Fair Housing Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, February 1 at 8AM. The agenda includes the following: Election Commission will meet in person (Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, February 1 at 4:30PM. The agenda includes the following: WestMetro HOME Consortium will meet virtually (Zoom link)…
Posts published in January 2023
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team this week (see Development Review Team Snapshot):
Last Saturday, over 150 people attended a candlelight vigil in Boston for the victims of the mass shootings in Monterey Park where 11 people were killed (including 10 Chinese immigrants) and Half Moon Bay, California, where seven immigrant migrant workers (five Chinese and two Mexican) were killed. The event was…
Among Senator Creem’s “dozens” of recently filed bills is An Act relative to the future of clean heat in the Commonwealth (SD2330). An article in the Boston Globe about the warming winters demonstrated that New England is experiencing record high temperatures. In general, New England is warming faster than any…
Like most police forces across the country, Newton’s has few female officers. However, Lt. Amanda Henrickson has taken an important step in breaking barriers by recently becoming the first woman to lead a department bureau in the city. Now the highest-ranking female officer in Newton and only the second woman…
Rampur is a small city four hours north of Delhi that many Indians have never heard of. A well-constructed highway loops around the city, which means travelers on their way to more popular destinations need not stop. And why would they? The city has the highest Muslim population in Uttar…
With the controversy around the siting and permitting of the Newton Center for Active Living (NewCAL) now behind us, it is time for the community to focus on the interior design of the building, specifically its accessibility to older adults, including those who are visually impaired. Newton’s Senior Center has…
I support the proposed three overrides as essential to maintaining Newton’s capital infrastructure. Newton is an exceptional city but if one scratches the surface, many problems become apparent. I’ve chaired the Property Board for the United Parish of Auburndale (UPA) during its recent major capital improvement campaign. My first job…
The Mothers Out Front statewide Clean Heat Clean Air Campaign is planning to deliver its letter to Governor Maura Healy at the State House on January 25 (2PM-4PM), to inform Governor Healey and her newly appointed climate chief, Melissa Hoffer, that the campaign looks forward to working together to make Massachusetts a leader…
Interim Superintendent Kathleen Smith and Assistant Superintendent Liam Hurley met with Fig City News to review two versions of the NPS budget for the next school year (FY24) — with and without the $4.5 million that would be provided by approval of the operating override proposed by the Mayor. Approval…
The City will host a Virtual Town Hall Meeting to answer questions about the proposed tax override on January 26 at 7PM. Attend via this Zoom link. Or call +1 646 558 8656 and enter Meeting ID: 816 5377 6128. More information is at newtonma.gov/override.
On January 26 at 7PM, Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library will host a talk by Barry Wagner, author of a book about longtime Newton resident Arnold Hiatt, the president and chief executive officer of The Stride Rite Corporation. Hiatt launched the nation’s first corporate on-site child care center,…