The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) will host their annual Herring Festival where participants can celebrate the annual migration of Alewife, Blueback Herring, and American Shad from the ocean into the Charles River. The event will feature food trucks, community art activities, tours of the Watertown Dam, and other activities…
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Highlights this week… City Council City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Land Use Committee will meet on Tuesday to consider Special Permit/Site Plan approvals to: School Committee School Committee will meet on Wednesday for public comment and discussion about the NPS FY 2026 Preliminary Budget Proposal. Community Budget meeting: Superintendent Anna Nolin…
City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Land Use Committee will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, April 1 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests for Special Permit/Site Plan Approvals to:
School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Education Center) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, April 2 at 6:30PM. The agenda has not yet been posted. Community Budget meeting: Superintendent Anna Nolin and School Committee Chair Chris Brezski will hold a Community Budget Meeting on Thursday, April 3, 6:30PM-8:30PM at Brown…
Youth Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 31 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Election Commission will meet in person (Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, April 1 at 12PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Human Rights Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link)…
Development Review Team (DRT) is scheduled to meet this week regarding these potential projects/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):
West Newton Cinema will show a film — Made in Ethiopia — followed by a panel discussion on April 3, 6:30PM-9PM at the Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). Tickets are $20 for the film plus panel discussion. A documentary about the Chinese industrialization of a small farming village in…
Four Scouts from Troop 209 – one of the oldest troops in the U.S. and the only fully co-ed Scout Troop in Newton – were recognized in an Eagle Court of Honor on March 16 for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout – the highest rank in Scouting. This rank,…
Leila Novak Mostaghimi, who plays clarinet, has been chosen by Carnegie Hall as one of 89 young musicians selected from across the country for NYO2, an intensive summer orchestral training program for outstanding American instrumentalists, ages 14–17. NYO2 will play at Carnegie Hall on July 27 and will debut as a resident…
Highlights this week… City Council Finance will meet on Monday to consider: Zoning and Planning will meet on Monday: Land Use will meet on Tuesday to consider amending the Northland Special Permit to eliminate five buildings, convert office space to residential use, increase number of residential units by 22 units,…
Finance will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 24 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Council Chamber and Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 24 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Land Use will meet in person…
School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Education Center) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 24 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Negotiations Subcommittee of the School Committee will meet in Executive Session in person (Room 304, Education Center) on Wednesday, March 26 at 5PM. The agenda…