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.

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.

Newton mayor defends decision for yellow lines ahead of Italian festival: ‘We missed the mark in communicating’ ...

The mayor said the tricolor center line was repainted yellow for traffic safety, but festival volunteers can paint it a foot ...

For the historically Italian enclave, the removal of the tri-colored stripes — representing the flag of Italy — has been a ...

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, ...

A new political action committee called Save Nonantum recently formed in Newton to “preserve, protect, and promote the culture of the Nonantum community,” according to the group’s website. The group ...