Through a series of updates, Mayor Marc Laredo has announced that all municipal lots reopened at 6AM Tuesday, February 24, and the Snow Emergency Parking Ban ended at 5PM that day. Municipal offices and schools remained closed on Tuesday, and all municipal and school schedules (except for trash/recycling collection) will…
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Rose Advanced Skin Care (d/b/a Advanced Beauty Lab) in Newtonville is one of 48 small businesses in Massachusetts to win a MassDevelopment Biz-M-Power Grant in the 2025 cycle. This award was for $50,000 toward the cost of a laser hair-removal system, which was delivered in January. MassDevelopment had intended to…
City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Zoning & Planning Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 23 at 7PM. The agenda includes: Finance will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 23 at 7PM. The agenda includes: Land Use will meet in person (Council Chamber)…
School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, February 25 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes: Brown Bag Learning Lunch has been postponed. It was to meet in person (Education Center, Room 304) on Tuesday, February 24 at 11AM. It will be hosted…
Newton Free Library Board of Trustees Development Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 23 at 10AM. The agenda includes: Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 23 at 6PM. (Due to inclement weather, this meeting will likely…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential project/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):
We updated City Council approves Chief Timothy Cohoon to lead NPD to include Chief Cohoon’s start date and swearing-in ceremony. We updated Newton residents celebrate Lunar New Year with corrections and additional information from NCLS and NESN.
Ruthanne Fuller, former Mayor of Newton, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of 2Life Communities, a developer, owner, operator — and advocate for — senior residential communities. 2Life Communities notes that during her eight years on the City Council and eight years as Mayor, Fuller focused on initiatives relevant…
Highlights this week: City Council City Council will meet on Tuesday and is expected to vote on the following (see Reports Docket): The New Docket includes: Public Facilities Committee will meet on Wednesday regarding: Public Safety & Transportation Committee will meet on Wednesday for discussion about possible ordinance change to the City’s…
City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, February 17 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and the New Docket. Watch a live broadcast on NewTV’s government channel (Comcast 9, RCN13, 614(HD), Verizon 33) or on NewTV’s YouTube channel. Public Facilities Committee will meet in…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
Community Preservation Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, February 17 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following items (see Packet): Board of Assessors will meet in person (Room 108, City Hall) on Wednesday, February 18 at 9AM. The agenda includes the following item: Newton Upper Falls Historic District…


