Italian Community Reacts After Crews Removed Green, White, and Red Center Lines in Newton - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Italian community reacts after crews removed green, white, and red center lines in Newton - Boston News, Weather, Sports

For a community whose identity is tied to its Italian roots, many Newton residents are unhappy with a change they say wasn’t needed — city crews worked overnight to remove the green, white, and red center lines along Adams Street. The colors were meant to recognize the deep Italian roots in Nonatum, one of Newton’s 13 villages. “That’s no good what they did. Very disgusting,” said one resident. Another said, “To me it makes no sense. How much mo…

Mayor says removal of Italian flag colors from Adams Street was necessary but temporary - Newton Beacon

Late Thursday night, residents in Nonantum awoke to the strange sound of midnight road work. The crew on site wasn’t fixing a pothole, however. The workers were removing the red, white and green Italian flag [...]