AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Newton Center Massachusetts. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/newton-center-ma 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/newton-center-ma https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:05:20 -0600 NOTICE OF FILING AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS Petition of Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company each d/b/a National Grid for https://www.americantowns.com/news/massachusetts-department-of-public-utilities-notice-of-filing-and-request-for-comments-31494151-bridgewater-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/massachusetts-department-of-public-utilities-notice-of-filing-and-request-for-comments-31494151-bridgewater-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 “Given the Department’s commitment to holding perpetrators of white collar crime personally accountable, we expect DOJ to investigate the https://www.americantowns.com/news/senators-warren-and-whitehouse-urge-department-of-justice-to-investigate-ftx-collapse-hold-any-lawbreakers-accountable-31495209-acton-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senators-warren-and-whitehouse-urge-department-of-justice-to-investigate-ftx-collapse-hold-any-lawbreakers-accountable-31495209-acton-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 In filed comment, Senators urge DOT to require airlines to cover secondary costs incurred after delayed, cancelled flights – including hotel https://www.americantowns.com/news/as-thanksgiving-approaches-markey-cantwell-blumenthal-call-on-dot-to-strengthen-ticket-refunds-rule-31495196-westford-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/as-thanksgiving-approaches-markey-cantwell-blumenthal-call-on-dot-to-strengthen-ticket-refunds-rule-31495196-westford-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 The tool, which Senator Markey secured funding for in the Inflation Reduction Act, was updated and strengthened following his and https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-celebrates-release-of-enhanced-climate-and-economic-justice-screening-tool-for-federal-agencies-31495198-billerica-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-celebrates-release-of-enhanced-climate-and-economic-justice-screening-tool-for-federal-agencies-31495198-billerica-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 “According to a ProPublica investigation, YieldStar, a “software that uses a mysterious algorithm to help landlords push the highest https://www.americantowns.com/news/warren-smith-sanders-markey-question-realpage-ceo-on-yieldstar-price-setting-softwares-role-in-creating-landlord-cartel-and-exacerbating-housing-inflation-31495205-revere-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/warren-smith-sanders-markey-question-realpage-ceo-on-yieldstar-price-setting-softwares-role-in-creating-landlord-cartel-and-exacerbating-housing-inflation-31495205-revere-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 “Regulators must enforce the law before more people get cheated, and Congress must plug the remaining holes in our regulatory https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-warren-in-wall-street-journal-oped-ftxs-implosion-should-be-a-wakeup-call-31495211-saugus-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-warren-in-wall-street-journal-oped-ftxs-implosion-should-be-a-wakeup-call-31495211-saugus-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Washington (November 28, 2022) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Representatives Anna G. https://www.americantowns.com/news/sens-markey-rubio-and-reps-eshoo-scalise-applaud-fccs-decision-to-implement-the-secure-equipment-act-protect-american-users-from-global-digital-threats-31496412-gloucester-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sens-markey-rubio-and-reps-eshoo-scalise-applaud-fccs-decision-to-implement-the-secure-equipment-act-protect-american-users-from-global-digital-threats-31496412-gloucester-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Washington (November 25, 2022) — Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) https://www.americantowns.com/news/markey-klobuchar-cassidy-brown-urge-biden-administration-to-address-amoxicillin-shortage-31496417-nantucket-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/markey-klobuchar-cassidy-brown-urge-biden-administration-to-address-amoxicillin-shortage-31496417-nantucket-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Please be advised that in honor of United States Representative Donald McEachin of Virginia, who passed away on Monday, November 28, 2022, and in https://www.americantowns.com/news/flags-at-halfmast-november-29-2022-31496747-paxton-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/flags-at-halfmast-november-29-2022-31496747-paxton-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Baker-Polito Administration Joins Recovery Community Leaders to Reflect on Progress Confronting Opioid Epidemic QUINCY — Governor https://www.americantowns.com/news/bakerpolito-administration-joins-recovery-community-leaders-to-reflect-on-progress-confronting-opioid-epidemic-31497158-quincy-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/bakerpolito-administration-joins-recovery-community-leaders-to-reflect-on-progress-confronting-opioid-epidemic-31497158-quincy-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Baker, Attorney General Healey and State Auditor Bump Appoint Lauren Peters as Executive Director of the Center for Health Information and https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-baker-attorney-general-healey-and-state-auditor-bump-appoint-lauren-peters-as-executive-director-of-the-center-for-health-information-and-analysis-31497762-boston-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-baker-attorney-general-healey-and-state-auditor-bump-appoint-lauren-peters-as-executive-director-of-the-center-for-health-information-and-analysis-31497762-boston-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Washington (November 30, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-blasts-massachusetts-efsb-approval-of-the-electrical-substation-in-east-boston-31497615-natick-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-blasts-massachusetts-efsb-approval-of-the-electrical-substation-in-east-boston-31497615-natick-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Five years after genocide in Burma, thousands of Rohingya children in Bangladesh still lack access to formal education Text of Letter Washington https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-colleagues-urge-biden-admin-to-work-to-improve-access-to-education-for-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-31497619-chelmsford-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-colleagues-urge-biden-admin-to-work-to-improve-access-to-education-for-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh-31497619-chelmsford-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Washington (November 30, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-calls-for-biden-admin-to-strengthen-protections-for-college-and-university-students-with-disabilities-31497622-chicopee-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-calls-for-biden-admin-to-strengthen-protections-for-college-and-university-students-with-disabilities-31497622-chicopee-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 “Our banks stayed safe even as crypto imploded because many of President Biden’s regulators, like Acting Chairman Gruenberg, fought to https://www.americantowns.com/news/at-hearing-warren-defends-fdic-chair-from-baseless-attacks-and-calls-on-regulators-to-keep-crypto-out-of-banking-system-after-ftx-collapse-31497626-revere-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/at-hearing-warren-defends-fdic-chair-from-baseless-attacks-and-calls-on-regulators-to-keep-crypto-out-of-banking-system-after-ftx-collapse-31497626-revere-ma.html Government and Politics Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600