Recently, the city repainted the street lines on several streets including on Eighth street. Not long after, crews repaved Eighth Street, completely covering up the painted lines. Why did this happen?

It wasn’t a full “mi scusi” from Newton’s mayor in the wake of LineGate, but she did admit that the city “missed the mark in communicating” about the decision to remove the red, white, and green ...

REACTION AND THE MAYOR’S EXPLANATION. THE RED, WHITE AND GREEN OF THE ITALIAN FLAG. IT IS EVERYWHERE AROUND THE NONANTUM VILLAGE. NEWTON RESIDENTS OUTRAGED. IT’S GONE NOW FROM THE ADAMS STREET LINE.