The Zoning & Planning Committee approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video): The Zoning and Planning Committee held: Attendees: Councilors Baker (Chair), Oliver, Albright, Wright, Kalis, Getz, Danberg, Krintzman; Also Present: Councilors Malakie, Kelley, Block; Staff: Deputy Director Jen Caira, Chief of Long-Range Planning Zack LeMel,…
Posts published in September 2025
The Programs & Services Committee Approved (see the report and watch the meeting video): The Programs & Services Committee determined No Action Necessary: Chair’s note: Update on City Clerk recruitment; finalist interviews scheduled for Thursday, September 11 with a break for the 9/11 memorial. Attendees: Councilors Krintzman (Chair), Humphrey, Malakie,…
The Public Facilities Committee approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video): The Public Facilities Committee voted no action necessary: The Public Facilities Committee held: Attendees: Councilors Albright, Danberg, Gentile, Getz, Kalis, Kelley, Leary, Laredo; Also Present: Councilors Lobovits, Lucas, Oliver; Staff: Department of Public Works Commissioner…
The Public Safety & Transportation Committee approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video): Adoption of M.G.L. c. 40, §71 for School Bus Camera Enforcement (6–0) Newton Police Department explained the law would allow automatic civil tickets of $250 for vehicles passing stopped school buses; Bus Patrol…
City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, September 15 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket. The meeting will be live broadcast on NewTV’s government channel (Comcast 9, RCN 13, 614(HD), Verizon 33) and on NewTV’s Youtube channel. Programs and Services meeting originally…
School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, September 15 at 1PM in Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA – all Units (see agenda).
Newton Parks and Recreation Commission will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, September 15 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Board of License Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, September 16 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Planning and Development Board…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential projects/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):
Newton Public Schools (NPS) marked the beginning of the 2025–26 school year with the formal launch of the NPS Family Engagement Center, created to strengthen connections between schools and families. At a press conference at the Education Center, Superintendent Anna Nolin introduced the initiative alongside Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and…
Many in the Newton community gathered early in the evening of September 11 at the Newton 9-11 Memorial to remember those connected with Newton who died in the attacks on September 11, 2001: Mark Bavis, Paige Farley-Hackel, Nicholas Humber, Aaron Jacobs, Stuart Todd Meltzer, Richard Barry Ross, Rahma Salie, and Amy…
The life of an author on a book tour is full of contradictions: It can be exciting yet isolating, as well as busy yet lonely. For multiple-award-winning TV journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan, it is also the inspiration for her newest thriller. Ryan, a Newton resident and well-known WHDH-TV reporter, spoke…
In Councilor Farrell lobbies for renaming Oak Hill Park roadways to honor fallen veterans, we corrected the origin of this initiative and added a link to the history of Oak Hill Park.