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Tensions between city officials and the Italian-American community in the Nonantum neighborhood took a defiant turn after a ...
To residents of Nonantum, painting over the green, white, and red traffic lines felt like an erasure of identity.
Newton mayor defends decision for yellow lines ahead of Italian festival: ‘We missed the mark in communicating’ ...
The Newton LineGate fight has escalated into a rebellion as residents are taking back the road, trying to restore what they ...
Italian heritage festival begins amid a heated debate over street markings, as residents repaint traditional tricolors over new yellow lines.
For the historically Italian enclave, the removal of the tri-colored stripes — representing the flag of Italy — has been a ...
Anger is continuing to brew in the Nonantum neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, after the city removed the Italian flag from the lane lines of a street. Residents on Adams Street woke up recently ...
The mayor said the tricolor center line was repainted yellow for traffic safety, but festival volunteers can paint it a foot ...
For more than 90 years, Adams Street in the Nonantum section of the city has been lined with green, white, and red stripes ...
The Nonantum community in Newton, Massachusetts is seeing red because for 90 years, the red, white, and green lines painted on Adams Street have been a symbol of Italian heritage.