The City will host a virtual forum on Domestic Violence TONIGHT, 6PM – 7PM on Zoom. The event is free, and guests are welcome to join anonymously. City Council Zoning and Planning will meet TONIGHT on several appointments/reappointments, discussion on request to rezone property on Charles Street, review and discussion…
Posts published in July 2023
Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 31 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Chair’s note: Staff and Utile will present an illustration of development that could evolve using the VCOD along a particular street in Newton. Councilor Wright will…
Franklin School Building Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, August 3 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following:
Zoning Board of Appeals will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 31 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: See Meeting Packet 1 and Meeting Packet 2. Newton Fair Housing Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, August 2 at 8AM. The agenda…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT)this week (see DRT Snapshot):
The City of Newton is partnering with EMPath on an economic mobility initiative, Newton Thrive, to provide 50 low-income Newton families with one-on-one mentoring and $250 of monthly cash assistance. Participants will receive 24 months of one-on-one economic mobility coaching and monthly cash assistance, which families may spend as they…
The City’s winter overnight parking ban, which is in effect December 1 through March 31 each year, has been the subject of considerable debate, and a committee — Vote Yes to Repeal the Winter Overnight Parking Ban — has formed to seek its repeal. Since delivering fifty signatures of the…
Students of West Newton YMCA instructor Nancy Hanson, who was murdered in her home two weeks ago, have organized a walk in her honor — Step Forward: End the Silence — at 7PM on Saturday, July 29 starting at 135 Wells Avenue. The organizers invite her students and friends to…
The following graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison this spring: The following students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2023 semester at Dickinson College:
In the wake of the tragic death of Nancy Hanson of Newton due to domestic violence homicide, the City of Newton, The Second Step, and REACH Beyond Domestic Violence will jointly host an online Community Forum on Domestic Violence on Monday, July 31, 6PM-7PM (Zoom link). The event is free,…
From a couch in band member Zach’s dimly lit basement to the Boston Calling stage, the Greater Boston-based soul pop band, Couch, is on the rise. Last Saturday, July 22nd, Couch closed out the 8th annual Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts at Newton’s Hyde Playground. Many of the audience…
Now that the deadline has passed for candidates to file, the Newton Election Commission has reported that in Wards 1, 3, and 7, there will be no challengers to any of the current City Council and School Committee incumbents. In fact, none of the School Committee members have challengers. In…