Highlights this week: City Council City Council will meet on Tuesday and is expected to vote on the following (see Reports Docket): The New Docket includes: Public Facilities Committee will meet on Wednesday regarding: Public Safety & Transportation Committee will meet on Wednesday for discussion about possible ordinance change to the City’s…
Posts published in February 2026
City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, February 17 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and the New Docket. Watch a live broadcast on NewTV’s government channel (Comcast 9, RCN13, 614(HD), Verizon 33) or on NewTV’s YouTube channel. Public Facilities Committee will meet in…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
Community Preservation Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, February 17 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following items (see Packet): Board of Assessors will meet in person (Room 108, City Hall) on Wednesday, February 18 at 9AM. The agenda includes the following item: Newton Upper Falls Historic District…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential project/proposal (see DRT Snapshot):
Phil Schwartz turns 105 years old on Wednesday, February 11. A large crowd gathered with him the day before to celebrate at Coleman House — the 2Life Communities residential facility where he is very active and known as the “unofficial mayor.” There he received greetings in-person from State Senator Cynthia…
At a meeting on Monday, February 9, the City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee reviewed the status of potential projects proposed under the Village Center Overlay District (VCOD) zoning ordinance, following a request by Ward 2 City Councilor Susan Albright for twice-yearly updates. Nora Masler Colello, the City’s chief of…
Timothy Cohoon, the current Braintree Police chief, will meet with the entire City Council on February 17, as part of the approval process for him to become the next leader of the Newton Police Department. In preparation for that meeting, Cohoon met with the Council’s Public Safety and Transportation Committee…
When METCO (the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity) program began in 1966, organized opposition emerged in Brookline, Wellesley, Needham, and other neighboring suburbs, but not in Newton. METCO had “a smooth start here” without “incident or fanfare.” Instead of protesting METCO, Newton’s parents were protesting lunchtime. Between 1940 and 1970,…
At 3PM on Saturday, February 28, the halls of Grace Episcopal Church will echo with the sounds of Brahms, Britten, and Schubert as part of a joint program between the Newton-based New Philharmonia Orchestra and two emerging artists: 12-year-old Sofia Hernandez-Williams, cellist, and 10-year-old Valerie Bai, violinist. They come together…