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Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 88,923.

History

Newton was settled in 1630 as part of "the newe towne", which was renamed Cambridge in 1638. Roxbury minister John Eliot persuaded the Native American people of Nonantum, a sub-tribe of the Massachusett led by a sachem named

Waban Waban (16041685) was a Native American of the Nipmuc group and was thought to be the first Native American convert to Christianity in Massachusetts. Life Waban was born about 1604 at Musketaquid, near the present town of Concord. While there i ...

, to relocate to Natick in 1651, fearing that they would be exploited by colonists. Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. It became a city on January 5, 1874. Newton is known as ''The Garden City''. In ''

Reflections in Bullough's Pond ''Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England'' is a book by Diana Muir. The Providence Journal called ''Bullough’s Pond'' "a masterpiece," and Publishers Weekly called it "lyrical". The Massachusetts Center for the Book ...

'', Newton historian

Diana Muir Diana Muir, also known as Diana Muir Appelbaum, is a Newton, Massachusetts, USA, historian best known for her 2000 book ''Reflections in Bullough's Pond'', a history of the impact of human activity on the New England ecosystem. Personal life Appe ...

describes the early industries that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in a series of mills built to take advantage of the water power available at Newton Upper Falls and

Newton Lower Falls Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The commercial area extends across the river into Wellesley, Massachusetts, where it is known as Wellesl ...

. Snuff, chocolate, glue, paper and other products were produced in these small mills but, according to Muir, the water power available in Newton was not sufficient to turn Newton into a manufacturing city, although it was, beginning in 1902, the home of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, the maker of the Stanley Steamer. Newton, according to Muir, became one of America's earliest commuter suburbs. The

Boston and Worcester The following companies have been known as Boston and Worcester, running between the towns of Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts: *Boston and Worcester Railroad *Boston and Worcester Street Railway **Its holding company, Boston and Worcester Elec ...

, one of America's earliest railroads, reached West Newton in 1834. Wealthy Bostonian businessmen took advantage of the new commuting opportunity offered by the railroad, building gracious homes on erstwhile farmland of West Newton hill and on Commonwealth street. Muir points out that these early commuters needed sufficient wealth to employ a groom and keep horses, to drive them from their hilltop homes to the station. Further suburbanization came in waves. One wave began with the streetcar lines that made many parts of Newton accessible for commuters in the late nineteenth century. The next wave came in the 1920s when automobiles became affordable to a growing upper middle class. Even then, however, Oak Hill continued to be farmed, mostly market gardening, until the prosperity of the 1950s made all of Newton more densely settled. Two of the 9/11 hijackers stayed in Newton the night before the attack. The hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 spent their last night in Newton's Park Inn, an economy motel across the street from the Chestnut Hill Mall and within walking distance of The Atrium. Each April on Patriots' Day, the

Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was i ...

is run through the city, entering from Wellesley on Route 16 (Washington Street) where runners encounter the first of the four infamous ''Newton Hills''. It then turns right onto Route 30 (Commonwealth Avenue) for the long haul into Boston. There are two more hills before reaching Centre Street, and then the fourth and most noted, Heartbreak Hill, rises shortly after Centre Street. Residents and visitors line the race route along Washington Street and Commonwealth Avenue to cheer the runners.

Geography

Newton is a suburban city approximately from downtown Boston, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The city is bordered by Waltham and Watertown on the north, Needham and the

West Roxbury West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the town of Brookline to the north, the cities and towns of Newton and Needham to the northwest and the town of Dedham to the ...

neighborhood of Boston on the south, Wellesley and Weston on the west, and

Brookline Brookline may refer to: Places in the United States * Brookline, Massachusetts, a town near Boston * Brookline, Missouri * Brookline, New Hampshire * Brookline (Pittsburgh), a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Brookline, Vermont See ...

and the

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

neighborhood of Boston on the east. The Charles River flows along the north and west parts of Newton, and Route 128 passes through the west part of the city. The Massachusetts Turnpike goes through the more urbanized northern section of the city before heading into Boston. Additional major highways in Newton include Route 9, serving the southern parts of the city, and

Hammond Pond Parkway Hammond Pond Parkway is a historic parkway in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The road, built in 1932, extends from Hobart Road (at Beacon Street) in Newton to Horace James Circle in Brookline, where it joins the West Roxbury Parkway. It was desig ...

, which is the main north–south route through Chestnut Hill and provides access to Brookline and West Roxbury. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.82%) is water.

Topography

Newton has grown around a formation of seven hills. "The general features of Newton are not without interest. Seven principal elevations mark its surface, like the seven hills of ancient Rome, with the difference that the seven hills of Newton are much more distinct than the seven hills of Rome:

Nonantum Nonantum (from Massachusett "I bless it"), also known as Silver Lake or The Lake, is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located along the Charles River at the site of a forme ...

Hill,

Hill, Chestnut Hill, Bald Pate, Oak Hill, Institution Hill and Mount Ida."

Villages

Rather than having a single city center, Newton is a patchwork of thirteen villages, many boasting small downtown areas of their own. The 13 villages are: Auburndale, Chestnut Hill, Newton Centre,

Newton Corner Newton Corner is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Newton Corner borders Brighton, a neighborhood of Boston, as well as the city of Watertown, Massachusetts. Newton Corne ...

Newton Highlands Newton Highlands is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The Newton Highlands Historic District includes residential and commercial businesses back to the late 19th century. H ...

, Newton Upper Falls (both on the Charles River, and both former small industrial sites), Newtonville,

(also known as Silver Lake or "The Lake"), Oak Hill, Thompsonville,

and West Newton. Oak Hill Park is a place within the village of Oak Hill that itself is shown as a separate and distinct village on some city maps (including a map dated 2010 on the official City of Newton website), and Four Corners is also shown as a village on some city maps. Although most of the villages have a post office, they have no legal definition and no firmly defined borders. This village-based system often causes some confusion with addresses and for first-time visitors.

Climate

The record low temperature was in February 1934; the record high temperature was in August 1975.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 85,146 people, 32,648 households, and 20,499 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,643.6 people per square mile (1,793.2/km). There were 32,112 housing units at an average density of 1,778.8 per square mile (686.9/km). The racial makeup of the city was 79.6% White, 11.5%

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, 2.5% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.71% from other races, and 1.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or

Latino Latino or Latinos most often refers to: * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin A ...

of any race were 4.1% of the population (0.7% Puerto Rican, 0.6%

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, 0.4% Colombian, 0.3% Guatemalan, 0.3%

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

). (2010 Census Report: Census report Quickfacts.com) Newton, along with neighboring

, is known for its considerable Jewish and Asian populations. The Jewish population was estimated as roughly 28,002. There were 31,201 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. Of all households, 25.5% were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. As of the 2008 US Census, the average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.11. In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $107,696, and the median income for a family was $136,843. Males had a median income of $95,387 versus $60,520 for females. The per capita income for the city was $56,163. About 3.6% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. As of 2015, 21.9% of the residents of Newton were born outside of the United States.

Economy

Newton's largest employers include

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

and

Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) is a community teaching medical center located in Newton, Massachusetts on Washington Street. It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Founded in 1881, part of its ca ...

. Companies based in Newton include TechTarget,

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and Upromise. Until July 2015, Newton was also home to the global headquarters of TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site, reaching nearly 280 million unique monthly visitors. TripAdvisor moved into a newly built headquarters in neighboring Needham.

Income

Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.

Arts and culture

The city has two symphony orchestras, the

New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts The New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts, founded in 1995, is a 75-member mostly non-professional regional orchestra based in Newton, Massachusetts. The ''"New Phil"'' performs in at the First Baptist Church in Newton (Massachusetts), and on ...

and the Newton Symphony Orchestra. The Joanne Langione Dance Center, an American youth dance school was founded in 1976.

Points of interest

Crystal Lake Crystal Lake or Crystal Lakes may refer to: Lakes Canada * Crystal Lake (Saskatchewan) * Crystal Lake (Ontario), drain into the Lynn River, which drains into Lake Erie United States * Crystal Lake, California, a mountain lake in Nevada Co ...

is a natural lake located in Newton Centre. Its shores, mostly lined with private homes, also host two small parks, a designated swimming area, and a bathhouse. The public is not allowed to swim outside of the small swimming area. Previously known as Wiswall's Pond, it became known as Crystal Lake sometime between 1855 and 1875. The name was given by a nineteenth-century commercial ice harvester that sold ice cut from the pond in winter. * The Jackson Homestead, now the

Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead The Jackson Homestead, located at 527 Washington Street, in the village of Newton Corner, Massachusetts, Newton Corner, in Newton, Massachusetts, is an historic house that served as a station on the Underground Railroad before the American Civi ...

, is best known for its history as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was built in 1809 as a farmhouse designed in the

Federal style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...

, and is now a museum with paintings, costumes, photographs, manuscripts, maps and historical artifacts. * Heartbreak Hill, notably challenging stretch of the Boston Marathon, on Commonwealth Avenue between Centre Street and Boston College. * Newton is home to many exclusive golf courses such as Woodland Country Club, Charles River Country Club, and Brae Burn Country Club, which held the United States Open in 1919. * City Stable and Garage, historic building * The

John A. Fenno House The John A. Fenno House is a historic house at 171 Lowell Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house was built c. 1854, and is a rare local example of Gothic Revival styling. It has an L-shaped plan with steeply gabled roof, ...

is a historic house at 171 Lowell Avenue, built , and a rare local example of Gothic Revival styling. * The

House at 173–175 Ward Street The house at 173–175 Ward Street in Newton, Massachusetts is one of the city's few federal style houses. Built c. 1800, it is a -story wood-frame structure with clapboard siding and twin rear wall chimneys. The house has a five-bay facade with ...

is one of the city's few Federal style houses, built *

Echo Bridge Echo Bridge is a historic masonry bridge spanning the Charles River between Needham to Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, and Ellis Street in Newton. The bridge carries the Sudbury Aqueduct and foot traffic, and is located in the Hemlock Gorge R ...

is a notable 19th-century masonry arch bridge with views of the river and Hemlock Gorge in Hemlock Gorge Reservation just off Route 9 in Newton Upper Falls. *

Norumbega Park Norumbega Park was a recreation area and amusement park located in "Auburndale, Massachusetts, Auburndale-on-the-Charles" near Boston, Massachusetts. The associated Totem Pole Ballroom became a well-known dancing and entertainment venue for big ...

was located in Auburndale on the Charles River. Opening in 1897 as a trolley park, it was a popular

amusement park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...

through the 1950s before closing in 1963. Its Totem Pole Ballroom became a well-known dancing and entertainment venue for big bands touring during the 1940s. The park is now a popular dog-walking site with hills, meadows, woods, and access to the river. * Auburndale Cove is a multipurpose picnic and recreational area on the Charles River just down the walking path from Norumbega Park. * Chestnut Hill Reservoir is a very popular park with residents of Newton, Brookline, and the Brighton section of Boston. Although completely within the Boston city limits, it is directly contiguous to the Newton city limits. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York City and the Emerald Necklace in Boston, the park offers beautiful views of the Boston skyline, and is framed by stately homes and the campus of Boston College. Although not generally used to supply water to Boston, the reservoir was temporarily brought back online on May 1, 2010, during a failure of a connecting pipe at the end of the MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel. *

Bullough's Pond Bullough's Pond, a former mill pond located in Newton, Massachusetts, is now a decorative pond in a suburban neighborhood, used for bird watching and walking. In the nineteenth century it was the site of a commercial ice business. Since the early ...

is an old mill pond transformed into a landscape feature when Newton became a suburban community in the late nineteenth century. It has been the subject of two books, ''Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England,'' by

, and ''Once Around Bullough's Pond: A Native American Epic,'' by Douglas Worth. It was long maintained by the city as an ice skating venue, but skating is no longer allowed. A scene from the 2008 remake of '' The Women'' was filmed there. * The city of Newton has designated several roads in the city as "scenic". Along with this designation come regulations aimed at curbing tree removal and trimming along the roads, as well as stemming the removal of historic stone walls. The city designated the following as scenic roads: Hobart Rd., Waban Ave., Sumner St., Chestnut St., Concord St., Dudley Rd., Fuller St., Hammond St., Valentine St., Lake Ave., Highland St., and Brookside Ave. * The First Baptist Church in Newton Centre, constructed in 1888, was designed by

John Lyman Faxon John Lyman Faxon (1851-1918) was an American architect practicing in Boston, Massachusetts, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Three of his buildings, the First Baptist Church of Newton (1888), the First Congregational C ...

in the

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...

style pioneered by architect Henry Hobson Richardson. * The WHDH-TV tower is one of the tallest free-standing lattice towers in the United States.

Government

City

Newton has an elected strong mayor-council form of government. The council is called the City Council. The mayor is Ruthanne Fuller. Fuller is the first woman to be elected Mayor of Newton. The elected officials are: *Mayor: Ruthanne Fuller, the city's chief executive officer and appoints the Chief Administrative Officer. *The City Council, Newton's legislative branch of municipal government, is made up of 24 members – sixteen Councilors-at-large and eight Ward Councilors. Councilors are elected every two years. As of October 2021, the makeup of the City Council is: Newton's school committee decides policies and budget for Newton Public Schools. It has nine voting members, consisting of the Mayor of Newton and eight at-large Ward representatives, who are elected.

County

Mismanagement of Middlesex County's public hospital in the mid-1990s left the county on the brink of insolvency, and in 1997 the Massachusetts legislature stepped in by assuming all assets and obligations of the county. The government of Middlesex County was officially abolished on July 11, 1997. The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council or commission. However, communities are now granted the right to form their own regional compacts for sharing services. These are the remaining elected officers for Middlesex County: *Clerk of Courts:

Michael A. Sullivan Michael Anthony Sullivan (born August 26, 1959) is an American politician, lawyer, and civil servant serving as the Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sullivan also served two terms as mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Earl ...

*County Treasurer: Position eliminated *District Attorney:

Marian T. Ryan Marian T. Ryan is the District Attorney (DA) of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. She was the Commonwealth's only female District Attorney from 2013 to 2018. As of 2012, she is one of two, including Andrea Harrington, Berkshire Coun ...

*Register of Deeds: Maria C. Curtatone *Register of Probate: Tara E. DeCristofaro *County Sheriff: Peter J. Koutoujian, Jr.

State

House of Representatives: * John J. Lawn, Democrat of Watertown: Tenth Middlesex District, includes Precincts 1 and 4 of Ward 1, Newton. * Kay Khan, Democrat of Newton: Eleventh Middlesex District, includes precincts 2 and 3 of Ward 1, All precincts in Wards 2, 3 and 4 and precinct 2 of Ward 7, Newton. * Ruth Balser Democrat of Newton: Twelfth Middlesex District, includes all precincts in Wards 5 and 6, precincts 1, 3 and 4 of Ward 7; and all precincts in Ward 8, Newton.

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

: *

Cynthia Stone Creem Cynthia Stone Creem (born September 17, 1942) is an American politician serving in the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district, which includes Newton (her hometown), Brookline and parts of Wellesley. She is a ...

, Democrat of Newton: 1st Middlesex District and Norfolk, since 1998.

Federal

Congress * House of Representatives:

Massachusetts's 4th congressional district Massachusetts's 4th congressional district is located mostly in southern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat Jake Auchincloss. Auchincloss was first elected in 2020. The district covers much of the area included in the before the 1992 ...

: Jake Auchincloss, Democrat * Senate: Ed Markey, Democrat * Senate: Elizabeth Warren, Democrat

Education

Public schools

Public education is provided by

Newton Public Schools Newton Public Schools is a school district in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. The district features four middle schools that lead into two high schools. Schools The Newton Public Schools are organized into an elementary school (K–5), m ...

Elementary

* Angier Elementary School * Bowen Elementary School * Burr Elementary School * Cabot Elementary School * Countryside Elementary School * Franklin Elementary School * Horace Mann Elementary School * Lincoln Eliot Elementary School * Mason Rice Elementary School * Memorial Spaulding Elementary School * Peirce Elementary School * Underwood Elementary School * Ward Elementary School * Williams Elementary School * Zervas Elementary School

Middle schools

* Bigelow Middle School * Brown Middle School * Oak Hill Middle School * F.A. Day Middle School

High schools

* Newton North High School * Newton South High School

Private schools

* Fessenden School is a K–9 day and 5–9 boarding school for boys. * Jackson School is a private, Catholic elementary school sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston. *

Newton Country Day School Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (often abbreviated to Newton Country Day School, Newton, or NCDS) is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school and middle school located on the Loren Towle Estate in Newton, Massachusetts, as ...

* Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston is a K–8 Conservative Jewish day school. * Newton Montessori School is a K–6 private elementary school. *

Mount Alvernia High School Mount Alvernia High School is a private all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Newton, Massachusetts. The school is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. Background Mount Alvernia High School was established in 1935 as an extension ...

is a private girls' school for grades 7–12. * Mount Alvernia Academy is an independent Catholic School for preschool through grade 6.

Higher education

Colleges and universities located in Newton include: *

in Chestnut Hill * Boston College Law School in Newton Centre * Hebrew College in Newton Centre *

Lasell University Lasell University (LU) is a private university in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Lasell offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional fields of study. History Lasell was founded in 1851 as the Auburndal ...

in Auburndale * Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst in Oak Hill, formerly Mount Ida College * William James College in Oak Hill, formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

Former colleges

Newton Junior College

Newton Junior College, operated by the Newton Public Schools, opened in 1946 to serve the needs of returning veterans who otherwise would not have been able to continue their education due to the overcrowding of colleges and universities at that time. It used the facilities of Newton High School (now Newton North High School) until its own adjacent campus was built. It closed in 1976 due to declining enrollment and increased costs. The availability of such places as

UMass Boston The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and a medical ...

contributed to its demise. According to the city, its former campus is now "Claflin Park," a 25-unit multi-family development.

Others

Other former colleges include

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(1961–1999),

Mount Alvernia College , motto_translation = My God, My All , streetaddress = 82 Cremorne Road , city = Kedron , state = Queensland , postalcode = 4031 , zipcode = , count ...

(1959–1973), Mount Ida College (1899–2018), and

Newton College of the Sacred Heart Newton College of the Sacred Heart was a small women's liberal arts college in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. It opened in 1946 and merged with Boston College in June 1974. The college was highly regarded during its time, and in 1971 founded the ...

(1946–1975).

Andover Newton Theological School Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) was a graduate school and seminary in Newton, Massachusetts. Affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. It was the product of a merger between Andover Theological ...

relocated to New Haven, CT (1807–2017).

Media

News

The city's community newspapers are '' The Newton TAB'', a weekly print paper published by the

Community Newspaper Company Community Newspaper Company, or CNC, was the largest publisher of weekly newspapers in eastern Massachusetts in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century. It also published several daily newspapers in Greater Boston. The company's propertie ...

, and owned by Gatehouse Media. Th
Newton Patch
covers daily local news out of Newton and offers a platform for locals to post opinion, events, news tips and blogs on the community online platform as well. ''The Newton Voice.'' The Newton community is also served by its high school publications, including Newton North High School's ''Newtonite'' and Newton South High School's ''Lion's Roar'' and ''Denebola''. The Boston Globe occasionally covers Newton.

Television

Residents of Newton have access to a state-of-the-art television studio and community media center, NewTV, located at 23 Needham Street in Newton Highlands. Newton is also home to NECN, a regional news network owned by NBC.

Radio

From 1968 to 2017, the studios and transmitter of WNTN AM-1550 were on Rumford Avenue in Auburndale.

Infrastructure

Hospital

is located at 2014 Washington Street in Newton. '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranks the hospital 13th best in the Boston metro area.

Transportation

Newton's proximity to Boston, along with its good public schools and safe and quiet neighborhoods, make it a very desirable community for those who commute to Boston or work in Newton's businesses and industries. Newton is well-served by three modes of mass transit run by the

MBTA The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

: light rail, commuter rail, and bus service. The Green Line D branch, (also known as the Riverside branch) is a light rail line running through the center of the city that makes very frequent trips to downtown Boston, ranging from 10 to 30 minutes away. The Green Line B branch ends across from

on Commonwealth Avenue, virtually at the border of Boston's

neighborhood and the City of Newton (an area which encompasses an unincorporated suburban village referred to as Chestnut Hill). The MBTA Worcester commuter rail, serving the northern villages of Newton that are proximate to Waltham, offers less frequent service to Boston. It runs from every half-an-hour during peak times to every couple of hours otherwise. The northern villages are also served by frequent express buses that go to downtown Boston via the Massachusetts Turnpike as well as Waltham. Newton Centre, which is centered around the Newton Centre MBTA station, has been lauded as an example of transit-oriented development. The Massachusetts Turnpike (

Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...

), which basically follows the old Boston and Albany Railroad main line right-of-way, runs east and west through Newton, while Route 128 (

Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...

) slices through the extreme western part of the city in the Lower Falls area. Route 30 (Commonwealth Avenue), Route 16 (Watertown Street west to West Newton, where it follows Washington Street west) and route 9 (Worcester Turnpike or Boylston Street) also run east and west through the city. Another major Boston (and Brookline) street, Beacon Street, runs west from the Boston city line to Washington Street west of the hospital, where it terminates at Washington Street. There are no major north–south roads through Newton: every north–south street in Newton terminates within Newton at one end or the other. The only possible exception is Needham Street, which is north–south at the border between Newton and Needham, but it turns east and becomes Dedham Street, and when it reaches the Boston border, it goes south-east. There are some north–south streets that are important to intra-Newton traveling. Centre Street runs south from the Watertown town line to Newton Highlands, where it becomes Winchester Street and terminates at Nahanton Street. Walnut Street runs south from Newtonville, where it starts at Crafts Street, down to Newton Highlands, where it ends at Dedham Street.

Public safety

The City of Newton Police Department has 139 sworn officers. The Newton Fire Department is fully paid and operates six engine companies, three ladder companies, and one rescue company from six stations.

Notable people

Cemeteries

There are several cemeteries in Newton, three of which are owned by the City of Newton, while the rest are privately owned, as follows: *

East Parish Burying Ground East Parish Burying Ground, also known as Centre Street Burying Ground or Centre Street Cemetery, is an historic cemetery located at Centre and Cotton streets in the village of Newton Corner in the city of Newton, Massachusetts. On December 23, ...

, called ''Centre Street Cemetery'' by the city, dates from 1664 * Newton Cemetery, 791 Walnut Street, Newton Centre, private, , dates from 1855 *

West Parish Burying Ground The West Parish Burying Ground, also known as the River Street Burying Ground or River Street Cemetery, is a cemetery located at River and Cherry streets in West Newton, Massachusetts, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

(River Street Cemetery), West Newton, public *

St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Cemetery St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery at 258 Concord Street, in the village of Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Massachusetts. St. Mary's Parish was formed in 1811. The church, built in 1813–14 and restyled in ...

, 258 Concord Avenue, Newton Lower Falls, private * South Burying Ground called ''Winchester Street Cemetery'' or ''Evergreen Cemetery'' by the city, public

Notable grave sites

, aka Centre Street Cemetery ** William Jackson, politician, U.S. congressman ** Thomas Wiswall (1601–1683), prominent early citizen of the

Massachusetts Bay Colony The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the ...

and Cambridge Village, Massachusetts ** John Fuller (1611–1698), one of the earliest settlers and largest landholders. Built first house in Newtonville. * Newton Cemetery **

William Emerson Barrett William Emerson Barrett (December 29, 1858 – February 12, 1906) was an American journalist and politician. Barrett was a founder of '' The Boston Evening Record'', and served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a ...

, politician, U.S. congressman ** Clementina Butler, evangelist, author **

William Claflin William Claflin (March 6, 1818 – January 5, 1905) was an American politician, industrialist and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He served as the 27th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1872 and as a member of the ...

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, longtime Boston Red Sox centerfielder ** Louis K. Liggett, drug store magnate ** Samuel Leland Powers, politician, U.S. Congressman **

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, golf course architect **

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, Baptist minister, author of " My Country, 'Tis of Thee" ** Francis Edgar Stanley, auto maker (the Stanley Steamer) ** Arnold Stang, actor and voice actor * St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Cemetery **

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In popular culture

* The Fig Newton cookie is named after the city. In 1991, Newton and Nabisco hosted a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Fig Newton. A Fig Newton was served, and singer and guitarist Juice Newton performed. * Several scenes from the 1994 film '' The Next Karate Kid'' were filmed in Newton, including the house of the protagonist, who was played by Hilary Swank. * William Landay's 2012 crime-drama novel ''

Defending Jacob ''Defending Jacob'' is an American crime drama novel written by novelist William Landay. The book was published in January 2012 by Random House. It tells the story of a father dealing with the accusation that his 14-year-old son is a murderer. ...

'' is set in Newton. The web television miniseries adaptation of the novel, starring Chris Evans as main character Andy Barber, was filmed in various locations of the city. * A portion of crime drama film ''

Patriots Day Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, some of the first battles of the American Revo ...

'', based on the events of the Boston Marathon bombing, was filmed at Lasell College in Newton on May 18, 2016. * Principal photography of the comedy film '' Sex Tape'', starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, took place in Newton on September 12, 2013.

Sister cities

Newton is currently twinned with: *

San Donato Val di Comino San Donato Val di Comino (locally ''Sande Denate'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located in the Comino Valley about east of Rome and about east of Frosinone. San Donato Val di Comino bo ...

, Lazio, Italy * San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

References

External links

City of Newton official website

Newton/Needham Chamber of Commerce
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