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Newton Centre
Newton
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Genteel suburb-on-the-T. Independent shops around a small green, with Crystal Lake hidden a few blocks south.
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What to do
- •Swim at Crystal Lake (summer, $15 day pass)
- •Coffee at Tatte
- •Walk the Cochituate Aqueduct
- •Sunday farmers market (May–Oct)
Events
- •Newton Centre Sidewalk Sale (June)
- •Boston Marathon route (April, mile 17)
Fun facts
- ✦Crystal Lake is a kettle pond left by a retreating glacier 12,000 years ago.
- ✦Mile 17 of the Boston Marathon passes through Newton Centre — start of the Newton Hills.
- ✦Newton has 13 villages — all numbered exits off the Pike.
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