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A Newton restaurant owner said he’ll open a French bistro in JFK Crossing next month, filling a Harvard Street spot vacated by the local B.good restaurant chain.

Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Thursday as powerful Hurricane Earl set its sights on the Massachusetts coast, our news partner WCVB reports.

A hurricane warning was issued earlier in the day for parts of Massachusetts, including Nantucket. Earl was expected to pass about 15 miles southeast of Nantucket, Patrick said.

Many emotions have been expressed over the past several years about the replacement for Newton North High — perhaps the most notorious, and certainly the most expensive school project in the state.



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Five candidates — three Democrats and two Republicans — are locked in primary races to decide who takes the place of state Representative Lida Harkins of Needham, who is leaving the Legislature after 22 years.



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Voters in the state’s First Middlesex House and Senate districts are used to sleepy races where incumbents invariably walk away with comfortable victories.



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The Massachusetts Turnpike's eastbound off-ramp to Exit 11 and the on-ramp to the Pike eastbound from Exit 11 remain closed due to a truck rollover this morning, state police said this afternoon.

Barbara Spivak, whose 17-year-old son, Adam London, died in a one-car crash on Aug. 23, is hoping to her son’s death is not in vain.

Trees are dying all over the Garden City due to alleged gas leaks underground that limit the amount of oxygen roots need to keep them healthy and alive.

As of Aug. 13, $4.2 million was owed to the city from Newton residents failing to pay their property taxes on time.

In a primary election where few issues divide incumbent state Sen. Cindy Creem from her challenger, Charles Rudnick, Creem’s role as chairman of the Senate Judicary Committee has become a hot button.

In a field of three ambitious and energized candidates, we believe Suzanne Bump is the best choice for Democrats voting in the Sept. 14 primary for state auditor.

Seldom does the TAB have the opportunity to editorialize about a homegrown candidate for state office, and it is with pleasure that we endorse Newton’s own Steve Grossman for state Treasurer.

Amid all the acrimony that has been recently raised by media coverage of fathers’ rights activists seeking divorce reform, it is crucial to keep focus on the single most important tenet underpinning the entire discussion: the best interests of the children of divorce must be the priority in determining appropriate child custody arrangements.

Many people told Lizzy London to be careful about choosing the right tattoo.

Last year, Lizzy and her late twin brother, Adam, went to an artist’s house in Boston and picked out a matching design.

Mayor Setti Warren has hired the city’s newest Public Buildings Commissioner, Newton resident Stephanie Kane Gilman.

Sept. 1 officially marks the start of my 30th full year as a Newton teacher. Though I had arrived at South in the spring of 1981, I attended my first superintendent’s meeting that fall.

After 10 years of planning, fierce debate and nearly $200 million in costs, city officials cut the ceremonial ribbon to the new Newton North High School on Tuesday, and then allowed members of Class of 2011 to be the first to enter the sprawling new facility.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and starting Wednesday, Sept. 29, the Newton TAB will carry a breast cancer-related story every week for four weeks in conjunction with GateHouse Media New England’s Paint the town Pink campaign.

The 65th anniversary of the end of WWII will be observed on Sept. 2 by the City of Newton in a ceremony that will be held at City Hall in the War Memorial Auditorium beginning at 3 p.m. 

The managers of the Avalon Bay complex finished installation of a light at the intersection of Needham Street and Columbia Avenue.