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	<title>Newton Villages - A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers &#187; public spaces</title>
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	<description>A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers</description>
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		<title>Post Office Branch Closures: a Loss for Village Life</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/11/post-office-branch-closures-a-loss-for-village-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Postal Service is considering shutting down five Newton Post Offices: West Newton, Lower Falls, Boston College, Newton Upper Falls, and Nonantum.  Nationally, 3700 offices are potentially being eliminated, with a disproportionate five here in Newton. The traditional town center used to include an assortment of places that made for civic life:  a village green, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catch the spirit of Newtonville</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/10/catch-the-spirit-of-newtonville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 29, 2011; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] UPDATE:  The music/art activities are centered at the Newton Senior Center, at the corner of Walnut and Highland, and also at the New Art Center, at 61 Washington Park.  No doubt we all would've found them anyway....

&#160;

Newtonville is getting its very own village day!

Check this out, straight from the Mayor's office:

Newtonville celebrates Autumn and Halloween [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winchester considers compact development in its quaint town center</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/08/winchester-considers-compact-development-in-its-quaint-town-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elected officials in Winchester are considering compact development in the town&#8217;s quaint center to broaden its municipal tax base.
As an article in Sunday&#8217;s Boston Globe explains,
With roughly 95 percent of Winchester’s tax base reliant on residential property and no open space for new development, town officials have turned their attention to the underutilized town center.
New [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/07/u-s-postal-service-considers-closing-four-village-post-offices/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper Falls]]></category>
		<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>Landscaping improvements continue around Newton Centre T Station</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/landscaping-improvements-continue-at-t-station/</link>
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		<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>Newton Highlands Village Day: this Sunday!</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/newton-highlands-village-day-this-sunday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Highlands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 12, 2011; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Lincoln Street is transformed for one afternoon each year when Newton Highlands hosts its annual Village Day. This year's event is scheduled to take place this Sunday with food and retail vendors, rides and entertainment.

Please mark your calendar and keep your fingers crossed for good weather. (It's been a busy week or we would have [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Corner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thompsonville]]></category>
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		<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>Volunteers sought to help with annual Newton Highlands beautification project</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/05/volunteers-sought-to-help-with-annual-newton-highlands-beautification-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/05/volunteers-sought-to-help-with-annual-newton-highlands-beautification-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Highlands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 31, 2011; 9:00 am to 11:30 am. ] The Newton Highlands Beautification Committee seeks volunteers to help plant flowers in pots and planters that line the village center's sidewalks.

If you can make it, join the group on Tuesday, May 31, from 9-11:30am for their annual planting day. Volunteers are asked to meet in front of Bread and Chocolate at 4 Hartford Street and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Newton Corner hosts mayor&#8217;s coffee</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/05/newton-corner-hosts-mayors-coffee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/05/newton-corner-hosts-mayors-coffee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 12:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auburndale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 15, 2011; 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] 5/31 update: This event has been rescheduled for 7pm on Wednesday, June 15.

Newton Mayor Setti Warren is hosting a community coffee for Newton Corner residents and business owners.

The mayor's office is soliciting input on such questions as:


	How can we improve the quality of life in Newton Corner?
	What changes can we collectively bring about?
	How can you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating 50 years open space conservation</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/05/newton-group-celebrates-five-decades-of-open-space-conservation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/05/newton-group-celebrates-five-decades-of-open-space-conservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 09:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Newton Villages was created primarily for the benefit of our village centers, we certainly appreciate Newton&#8217;s parks and natural areas. Today, our hats are off to Newton Conservators, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this month.
To celebrate the occasion, the group will host its 50th Anniversary Annual meeting and Silent Auction on May 25. [...]]]></description>
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