City Council Zoning and Planning will meet TONIGHT and hold a public hearing on Village Center Zoning Overlay District Zoning Proposal and MBTA Communities Law Compliance. Finance will meet TONIGHT and discuss an appointment to the Financial Audit Advisory Committee and three appropriation requests: $1,000,000 for the Wash Bay project…
Posts published in June 2023
The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in person (Rooms 218 and 210) and in Executive Session on Monday, June 26 from 9AM – 1PM (see Meeting Notice). Underwood and Ward Facility and Enrollment Study Task Force will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, June 27 at…
Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 26 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Planning and Development Board will meet jointly with the Zoning and Planning Committee, in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link), on Monday, June 26…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team this week (see DRT Snapshot):
Three people were found dead of stab wounds and blunt trauma this morning at a home on Broadway in the Nonantum village of Newton. There were signs of forced entry to the home. The assailant(s) remain at large, and police ask residents to be vigilant and report unusual activity immediately.…
On Saturday evening, an audience of about 100 attended the Newton Theatre Company’s free performance of The Monologue Project: LGBTQ+ Voices — first-person accounts, essays, poems, and songs written and performed by Newton residents. There will be one more free performance of this important, hour-long, thought-provoking work on Monday, June…
Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 26 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 26 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: See Planning Memo and Memo from Chair…
A public hearing will be held WEDNESDAY night at 7PM on a citizens’ petition requesting amendments to the City’s Tree Preservation Ordinance. The petition was filed per the City Charter (Art. 10, Sect. 10-2) to provide the City Council with public comment on the need to strengthen the existing Tree…
Each year state legislators work with the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women to identify women who have made extraordinary contributions to their communities and organizations. This year, three Newton women residing in Newton — Amy Sherter Less, Ellen Gibson, and Jenn Martin — were honored by the state…
In hopes to promote civic interest, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved Chapter 296 of the Acts of 2018, An Act to Promote and Enhance Civic Engagement, initiating a statewide implementation of a “Civics Project” where high school students find a way to take action on an element of government they…
Ellen Meyers is retiring after sixteen years with the Newton Free Library, managing Programs and Communications. She will soon be working part-time as the Administrative Consultant for RUACH Community Health, one of the Hebrew College Campus Partners. Colleen McElduff of Lower Falls has received a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Hobart and William…
The School Committee met on Tuesday June 20 for its last meeting of the 2022-2023 academic year. The meeting began with public commenters continuing to address the budget cut of the Understanding Our Differences program and the City’s negotiations with the Newton Teachers Association. The agenda began with a warm…