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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>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2012/01/village-business-profile-lash-l%e2%80%99amour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Boiros</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
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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>Newtonville&#8217;s Taste closed for renovations, plans to reopen next month</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2012/01/newtonvilles-taste-closed-for-renovations-plans-to-reopen-next-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newtonville]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I drove my yesterday and saw kraft paper covering the windows, I worried we might have lost another Newtonville gathering place. Heard with relief the coffeehouse news: Taste will reopen as George Howell Coffee next month.
My thanks to the journalists at Village 14, a great new local news resource started by former Newton Tab publisher [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2012/01/john-dewar-leaves-newton-centre-and-other-comings-and-goings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchants]]></category>

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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>Village Business Profile: The Urban Grape</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/12/village-business-profile-the-urban-grape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Boiros</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chestnut Hill]]></category>
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The Urban Grape
7 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill (near Star Market)
Business hours: Monday through Wednesday, 9:30AM to 9:30PM; Thursday through Saturday 9:30AM to 11:00PM; Sundays from 12:00PM to 6:00PM)




Husband-and-wife team TJ and Hadley Douglas of Boston opened The Urban Grape in 2010 offering a vast selection of wine, spirits, beer and sake with a philosophy of unparalleled customer [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/11/arts-stroll-shop-in-newton-centre/#comments</comments>
		<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>Support Local Newton Merchants this Holiday Season</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/11/support-local-newton-merchants-this-holiday-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/11/support-local-newton-merchants-this-holiday-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Boiros</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this site will be familiar with our Village Business Profiles series.  In the profiles, we try to forge a connection between Newton residents and local merchants, especially the people behind these great businesses.  Maybe we’ve been too subtle, but the goal of these profiles is to help drive Newton residents to shop [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/11/the-value-of-local-merchants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/10/a-costume-party-at-a-coffee-shop-why-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Newton]]></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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