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…
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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…