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To me, at least, this quote raises questions:
"It is known for its exceptional public schools and other public services."
I'll be editing that bit. If anyone would like to elaborate and/or prove that POV, I think it'd be a good idea if they posted their reasoning here. Picaroon9288 23:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Aquinas College doesn't exist anymore, so I'm deleting it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.194.224 ( talk • contribs) .
Calling the bilious anti-semitic line about Newton's naming origins a "local legend" and footnoting it raises a dumb joke to the level of academic fact. Look closely at the reference and you'll notice even the original author acknowledges this is as a "quip" and nothing more. Surely it beggars reason that the nickname "Garden City" would have any origin other than the region's natural abundance of green space. -- Stirlazy 10:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm a reporter for Boston Globe writing a story about Wiki entries for local cities and towns. Interested to talk to contributors to this article. On deadline. Please contact me at thomascaywood@yahoo.com by Sunday, Sept. 17. Thanks! Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomascaywood ( talk • contribs) 20:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Newton is an example of a phenomenon that has occured in many areas of the US since the 90s: rapidly rising housing prices have had very profound effects on the community. For instance, the price of housing in Newton now is such that school teachers, police and fire officers, etc, can no longer live in the town, and that "well paid" proffessionals have what is, in efffect, a greatly reduced standard of living. Perhpas this is a harbrigner of a change in what is consdiered standard in American middle class housing, as we move to standards more typicall of , say, Japan. 24.60.137.141 00:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
We need a map! I changed the "picture request" tag to a "map request". Yuletide 19:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Don't know about dividing up this list by categories; I mean, shouldn't Alex McNeil be under "Authors" instead of "Television"? F.N. Wombat 05:36, 14 August 2007 (UTC)F.N. Wombat
Before Ajd again removes Richard Martin Jarrell from the list, couldn't she at least Google him? That entry at EMPTY WORDS by John Cage, where Cage credits Jarrell with Cage's beginning to make bread, counts for nothing? I think Sidewalk Sam might have something to say about this geographer's penchant for deleting notables she finds no evidence for. 24.218.167.161 08:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)F.N. Wombat
Myrtle Baptist Church should be added to the list of churches. it is the one congregation with a substantial black population, many of whom can trace their ancestry to some of Newton's earliest residents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.223.243.6 ( talk) 18:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
events - the halloween painting contests for kids is done with greasepaint on store windows; i don't know about the canvas thing
trivia - many years ago, there was a large commercial baker in Cambridge MA that had a series of products named for MA cities - I think there was a "braintree biscuit" a "fig newton' etc; I think the fig newton is the only one that survives. the building is now condos or apts, near the MIT science park; there are terra cotta plaques on the outside representative of the various products.
this school is now moved or closed; the address is a private residence
Clearway School 61 Chestnut Street. Clearway is a small, private school specializing in educating gifted children suffering from learning disabilities — Preceding
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A manual for the use of the General Court By Massachusetts. 1900
p.138 MIDDLESEX COUNTY NEWTON Date of Establishment Dec. 15, 1691 From what Established or Incorporated, Change of Boundary... The town of Cambridge Village, sometimes called Little Cambridge. June 21, 1803 an island in Charles River annexed. April 23, 1838 part annexed to Roxbury. April 16, 1849 part annexed to Waltham. June 2, 1873 Newton incorporated as a city. Oct. 13, 1873 act of incorporation accepted by the town. May 29, 1874 bounds between Newton and Boston established. May 5, 1875 part of Boston annexed. June 23, 1875 the act accepted by Newton. July 1, 1875 the act took effect. Mar. 29, 1898 bounds between Newton and Boston established. May 13, 1898 bounds between Newton and Boston established.
- 96.237.8.174 ( talk) 18:47, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Will the person who keeps reverting me read WP:LEAD for what a lead should do and how long it should be? A lead should not be 2 sentences, and leave out mention about 95% of the article. It's supposed to summarize the entire article. Compare the size of the lead I wrote with the lead in the featured articles Boston, Chetwynd, British Columbia, Hillsboro, Oregon, Peterborough, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Waterfall Gully, South Australia. These articles show you what a lead should look like in articles about cities. Three short paragraphs is not "too much detail". According to WP:LEAD, an article of this length (more than 30,000 characters) should have 3 to 4 paragraphs. FurrySings ( talk) 19:32, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
I suggest that it should be added to the list of points of interest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.137.78 ( talk) 13:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
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Congregation Shaarei Teffila is also listed without the word Congregtion. You should remove the second reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.187.62.227 ( talk) 18:13, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Also add Congregation Beit Sasson on Ward Street in Newton (new congregation) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.187.62.227 ( talk) 18:15, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:gb19g1161 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4103:AE00:E5D6:9A52:ADA9:65D9 ( talk) 22:31, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
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This seems like something that does not belong in the opening section of this article. What's the process for removing? Cliff bar ( talk) 04:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
That the Web can answer almost any question seems to be everyone's experience. That the Web consistently fails to answer mine is mine. Yesterday I stopped to admire the kiosk in front of your Newton Lower Falls post office, painted with a handsome historical scene of the area and showing the city seal.
I never knew the Newton seal features the name "Nonantum." Of course it makes one wonder why one of Newton's many individual villages would be singled out for being named on the seal. Mighty interesting. So naturally I came here to find out why. And true to my experience, a text search yields only 2 mentions of "Nonantum," neither of which mentions the seal. I'm getting worried that I'm a jinx. The fact was probably there a moment ago and disappeared when my browser landed here.
Jimlue ( talk) 13:29, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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What is a "siu-face"? This article and the one on the seven hills of Rome which contains the same quotation seem to be the only places on the internet this term is found. Koro Neil ( talk) 01:50, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
I've removed a section concerning a ban on gun shops, since it doesn't appear to have received significant non-local coverage, and appears to be a move into WP:NOTNEWS territory. Acroterion (talk) 01:46, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Inserted visual, but could not place it properly into Geography, placed at center currently, but better be aligned to left, if do so, then it shift to not proper location EgorovaSvetlana ( talk) 16:36, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
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To me, at least, this quote raises questions:
"It is known for its exceptional public schools and other public services."
I'll be editing that bit. If anyone would like to elaborate and/or prove that POV, I think it'd be a good idea if they posted their reasoning here. Picaroon9288 23:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Aquinas College doesn't exist anymore, so I'm deleting it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.194.224 ( talk • contribs) .
Calling the bilious anti-semitic line about Newton's naming origins a "local legend" and footnoting it raises a dumb joke to the level of academic fact. Look closely at the reference and you'll notice even the original author acknowledges this is as a "quip" and nothing more. Surely it beggars reason that the nickname "Garden City" would have any origin other than the region's natural abundance of green space. -- Stirlazy 10:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm a reporter for Boston Globe writing a story about Wiki entries for local cities and towns. Interested to talk to contributors to this article. On deadline. Please contact me at thomascaywood@yahoo.com by Sunday, Sept. 17. Thanks! Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomascaywood ( talk • contribs) 20:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Newton is an example of a phenomenon that has occured in many areas of the US since the 90s: rapidly rising housing prices have had very profound effects on the community. For instance, the price of housing in Newton now is such that school teachers, police and fire officers, etc, can no longer live in the town, and that "well paid" proffessionals have what is, in efffect, a greatly reduced standard of living. Perhpas this is a harbrigner of a change in what is consdiered standard in American middle class housing, as we move to standards more typicall of , say, Japan. 24.60.137.141 00:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
We need a map! I changed the "picture request" tag to a "map request". Yuletide 19:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Don't know about dividing up this list by categories; I mean, shouldn't Alex McNeil be under "Authors" instead of "Television"? F.N. Wombat 05:36, 14 August 2007 (UTC)F.N. Wombat
Before Ajd again removes Richard Martin Jarrell from the list, couldn't she at least Google him? That entry at EMPTY WORDS by John Cage, where Cage credits Jarrell with Cage's beginning to make bread, counts for nothing? I think Sidewalk Sam might have something to say about this geographer's penchant for deleting notables she finds no evidence for. 24.218.167.161 08:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)F.N. Wombat
Myrtle Baptist Church should be added to the list of churches. it is the one congregation with a substantial black population, many of whom can trace their ancestry to some of Newton's earliest residents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.223.243.6 ( talk) 18:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
events - the halloween painting contests for kids is done with greasepaint on store windows; i don't know about the canvas thing
trivia - many years ago, there was a large commercial baker in Cambridge MA that had a series of products named for MA cities - I think there was a "braintree biscuit" a "fig newton' etc; I think the fig newton is the only one that survives. the building is now condos or apts, near the MIT science park; there are terra cotta plaques on the outside representative of the various products.
this school is now moved or closed; the address is a private residence
Clearway School 61 Chestnut Street. Clearway is a small, private school specializing in educating gifted children suffering from learning disabilities — Preceding
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A manual for the use of the General Court By Massachusetts. 1900
p.138 MIDDLESEX COUNTY NEWTON Date of Establishment Dec. 15, 1691 From what Established or Incorporated, Change of Boundary... The town of Cambridge Village, sometimes called Little Cambridge. June 21, 1803 an island in Charles River annexed. April 23, 1838 part annexed to Roxbury. April 16, 1849 part annexed to Waltham. June 2, 1873 Newton incorporated as a city. Oct. 13, 1873 act of incorporation accepted by the town. May 29, 1874 bounds between Newton and Boston established. May 5, 1875 part of Boston annexed. June 23, 1875 the act accepted by Newton. July 1, 1875 the act took effect. Mar. 29, 1898 bounds between Newton and Boston established. May 13, 1898 bounds between Newton and Boston established.
- 96.237.8.174 ( talk) 18:47, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Will the person who keeps reverting me read WP:LEAD for what a lead should do and how long it should be? A lead should not be 2 sentences, and leave out mention about 95% of the article. It's supposed to summarize the entire article. Compare the size of the lead I wrote with the lead in the featured articles Boston, Chetwynd, British Columbia, Hillsboro, Oregon, Peterborough, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Waterfall Gully, South Australia. These articles show you what a lead should look like in articles about cities. Three short paragraphs is not "too much detail". According to WP:LEAD, an article of this length (more than 30,000 characters) should have 3 to 4 paragraphs. FurrySings ( talk) 19:32, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
I suggest that it should be added to the list of points of interest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.137.78 ( talk) 13:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
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Congregation Shaarei Teffila is also listed without the word Congregtion. You should remove the second reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.187.62.227 ( talk) 18:13, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Also add Congregation Beit Sasson on Ward Street in Newton (new congregation) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.187.62.227 ( talk) 18:15, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:gb19g1161 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4103:AE00:E5D6:9A52:ADA9:65D9 ( talk) 22:31, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
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This seems like something that does not belong in the opening section of this article. What's the process for removing? Cliff bar ( talk) 04:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
That the Web can answer almost any question seems to be everyone's experience. That the Web consistently fails to answer mine is mine. Yesterday I stopped to admire the kiosk in front of your Newton Lower Falls post office, painted with a handsome historical scene of the area and showing the city seal.
I never knew the Newton seal features the name "Nonantum." Of course it makes one wonder why one of Newton's many individual villages would be singled out for being named on the seal. Mighty interesting. So naturally I came here to find out why. And true to my experience, a text search yields only 2 mentions of "Nonantum," neither of which mentions the seal. I'm getting worried that I'm a jinx. The fact was probably there a moment ago and disappeared when my browser landed here.
Jimlue ( talk) 13:29, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Newton, Massachusetts's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "USCensusEst2018":
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ignored (|url-status=
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help)I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 16:11, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
What is a "siu-face"? This article and the one on the seven hills of Rome which contains the same quotation seem to be the only places on the internet this term is found. Koro Neil ( talk) 01:50, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
I've removed a section concerning a ban on gun shops, since it doesn't appear to have received significant non-local coverage, and appears to be a move into WP:NOTNEWS territory. Acroterion (talk) 01:46, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Inserted visual, but could not place it properly into Geography, placed at center currently, but better be aligned to left, if do so, then it shift to not proper location EgorovaSvetlana ( talk) 16:36, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
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