To residents of Nonantum, painting over the green, white, and red traffic lines felt like an erasure of identity.

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 ...

The mayor said the tricolor center line was repainted yellow for traffic safety. The community called it "a slap in the face.