![]() ![]() Two of the 9/11 hijackers stayed in Newton the night before the attack. Even then, however, Oak Hill continued to be farmed, mostly market gardening, until the prosperity of the 1950s made all of Newton more densely settled. The next wave came in the 1920s when automobiles became affordable to a growing upper middle class. One wave began with the streetcar lines that made many parts of Newton accessible for commuters in the late nineteenth century. Muir points out that these early commuters needed sufficient wealth to employ a groom and keep horses, to drive them from their hilltop homes to the station.įurther suburbanization came in waves. Wealthy Bostonian businessmen took advantage of the new commuting opportunity offered by the railroad, building gracious homes on erstwhile farmland of West Newton hill and on Commonwealth street. The Boston and Worcester, one of America's earliest railroads, reached West Newton in 1834. Newton, according to Muir, became one of America's earliest commuter suburbs. Snuff, chocolate, glue, paper and other products were produced in these small mills but, according to Muir, the water power available in Newton was not sufficient to turn Newton into a manufacturing city, although it was, beginning in 1902, the home of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, the maker of the Stanley Steamer. In Reflections in Bullough's Pond, Newton historian Diana Muir describes the early industries that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in a series of mills built to take advantage of the water power available at Newton Upper Falls and Newton Lower Falls. ![]() Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. Roxbury minister John Eliot persuaded the Native American people of Nonantum, a sub-tribe of the Massachusett led by a sachem named Waban, to relocate to Natick in 1651, fearing that they would be exploited by colonists. Newton was settled in 1630 as part of "the newe towne", which was renamed Cambridge in 1638. census, the population of Newton was 88,923. Newton comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages without a city center. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of downtown Boston. Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The investigation remains ongoing, according to officials.Emily Lavan, Heartbreak Hill, 2005 Boston Marathon Hanson is scheduled to be arraigned at Newton District Court on Monday and is being held without bail, officials said. ![]() Newton Police were attempting to serve the restraining order prior to the incident Saturday evening. She was 54.Ī restraining order was issued against Richard Hanson in the Newton District Court on July 13, officials said. ![]() The Office of Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by blunt force trauma. She was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital where she was then pronounced dead. Saturday night and found Nancy Hanson suffering blunt force injuries, officials said. Police received a call from a juvenile inside of the Brookline Street home just before 8:30 p.m. Hanson allegedly fatally assaulted his wife, Nancy, in their Brookline Street residence Saturday evening, officials said. Richard Hanson, 64, was charged with assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on Saturday. A Newton man was charged with assault in connection to the death of his wife Saturday evening, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. ![]()
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