Approximately 500 women, men, children, and dogs stood on a line along Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands on January 27 to sample a wide variety of soup offered by local restaurants and served by Newton City Councilors. In its third year, the WinterFEST Soup Social is a highly successful collaboration…
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On Wednesday, January 17, Josh Ostroff, outgoing Director of Newton’s Transportation Planning Department, presented a proposal before the Public Facilities Committee to allow reconfiguration of Washington Street from Lowell Avenue to Chestnut Street to make it “safer, more welcoming and enjoyable” for residents and businesses. The design phase and construction…
The Newton Teachers Association (NTA) voted to strike on Thursday, January 18. In response, hundreds of their members, Newton high school students, parents, and city residents responded to an NTA rally – in 30-degree weather – at 1PM on Friday, January 19 (see press release). Supporters flooded the Newton War…
Newton’s four Neighborhood Area Councils — Newton Highlands, Waban, Upper Falls, and Newtonville — are beginning their 2024 season by electing officers and setting goals for their two-year cycle. Much of their focus in recent years has been the redesign of their village centers as well as a number of…
The Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee held its first meeting of 2024 on Monday, January 8 with its new chair, veteran City Councilor Lisle Baker, presiding. In a memo to the Committee, Councilor Baker proposed that the members engage “in a preliminary discussion about where the Committee might spend its…
Monday, January 1, 2024, was a day of beginnings in Newton. At noon on the first — bright, sunny — day of the new year, the recently elected City Council and School Committee joined the Mayor in the City Council chamber to launch the opening meeting of the 2024-2025 session…
In the last three months of 2023, Fran Yerardi has organized the path to “YES” for Nonantum and for Newton. On September 14, an angry meeting between City leaders and Nonantum and other Newton residents sparked the beginning of a well organized initiative to limit the scope of Newton’s planned…
On Monday, December 18, the Newton City Council met for the last time in 2023. Outgoing Council President Susan Albright concluded her two terms by inviting her six departing colleagues to serve as acting president and give their farewell speeches. Their comments were interspersed with City Council Committee reports. Ward…
At the end of his third — and most contentious — year in Congress, Rep. Jake Auchincloss can claim some bi-partisan achievements. The capping out-of-pocket Medicare costs at $2000 and insulin prices at $35 was a feature of the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, however. Congressman Auchincloss is working on…
Watertown Street, Nonantum’s thriving mix of restaurants and retail shops, has been a longtime holiday destination for children and their families. Santa Claus, candy canes, elves, reindeer, and lights from posts and branches continue to be a holiday attraction. On Saturday, December 16, approximately 75,000 — permanent — twinkling tree…
In the November 7 election, Newton voters sent six new members to the City Council, and on December 8, these Councilors-Elect joined the eighteen returning City Councilors in caucus to elect Councilor Marc Laredo as President and Councilor David Kalis as Vice President for the coming term. The two new…
On December 7, City Councilors-Elect met in caucus to elect leadership for the coming term. In the voting for President, there were three ballots for each three rounds: In the voting for Vice President: