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Erin Berard will serve as President of Empty Bowls for the 2025-2026 academic year.

New president; same passion

Isabella Messa, Lasell University October 19, 2025

Empty Bowls is a group not only aimed at being creative and having fun, but also at being a helping hand to the surrounding community in Newton. Each week, this group of students meets to create ceramic...

Governor Maura Healey takes questions during the Charles River Chamber of Commerce event on March 31., 2025. (Photo courtesy of Leise Jones)

Commerce comes to Newton

Jacob Lustig and Michael Curran April 25, 2025

On March 31, Governor Maura Healey spoke to the Charles River Chamber of Commerce at the Boston Marriott Newton. Governor Healey touched on many wide-ranging topics, including the economy, commerce,...

An aerial view of the McGuire Hall Expansion Project at Lasell Village. (Photo courtesy of Zehra Abid-Wood)

Lasell Village expands, adds McGuire Hall

Caitlin Orsino and Michael Curran March 28, 2025

After a year and a half of preparation, Lasell Village is undergoing renovations for the first time since 2018, with an expansion bringing new living units and facilities to current and future residents,...

Community saves Cinema

Michael Curran and Ryan Ruane October 7, 2024

A staple of the Newton community since 1978, the West Newton Cinema was sold to a developer in August of 2022. This developer had plans to tear the cinema down to build apartments before the West Newton...

Eleven years later: alumni reflect on Boston bombings

Payton Herbert and Ryan Ruane April 25, 2024

Just 11 years ago, two explosions changed the fabric of the Boston community in unimaginable ways. Boston was attacked on April 15, 2013, the day of the Boston Marathon, a day where the city united in...

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