A petition was sent to the Mayor on February 15, 2023 requesting immediate short-term actions be taken to address safety concerns on streets near Albemarle Field. More than 230 Newton residents and taxpayers are calling on the City to address concerns raised in the Roadway Safety Audit conducted in the…
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Last Wednesday, the kids and staff from Service Stars (profiled in Fig City News last week), visited Evans Park, a nearby senior residential community in Newton Corner. The children spent the afternoon with residents, delivering hand-made valentine cards, playing bingo, and sharing their favorite items. Prior to the visit, the…
In 2018, Kelly Comings and her husband Andy decided to create a summer camp. Both educators, she in Holliston and he at Day Middle School, wanted to create opportunities to get kids involved in service and social justice. They initially created Service Stars, a two-week program with Day Middle School…
School Committee The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet TODAY, Monday, February 13, in executive session to conduct a collective bargaining session with the NTA, Units A-E, and discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA. The School Committee will meet two times to interview…
Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Land Use Committee will meet in person…
The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in-person (Room 111, Ed Center) on Monday, February 13 at 3:15PM initially in Open Session and vote to go into Executive Session (see Meeting Notice) in order to : The School Committee will meet in-person (Room 210, Ed Center, and…
Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Zoning and Planning Committee and Planning and Development Board will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Fair…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
As part of the new Multi-family Zoning Requirement for MBTA Communities Act (Mass. General Laws c.40A § 3A), the City of Newton submitted this action plan describing how it will comply with the new law either through new zoning or rezoning properties located near transit. The Act requires the 175…
City Council The Full City Council will meet TONIGHT, Monday, February 6 (see New Docket). Items the Council will vote on include: Zoning and Planning Committee will meet prior to the start of the Full Council meeting on Monday at 7PM to discuss the proposed ordinance to make outdoor dining…
As previously reported in Fig City News, at the Zoning and Planning Committee meeting on January 23 (video), Councilor Pam Wright had said that since 2020, over 3,500 housing units were either approved or in the pipeline for approval — either by the special permit process through the Land Use…
The Newtonville Area Council (NAC) unveiled modeling of the proposed Village Center Zoning at its meeting in January. According to the NAC, “After ZAP and the Planning & Development Department repeatedly asserted that 3D modeling was neither necessary nor even possible within their time and budget constraints, the Newtonville Area Council voted to allocate…