Two Newton City Councilors and a new member of the School Committee have announced they are not running for re-election in November. Ten-year veteran Ward 2 Councilor Emily Norton, Ward 6 Councilor Brenda Noel, and first-term Ward 6 School Committee member Paul Levy will leave office and focus on their…
Posts published in March 2023
The Commonwealth’s new Auditor, Diana DiZoglio is delivering on a campaign promise to audit the Legislature. She told Boston Globe and Channel Five reporters that in her determination to bring transparency to the House and Senate she plans “to audit” what goes on behind closed doors, including budget decisions, committee…
As recent retirees, we moved to West Newton less than a year ago, after raising two children in a high performing school district in Connecticut. I have been following the news coverage and social media discussions of ImproveNPS’s petition. Petitioners’ assumptions and false choices are striking. The first false choice…
I had a long-standing problem with an extremely bright light shining at my house which appeared to be coming from a new building across the river in Watertown. My daughter suggested I contact Ward 1 Councilor Maria Scibelli Greenberg. Although Maria is not my ward councilor my daughter suggested that…
City Council Zoning and Planning will meet twice this week. Finance will meet TONIGHT to discuss: Free Cash appropriation request to fund transportation for homeless students, transfer request of funds from full-time salaries to full-time consultants for Human Resources, transfer request of funds to fulfill two 3-year agreements with AFSCME…
Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 205) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 27 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Chair’s Note: Staff will present a recommended approach to incentivizing a higher percentage of affordable units in the Village Center Overlay District (VCOD), by allowing additional…
The School Committee will meet in person (Room 304) on Monday, March 27 at 6PM and vote to enter into Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA (see Meeting Notice). The School Committee will hold an in-person Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 28 at…
Faced with the prospect of personal fines of $25 per day for not filing a pre-election campaign-finance report as required eight days before the election, the treasurer of the No Override Newton ballot committee has filed the group’s pre-election report at City Hall. The report is dated March 17 and was…
Newton Cultural Council will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 27 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Fair Housing Lottery Results and Lease Up Sub-Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, March 28 at 8AM. The agenda includes the following: The Riverside Liaison Committee will meet…
Ever wonder what the Woman’s Club of Newton Highlands does? Please come to our March 28 meeting at 6:30PM, at 72 Columbus Street, and learn about us. We are starting to also have night meetings to accommodate women in the workforce during the day and women with childcare responsibilities. Our guest…
In response to the recent shootings in Monterey Park, Baton Rouge, and Half Moon Bay, Rev. Domenik Ackermann invites all to a Prayer for Peace in the Eliot Church sanctuary (474 Centre Street, Newton Corner) , 4:30PM-5PM on January 25, February 2, and March 29.
All Newton students in grades 6-12 are invited to apply by March 28 to participate in SHINE, a temporary art installation to be displayed in Newton parks and playgrounds, May-October. SHINE will show six student-designed 4’x8’ horizontal murals painted onto plywood and grouped in small clusters throughout the city. The…