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	<title>Newton Villages - A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers &#187; West Newton</title>
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	<description>A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers</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>A costume party at a coffee shop?  Why not?</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/10/a-costume-party-at-a-coffee-shop-why-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 30, 2011; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] I love the hustle and imagination the folks at L'Aroma Café are showing here.  We got the word because we're on their mailing list, but we're assuming they don't mind if we let other folks know about an opportunity for the kids to get dressed up one day early....

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		<title>U.S. Postal Service considers closing four village post offices</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/07/u-s-postal-service-considers-closing-four-village-post-offices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lower Falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonantum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[West Newton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported this week by NECN, the U.S. Postal Service is considering closing four post offices in Newton’s villages, including:

Newton Lower Falls,
Newton Upper Falls,
Nonantum, and
West Newton.

These four post offices are among 43 Massachusetts ones being considered. As many as 124 post offices in New England are being evaluated.
&#8220;Our customer’s habits have made it clear they [...]]]></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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Corner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oak Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thompsonville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper Falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waban]]></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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		<title>Only 3 days left: support Boys &amp; Girls Club of Newton along with these village businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/03/only-3-days-left-support-boys-girls-club-of-newton-along-with-these-village-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Needham Street*]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The John M. Barry Boys &#38; Girls Club of Newton and more than a dozen village businesses are working together this week to raise money for the youth center.
The club provides after-school programs, school vacation camp, summer camp, and many other services for children ages 6 to 18.
The hundreds of children attending the Boys &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Newton&#8217;s Lumiere and others join Restaurant Week(s) Boston, March 6-18</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/03/west-newtons-lumiere-and-others-join-restaurant-week-boston/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/03/west-newtons-lumiere-and-others-join-restaurant-week-boston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chestnut Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Newton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Restaurant Week Boston starts today, and Chef Michael Leviton&#8217;s restaurant Lumiere in West Newton is offering diners special special menus March 6-11 and March 13-18 (subject to change).
Lumiere is the only village center restaurant participating. Other Newton restaurants offering Restaurant Week specials include the Riverbend Bar and Grill in Auburndale; Aquitaine, The Capital Grille, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newton Corner discussion: turnpike interchange sign improvements</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/newton-corner-discussion-turnpike-interchange-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/newton-corner-discussion-turnpike-interchange-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Corner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 11, 2011; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Newton Corner Neighborhood Association will discuss proposed new signage at the Newton Corner Rotary (Exit 17) and West Newton Square (Exit 16) at its next meeting. This discussion follows a city engineer's presentation on the proposed signage improvements.

The meeting's agenda will also include discussion of potential improvements along the MBTA's 57 bus route, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tab continues promoting local businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/newton-tab-continues-promoting-local-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/newton-tab-continues-promoting-local-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[West Newton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good news in this week&#8217;s Newton Tab: Our city&#8217;s free weekly newspaper is once again publishing profiles of local business people and their enterprises.
See yesterday&#8217;s &#8220;Q and A with Newton&#8217;s new Gymnasium general manager.&#8221;
If you&#8217;ve read enough stories about last year&#8217;s fatal car accidents and this year&#8217;s snow shoveling ordinance, check out this new &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Newton&#8217;s Cherry Tree hopes to expand</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/west-newtons-cherry-tree-pub-hopes-to-expand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/west-newtons-cherry-tree-pub-hopes-to-expand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Newton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a simple fact: Restaurants and pubs in our city&#8217;s village centers need seats for their customers.
For these business owners, each seat means revenue. Unfortunately, as we&#8217;ve written before, our antiquated city&#8217;s zoning laws restrict restaurant seating based on the availability of off-street parking, an approach that (1) does not work well in village centers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centre Ski &amp; Bike featured in Newton Tab</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/centre-ski-bike-featured-in-newton-tab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/centre-ski-bike-featured-in-newton-tab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[West Newton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kudos today go to the Newton Tab for profiling Peter Lieberman, owner of Centre Ski &#38; Bike which recently opened in its new location at 1239 Washington Street in West Newton.
If you read the newspaper&#8217;s Business Owner Q &#38; A online, please comment on the story and let them know how much you appreciate coverage [...]]]></description>
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