Category: Neighborhood

  • Come join the Post Office clean up!

    Please join friends and neighbors in keeping our neighborhood beautiful. Meet at the Chestnut Hill Post Office with your gardening gloves on and garden tools handy. Friday, September 21, 8:30-10:30 Friday, October 19. 8:30-10:30

  • MBTA plans to replace D line tracks in Newton

    Newton residents near the Green Line: In Mid-September, the MBTA is beginning a 30 month long track and signal replacement project along the entire length of the Green Line D Branch across the City of Newton.  In order to replace portions of old track and signals, the project will involve noisy construction activities during the…

  • Extra! Extra! The CHA spring 2018 newsletter is here!

    Our latest newsletter is jam-packed with news and local information. Read it here first, or wait for your copy to arrive in the mail. Click on the blue link, or on the newsletter below to enlarge. CHA Spring Newsletter 2018  

  • Help clear invasive plants out of Houghton Garden – June 2

    Garlic Mustard Pull Saturday, June 2nd 9:30am -12:00pm Houghton Garden. Sponsored by the Friends of Houghton Garden and the Newton Conservators. For more information on this event and other invasive plant pulls soponsored by Newton Conservators, click here.

  • Pitch in the clean up our neighborhood!

    Come join the Chestnut Hill Garden Club and other neighbors in keeping our public spaces beautiful. Clean up at the Chestnut Hill Post Office and T-stop on Saturday, May 19, from 9:00 to 11:00am. Click on the blue link, or on the image below for flyer details. Community Clean Up Flyer

  • Extra! Extra! The CHA fall newsletter is here!

    Our latest newsletter is jam-packed with news and local information. Read it here first, or wait for your copy to arrive in the mail. Click on the blue link, or on the newsletter below to enlarge. CHA Spring Newsletter 2017

  • Extra! Extra! The CHA spring newsletter is here!

    Our latest newsletter is jam-packed with news and local information. Read it here first, or wait for your copy to arrive in the mail. Click on the blue link, or on the newsletter below to enlarge. CHA Spring Newsletter 2017

  • Alert- car trespassing and theft

    Several neighbors from all parts of Chestnut Hill have recently reported theft of items (rolls of quarters, a laptop, a wallet) from cars left unlocked overnight.  All took place in the wee hours of the night (midnight to 5 am). Items were removed and possessions riffled through. Please remember to lock your car at night and if…

  • More information on proposed changes at the Street

    We heard you, neighbors! Many of you who took our survey about the proposed changes at the Street said you would like more information. So, we’ve dug into the City of Newton public records and found these two images which were presented at the Land Use Committee meeting on September 20th. You can see the whole…

  • Road work coming up in Chestnut Hill

    Please be aware that the City’s contractor for milling and paving, Lorusso Corp., is currently scheduled to mill Suffolk Road in its entirety and Hammond Street from Ward Street to Stone Ave. This is scheduled to begin on Tuesday 11.1 and should be completed by Wednesday 11.2 but could potentially run to Thursday 11.3. Detours, similar to those in…