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Fashionable New Face Brings Fresh Perspective to City Planning

Ryan Sellers made his move to Newton last week after being hired as the City Planner, a position that was recently created. The adjustment hasn’t been hard, he said. He […]




Fair has Chiropractic Business in Newton, Hires Another Newton Native

“I have always been fascinated by the human body and athletic performance,” [Mallorie Coffman, NYP member] said, sitting in Fair’s office. That took her down the road of athletic training. […]




Behind the Story

In her mid-30s, Erin McDaniel is one of the youngest women to be named one of the Newton/North Newton Woman of the Year. That fact is not lost on the […]




Bryan Hall

Behind the headlines

His name didn’t appear in the paper very often in 2016, but his work did. Lt. Bryan Hall has been working behind the scenes, as much as he can, to […]




Ashley Klein plays with Gryphon as the proposed location of the Newton Dog Park is behind them in the Centennial Park area.

Dog days of winter: Local group pushes for canine park

It’s apparent Ashley Klein enjoys dogs, watching her play with Gryphon, her Blue Merle Australian Shepherd in the chilly snow near a proposed dog park location in Newton. The temperatures […]




Young and professional in Newton

Ed O’Malley posed this question to those attending the Newton Young Professionals Lunch-N-Learn gathering Sept. 18: “When you think about the future of Newton, what concerns you the most?” O’Malley, […]




Auto works in action

Both of Viktoria Bichet’s parents died and were brought back to life — six months apart. That was in 2013. The year was traumatic for the family, as Viktoria’s mother, […]




Spurney taking on Newton tourism

An orange-yellow stripe runs down the middle of Main Street Newton as hundreds of cars use it daily as a lane guide. The street is flanked by numerous shops in […]




NYP launches new website

Welcome to the new website of the Newton Young Professionals!




Rosalind Scudder, left, president of the Fox Theatre board, and Brandon Eck, right, lead pastor of The Gathering

New ownership for Historic Fox Theatre

The Fox Theatre is about to become home to The Gathering, a church which has been meeting in a downtown coffee shop since it was formed in October of 2014. […]




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