We updated As the 90th annual Festa begins… to include a letter from the City Council to the Mayor and a police report of “defacing of public property” on Adams Street. We updated What’s Up in Newton – Week of 7/13/2025 and Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 7/13/2025…
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The St. Mary of Carmen Society will host its 90th annual Italian-American Festival (Festa), open 5PM-11PM each day, Wednesday-Sunday, July 16-20, at Pelligrini Park (11 Hawthorne Street, Nonantum). The festival midway and grounds will be packed with rides, games, food, entertainment, family, and tradition. There will be special prices for…
The Newton Cultural Council (NCC) seeks input from the Newton community in order to adjust its adjudication criteria for selecting which cultural projects NCC will fund for the following year. Please respond to the survey by July 31. It takes about 5 minutes to complete. The NCC is a local…
Brooke Foucault Welles has been named Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University. Her permanent role is Senior Associate Dean for Research and Partnerships and Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. Benjamin Dollar has been elected to the board of the nonprofit Northeast…
Highlights this week… City Council City Council Committee Chairs will meet on Monday for an update from the Council’s Community Dialogue Working Group. City Council will meet on Monday and is expected to vote on (see Reports Docket): The New Docket includes: Public Facilities will meet on Wednesday regarding: Programs and…
City Council Committee Chairs will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 14 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 14 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket. The…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, July 14 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Library Trustees Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, July 15 at 2PM. The agenda includes the following: Board of License Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday,…
Development Review Team (DRT) is scheduled to meet this week regarding these potential projects/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):
Highlights this week… City Council City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Land Use will on Tuesday regarding requests to: Zoning and Planning will meet on Wednesday to consider requests for discussion about: The Chair intends to defer discussion on the following and request to set a public hearing for…
Land Use will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, July 8 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests for Special Permist/Site Plan Approvals to: Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, July 9 at 7PM. The…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.