Mark Development is proposing a new development partnership and a series of changes to its Riverside project, including converting one of the planned residential buildings to senior housing, reducing the project’s overall number of apartments, and shortening the height of its main parking garage. The changes were presented August 6…
Posts published in August 2026
We updated How the Chapin Road debate has re-ignited and intensified to correct the date of the upcoming meeting of the Board of Survey. It is October 5, not October 15 as originally reported.
In February 2023, then-Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced that the City of Newton would be partnering with Boston-based nonprofit EMPath to implement a financial coaching and assistance program, targeting lower-income residents disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. When the City received $63.5 million in one-time funds through the American Rescue Plan…
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Dancers clad in brightly colored, glittering clothing captivated the crowd on August 16, during Newton’s sixth annual India Day Celebration, outside the Hyde Community Center. “It’s really nice for [my children] to get exposed to their culture,” said Ashita Gurnani, whose five-year-old son Ved Ballaney waited patiently as his face…
Highlights this week… City Council City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Zoning & Planning will meet Monday regarding: Public Facilities will meet Wednesday regarding: School Committee School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. Boards and Commissions Newton Cultural Council Reception Committee will meet Monday to…
City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Zoning & Planning Committee will meet in person (City Hall, Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, August 17 at 7PM. The agenda includes: Public Facilities Committee will meet in person (City Hall, Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
Newton Cultural Council Reception Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, August 17 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes: Board of License Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes: Board of Assessors will meet in person (City Hall, Room 108) on Wednesday,…
State Representative John Lawn, the incumbent Democrat representing the 10th Middlesex District (parts of Newton, Watertown, and Waltham), says his work on health care policy, local funding, and responsiveness to community needs demonstrate why voters should return him to Beacon Hill this fall. Newton City Councilor is challenging him, as…
Newton City Councilor Alison Leary is making the case for change as she challenges longtime incumbent State Rep. John Lawn in the Democratic primary for the 10th Middlesex District seat representing parts of Newton, Watertown, and Waltham. In an early August interview, Leary argued that rising health care costs, a…
On July 13, the City’s Board of Survey voted to continue discussion later on a controversial agenda item: a proposed amendment to a property subdivision on Chapin Road in Newton Centre. The proposal has sparked fierce debate, particularly over stormwater and perceived problems with the City’s process for approving changes.…