Dewar has closed its Newton Centre location and consolidated its operations at its newer Linden Square store in Wellesley. The local store closed January 9.
India Paradise on Union Street has closed &#8212; meaning there&#8217;s not one Indian restaurant in the 18 square miles of the Garden City. Residents will have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Village Business Profile: Duchess</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2012/01/village-business-profile-duchess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Boiros</dc:creator>
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Duchess
77 Union Street, Newton Centre



Owner Rachel Sciaba of Brighton has owned and operated Duchess since 2009.   Duchess features women’s contemporary apparel.

What motivated you to get into business?  I wanted to provide a cozy, friendly, and customer service driven environment where it’s fun and easy to shop.  I have an eye for “wearable fashion” and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arts Stroll &amp; Shop in Newton Centre</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/11/arts-stroll-shop-in-newton-centre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 8, 2011; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Directly from the Newton Cultural Alliance...
The Stroll features one-night only sales, music, cold weather goodies, a community sing-a-long, dance, visual art exhibits and sale, dining and more!  Join your friends and neighbors for this exciting evening. Make it a new family tradition!




Ready for the holidays?

The Newton Cultural Alliance’s Arts Stroll &#38; Shop is making holiday shopping and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Local Merchants</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/11/the-value-of-local-merchants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Four Corners*]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daddy&#8217;s Junky Music officially closed its doors this past Wednesday, shutting the door on one of the last truly local chains of guitar and musical instrument stores in the region.  In talking about why this small regional chain failed, Fred Bramante (the chain&#8217;s founder) noted competition from online retailers as the prime reason.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landscaping improvements continue around Newton Centre T Station</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/landscaping-improvements-continue-at-t-station/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/landscaping-improvements-continue-at-t-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following message was sent out by Louis D&#8217;Arienzo, one of the founders of the Garden City Preservation Society, an all-volunteer effort to beautify the area around the Newton Centre T Station.
Over the past year, with the help of local donors and Ward 6 Alderman-at-large Vicki Danberg, the group&#8217;s volunteers have added plantings and street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Village Business Profile: Inna’s Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/village-business-profile-inna%e2%80%99s-kitchen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/village-business-profile-inna%e2%80%99s-kitchen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Boiros</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
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Inna&#8217;s Kitchen
19 Pelham Street
Newton Centre
(617) 244-5345
blog.innaskitchen.com




Inna Khitrik of Auburndale (pictured with son Alex) opened Inna&#8217;s Kitchen just a few weeks ago in May 2011.  Inna&#8217;s Kitchen is a deli, café, and bakery offering Jewish cuisine from around the world.   Specialties include falafel, knishes, borscht, corned beef, and many gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zipcars arrive in Newton Center</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/zipcar-arrives-in-newton-center/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/zipcar-arrives-in-newton-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riverside*]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two rent-by-the-hour cars are now available in the &#8220;triangle&#8221; parking lot on Langley Road. Zipcar members may reserve the Toyota Prius ($7.50/hour) or the Nissan Altima Hybrid ($11.50/hour).
The spaces are leased to Zipcar, the Cambridge-based car-sharing company. If this one-year trial program proves successful, the program may be expanded to other village centers in Newton.
To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avid geocacher creates 13 more reasons to explore Newton&#8217;s villages</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/avid-geocacher-creates-reasons-to-explore-newtons-villages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/avid-geocacher-creates-reasons-to-explore-newtons-villages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chestnut Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Corner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nonantum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oak Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thompsonville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper Falls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Moreira, who teaches technology courses at Johnson &#38; Wales University in Providence, has posted an article about a series of items he&#8217;s hidden around Newton as part of a &#8220;geocaching&#8221; project, a scavenger hunt that require the use of GPS technology.
He&#8217;s hidden caches in 13 different village locations &#8212; even in Thompsonville. (Given today&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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