On Friday, May 24, Boston resident Alexei Rodriguez was arraigned in Newton District Court, charged in two separate antisemitic incidents in Newton. According to Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, Mr. Rodriguez was “charged with defacing property, larceny under $1,200, damaging property to intimidate, two counts of assault with a…
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More than fifty people came to the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium on May 15 to hear candidates running for State Representative: three candidates for Rep. Kay Khan’s 11th Middlesex House seat and the three running for Rep. Ruth Balser’s 12th Middlesex seat. Both longtime incumbents announced that they will…
On May 9, Newton Public Schools (NPS) Superintendent Dr. Anna Nolin presented her first budget to a joint meeting of the Programs & Services and Finance Committees. Accompanied by School Committee Chair Chris Brezski and Assistant School Superintendent Liam Hurley, Dr. Nolin offered a comprehensive presentation detailing the educational, administrative,…
All five members of the Newton Zoning Board of Appeals voted to approve the Comprehensive Permit filed by Toll Brothers for a six-story, 184-unit apartment house on Route 9 (528 Boylston Street). The project, in compliance with the state’s Chapter 40B Affordable Housing law, designates 25% of its units as…
On May 1, Newton’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held its eighth and final public hearing on the Comprehensive Permit under Chapter 40B sought by Toll Brothers for a six-story apartment complex on Route 9. The hearing included additional information about the project’s impact on the site’s groundwater. After two…
City Councilor Rick Lipof kicked off his campaign for the 12th District House seat at a familiar Democratic party venue: the home of City Councilor Vicki Danberg. About sixty people attended the official launch of his campaign to succeed Rep. Ruth Balser, who is retiring at the end of this…
Newton will send three delegates – Newton Democratic City Chair Sharon Stout, former City Councilor Holly Ryan, and high-school senior Alan Cai – to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, August 19-24. They were elected on Saturday, April 27, at the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District Caucus, chaired by Rep. Jake…
Ed. Note: This article has been updated with additional information about October 7th hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who appears in a video released by Hamas on April 24. On Sunday, April 7, more than 2,000 people gathered on Homer Street for the rededication of “the Hostage Wall,” a long fence in…
At its April 10 meeting, the Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed changes to plans for a large residential development at 528 Boylston Street (Route 9) and accepted public comment. The changes were in response to concerns raised by a neighborhood group, Newton Impact, which has organized opposition to the project.…
Nearly four months after the City’s initial Washington Street Pilot proposal, the Newton Planning Department, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture, and the project consultants presented the updated project design, now 75% completed. The design focuses on Washington Street from Lowell Avenue to Chestnut…
On March 27, in its first update to the City Council, the Community Dialogue Working Group presented results and recommendations based on its citywide survey and community discussion. In early February, City Council President Marc Laredo and Vice President David Kalis established the five-member group led by Ward 1 Councilor…
Newton is one of ten Massachusetts communities that is aiming to participate in the Ten Communities Program – a state pilot program to require electrification of all new buildings and major renovations of those buildings. The goal of the pilot is to eliminate reliance on fossil fuels as a power…