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To residents of Nonantum, painting over the green, white, and red traffic lines felt like an erasure of identity.
Tensions between city officials and the Italian-American community in the Nonantum neighborhood took a defiant turn after a ...
The Newton LineGate fight has escalated into a rebellion as residents are taking back the road, trying to restore what they ...
For the historically Italian enclave, the removal of the tri-colored stripes — representing the flag of Italy — has been a ...
Americans in Boston are continuing to rise after the mayor removed the community's historic flag road marking because of ...
Newton mayor defends decision for yellow lines ahead of Italian festival: ‘We missed the mark in communicating’ ...
Italian heritage festival begins amid a heated debate over street markings, as residents repaint traditional tricolors over new yellow lines.
The mayor said the tricolor center line was repainted yellow for traffic safety, but festival volunteers can paint it a foot ...
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. But now they say ...
For 90 years, every July, the St. Mary of Carmen Festival parades along a green, white and red line in the middle of Adams Street. Friday morning, the stretch of the street only had a yellow line, ...
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 ...
Thousands of people are expressing outrage after what they’re calling “sacred, religious art” was suddenly removed from a roadway in Newton, Massachusetts. For more than 90 years, Adams Street in the ...