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	<title>Newton Villages - A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers &#187; volunteer projects</title>
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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>
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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 Villages board member quoted in Globe article on Riverside development</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/06/newton-villages-board-member-quoted-in-globe-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Riverside*]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newton resident and architect John Pears, who has served on our board of directors since the inception of Newton Villages, spoke last night at the community meeting about the proposed development at the Riverside MBTA property.
In today&#8217;s Boston Globe article by Stewart Bishop, Pears was quoted saying:
I think the way is sits now there’s a [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></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>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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		<category><![CDATA[public spaces]]></category>
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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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		<title>Newton Centre commuter: Watch your head</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/04/newton-centre-commuter-watch-your-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newton Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public spaces]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The roof and south side of the historic Newton Centre T Station will get a facelift next month, thanks in part to a $25,000 contribution from Boston Development, which holds the long-term lease on the MBTA-owned property.
Boston Development&#8217;s contribution was part of the special permit the company, along with the Deluxe Station Diner, obtained from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third discussion of mixed-use development will examine feedback from public workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/03/third-discussion-of-mixed-use-development-will-examine-feedback-from-public-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/03/third-discussion-of-mixed-use-development-will-examine-feedback-from-public-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 17, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The citizen members of Newton's Planning and Development Board will host a public meeting to review a proposed "mixed-use" amendment to the city's Comprehensive Plan. An earlier post explains both mixed use and the comprehensive plan.

These discussions are vital to defining how citizens can be involved in planning how our city will shape growth in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neighborhood Council(s) meet tonight: Highlands, Upper Falls</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/03/neighborhood-councils-meet-tonight-highlands-upper-falls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/03/neighborhood-councils-meet-tonight-highlands-upper-falls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newton Highlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper Falls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 3, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Volunteers forming the Newton Upper Falls Area Council (Facebook page and NewtonPatch story) are invited interested residents to attend tonight's meeting of the city's only existing area council to learn more about the organization and how it can benefit their village.

The Newton Highlands Area Council meets tonight at 8pm in City Hall Room 222. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor initiates NewtonSERVES-Villages plan</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/mayor-initiates-newtonserves-villages-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/mayor-initiates-newtonserves-villages-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All villages]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 8, 2011; 7:30 am to 8:30 am. ] Newton Mayor Setti Warren is extending an open invitation to residents and others interested in community service. 

At a "kick-off" breakfast event on Feb. 8, the mayor will discuss preparations for the 11th annual NewtonSERVES community day of service -- coming up on May 15 -- and unveil his plan to expand NewtonSERVES to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newton at Home will provide services for older residents to stay in their homes</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/newton-at-home-will-provide-services-for-older-residents-to-stay-in-their-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/newton-at-home-will-provide-services-for-older-residents-to-stay-in-their-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sisson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seniors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteer projects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As residents of Newton age, they may find that their traditional single family home becomes more of a burden. Maintenance, repairs, carrying laundry to and from the basement, even changing a light bulb can become a challenge.
At some point in each of our lives, we may find ourselves doing a cost/benefit analysis of the homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling all planners, architects, and horticulturalists</title>
		<link>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/calling-all-planners-architects-and-horticulturalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newtonvillages.org/2011/01/calling-all-planners-architects-and-horticulturalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Cuddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newton residents with expertise in city planning, landscape architecture, horticulture, arboriculture, architecture and other related discipline are invited to apply for appointment to the city&#8217;s Urban Design Commission.
Charged with preserving, improving and developing the physical environment of the City, the commission:

Conducts studies of urban design and beautification programs,
Advises the mayor, aldermen, city departments and other [...]]]></description>
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