School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. Newton North High School Council will meet in person (Principal’s Conference Room 103, Newton North High School, 457 Walnut Street) on Monday, May 4 at 6PM. The agenda includes: Bigelow Middle School Council will meet on Tuesday, May 5, 2:45PM-3:45PM.
Posts published in May 2026
City Librarian Search – Preliminary Screening Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 4 at 3PM in Executive Session. The agenda includes: Planning & Development Board will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 4 at 7PM. The agenda includes: Youth Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on…
The Public Safety & Transportation Committee met in special session on Wednesday, April 29. See the report and meeting video. Approved Present: Councilors Lucas (Chair), Wright, Block, Irish, Roche, Golden, and Silber.Absent: Councilor Greenberg.Also present: Councilor Charm.City staff: David Koses, Transportation Coordinator; Geoff Nettleton, Senior Transportation Engineer.
The Finance and Public Safety & Transportation Committees met jointly on Tuesday, April 28. See the report and meeting video. Approved No Action Necessary Held Present (Finance): Councilors Grossman (Chair), Bixby, Charm, Greenberg, Malakie, Micley, and Silber.Present (Public Safety & Transportation): Councilors Lucas (Chair), Greenberg, Wright, Irish, Roche, Golden, and…
The Zoning & Planning Committee met on Tuesday, April 28. See the report and meeting video. Approved Held Present: Councilors Baker (Chair), Wright (Vice Chair), Oliver, Gordon, Albright, Dahmubed, Getz, and Kalis.Also present: Councilors Block and Roche.City staff: Katie Whewell, Acting Director of Planning; Nora Colello, Chief of Long-Range Planning;…
The Traffic Council met on Thursday, April 16. See the report and meeting video. Approved – Items may be appealed through the close of business on May 6, 2026. Held No Action Necessary Present: Ned Codd (DPW), Captain Devine (Police), David Koses (DPW), Councilor Lucas, and Margot Spiller (Resident Member Alternate).Also…
The Public Safety & Transportation Committee met in special session on Wednesday, April 15. See the report and meeting video. Held Present: Councilors Lucas (Chair), Greenberg, Wright, Block, Irish, Roche, Golden, and Silber.Also present: Councilors Krintzman, Albright, Oliver, Getz, Malakie, Leary, Charm, Kelley, Kalis, and Dahmubed.City staff: Lieutenant Amanda Henrickson,…
The Zoning & Planning Committee met on Monday, April 13. See the report and meeting video. Held Present: Councilors Baker (Chair), Wright (Vice Chair), Gordon, Albright, Oliver, Getz, Kalis, and Dahmubed.Also present: Councilor Roche.City staff: Katie Whewell, Acting Director of Planning; Nora Colello, Chief of Long-Range Planning; Jane Santosuosso, Chief…
The April 29th School Committee meeting focused on the required annual decision by the district to opt-in or opt-out of the state’s School Choice program. This program allows Newton Public Schools (NPS) to open a specified number of student slots to students from other Massachusetts school districts. As she did…
The Public Facilities Committee met on Wednesday, May 13. See the video. Budget materials can be found on the City’s website. Department of Public Buildings (report) Commissioner of Public Buildings Alex Valcarce presented the department’s budget. He reviewed major capital projects: the Lincoln-Eliot School is open and in the closeout…
Margot Spiller has been donating her extra breast milk, a life-saving resource for premature infants, since she gave birth to her first daughter nine years ago. Now nursing her third girl, Spiller has continued her generosity, gifting Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast (MMBN), a Newton nonprofit, her surplus supply each week.…
The City’s plan for selling Pension Obligation Bonds has significant risks. After a century of U.S. equity returns exceeding taxable investment-grade funding costs by about 4% annually, and an even more booming stock market for the past 17 years, it is human nature to extrapolate leveraging pension debt into largely…