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	<title>Newton Villages - A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers &#187; MBTA</title>
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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>
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		<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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		<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>Volunteers continue working to improve transportation, parking, urban fabric, and safety on city streets and sidewalks</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/12/volunteers-continue-working-to-improve-transportation-parking-urban-fabric-and-safety-on-city-streets-and-sidewalks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While ongoing political and citizen efforts to make Newton pedestrians safer this winter chart an uncertain course, as reported in the Newton Tab, we share good news.
In response to the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) formed by Mayor Setti Warren this summer, the mayor last month issued his response to the committee&#8217;s final recommendations.
Better yet, small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What if&#8230; the T stopped in Upper Falls?</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/10/what-if-the-t-stopped-in-upper-falls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/10/what-if-the-t-stopped-in-upper-falls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chestnut Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Highlands]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Riverside*]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Waban]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A futurist view?
File this under &#8220;wishful thinking,&#8221; but&#8230;
What if the MBTA extended a branch of the &#8216;D&#8217; line through Upper Falls all the way to Needham? This is not a new idea.
If Upper Falls got rail service back, how would reactivating the old rail line there change Needham Street? 
What if one could ride on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cars, bikes, and pedestrians all in the road?</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/10/can-cars-cyclists-and-pedestrians-all-share-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/10/can-cars-cyclists-and-pedestrians-all-share-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bicycling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newtonvillages.org/?p=1491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[ October 6, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Interested in traffic solutions, transportation modes, and what  makes an enjoyable street or square? Consider attending a presentation by Ben Hamilton-Baillie tomorrow night in Boston's Downtown Crossing.

Architect and urban designer Hamilton-Baillie will talk about "shared streets"  and how to reconcile traffic movement with good urban  design.   Organizers of the event say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newton Centre T station updates: website launch and pot luck dinner</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/07/newton-centre-t-station-updates-website-and-pot-luck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/07/newton-centre-t-station-updates-website-and-pot-luck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ July 22, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Garden City Preservation Society (GCPS) has launched a website to provide information on the volunteer group's efforts to restore the area surrounding the Newton Centre T Station.

GCPS has had a busy year so far, starting with a NewtonSERVES project in April to clean up the grounds and prepare the soil for planting. Since then, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chestnut Hill Square: growth vs. traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/06/chestnut-hill-square-growth-vs-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/06/chestnut-hill-square-growth-vs-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chestnut Hill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night, Newton-based New England Development presented its proposal for redeveloping the site on Route 9 where the closed Omni Foods and other vacant buildings stand.
The proposed site plan, with a one-story building bordering Route 9 (at top) and additional retail and medical office space at center, two surface lots, a parking garage (bottom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Meeting on Riverside</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/05/community-meeting-on-riverside/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/05/community-meeting-on-riverside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 22:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Falls]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newtonvillages.org/?p=822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[ June 17, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The developers of the Riverside T station have rescheduled the community meeting that was recently canceled.  The next meeting will be held on Thursday June 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Williams school.  (Map &#38; directions here.)

This meeting will benefit from the recently released traffic study completed by the developer's consultant, VHB.

For more information, visit http://www.riversidestation.info, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundraiser to benefit landscaping efforts at Newton Centre &#8220;T&#8221; Station</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/04/fundraiser-to-benefit-landscaping-efforts-at-newton-centre-t-station/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/04/fundraiser-to-benefit-landscaping-efforts-at-newton-centre-t-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newtonvillages.org/?p=734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[ May 8, 2010; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Spring cleaning? You may want to consider donating items to a fundraiser for landscaping the Newton Centre "T" Station.

Fresh off of a NewtonSERVES project when volunteers worked all day to clear, weed, plant, and spread mulch in the planting areas around the historic Newton Centre "T" Station, the Garden City Preservation Society (GCPS) will host [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group studying pedestrian mobility</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/04/group-studying-pedestrian-mobility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/04/group-studying-pedestrian-mobility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chestnut Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Corner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 3, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] During April, a group of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students is studying pedestrian mobility in the city.

The group is focusing on improving pedestrian mobility in three village centers and in Chestnut Hill. For more details, download the complete research   proposal (a PDF file).

Readers are encouraged to submit  comments to the group about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome: Garden City Preservation Society</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/03/welcome-to-the-garden-city-preservation-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2010/03/welcome-to-the-garden-city-preservation-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small band of &#8220;guerrilla gardeners&#8221; who have been cleaning up neglected planting beds in public spaces around Newton Centre has &#8212; warning, pun pileup ahead &#8212; taken root, grown, and blossomed into a formal group whose goals are to restore and maintain those spaces &#8212; and hopefully more around the city.
Organized by residents Amy [...]]]></description>
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