Two years after thwarting competitive progressive challengers for his seat, Auchincloss boasts one of the strictest party-line voting records in congress.

“Everyone in Newton cares so much about their children’s education—how could we support them taking anything away?” a teaching assistant said. 

“I think it's important to understand that everyone’s lives are impacted—that it's not somebody else's world,” Kissin said. “The whole free world needs to step up.”

“But even—the interesting thing—even here, I'm not feeling safe now, just because of one crazy guy that has nukes in his power,” he said.

Over 18 inches of snow buried Chestnut Hill during a blizzard on Jan. 26, but that didn't stop a Commonwealth Ave. pizza parlor from opening its doors.