The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team this week (see Development Review Team Snapshot):
Posts published in January 2023
For years, members of Mothers Out Front, 350Mass Newton, and Green Newton watched in frustration as the DPW and Newton’s Public Facilities Committee agreed to National Grid’s whack-a-mole scattershot approach to gas pipelines. They have not reduced the many high volume and dangerous leaks nor curbed methane emissions. At the…
Peter Bruce recently raised a very important point about the need to carefully assess the success of city policies on transit-oriented development (TOD) in Newton, but he ultimately came up short in his primary analysis of Newtonville. Bruce noted that $300K of transit subsidies for the TRIO development has been…
I have been lucky to live in Newton for 18 years thus far and have enjoyed the many resources and attractions that the city has to offer! Different aspects of Newton have been important to me as I have lived here, including the schools and colleges, the library, the civic…
Last Monday I attended the Martin Luther King, Jr. event at Newton North High School. What a wonderful tribute to a man who worked tirelessly to make all of us aware of the plight of not only Black people but also the poor. If Dr. King had lived longer I…
Story Starters is a nonprofit inspiring racial justice action and helping parents and educators raise children to develop anti-racist values. It offers programs to support families and educators in discussing race and racism with young children in ages 3-8 — a development window when adults are poised to have a…
Is your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier food and/or reduce your environmental impact? Let the UU Plant-Based Eating Club help! We are hosting a group read of The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet: Eat Plants, Lose Weight, Save Your Health, by Rip Esselstyn. Available at the Newton Free Library, this…
Cappella Clausura is proud to bring you more beautiful music– selected by the people who know it best! Singers’ Choice features a diverse assortment of works by women, ranging from Renaissance hymnals to contemporary compositions. Guest Conducted by Dr. Carolina Flores, this eclectic program is sure to banish all your winter…
The New Art Center (61 Washington Park) will host a free celebration of the Lunar New Year with art, decorations, and performances on January 22, noon-3PM. More info and registration here.
Newton SEPAC will host an online presentation by Georgetown professor and disabilities studies scholar Jennifer Natalya Fink, author of All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship, for a presentation about her book and work, with Q&A to follow. It will take place on January 22 at 7:30PM at…
On January 18, the MassDOT hosted its third public hearing on the multi-faceted analysis of land use options along 128/I-95 — from Newton to Lexington — for housing, transportation, and economic development. According to the project fact sheet, “The study will develop and analyze alternatives, present policy and infrastructure recommendations…
The Newton Cultural Alliance will launch a free, hour-long program for families, Invitation to Imagine, at the Allen House (35 Webster Street) on December 11 (4PM), December 15 (3PM), January 22 (3PM), and January 26 (4PM). Families with children in Grades 3+ are invited to imagine and discover, traveling back…