Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential project/proposal (see DRT Snapshot):
Posts published in “City Departments”
Newton’s economy has changed over the last 25 years. In 2000, commercial property taxes were 20% of total property taxes; in 2026, they are less than 8%. Recognizing that “economic development is critical for the health of our city,” Mayor Laredo has asked the City Council to move economic development…
On January 12, Mayor Marc Laredo announced the selection of Braintree Police Chief Timothy Cohoon as Newton’s next Police Chief, succeeding former Police Chief George McMains, who retired on January 8. Chief Cohoon will become Newton’s Chief at the end of February, pending approval by the City Council. He has…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential project/proposal (see DRT Snapshot):
“I’ve always been part of the community,” Newton Police Chief McMains told Fig City News two weeks before his scheduled retirement on January 8, 2026. His first community was Dunlap, Iowa, where he was born and raised on his family’s farm in a rural town where people helped one another. …
Newton Fire Chief Greg Gentile announced that Chief Murphy, 86, died at Newton-Wellesley Hospital on December 9. Chief Murphy began his career in the Newton Fire Department in 1961, after serving in the Navy, and rose through department ranks, promoted to Captain, Deputy Chief, Acting Chief, and Chief of the…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential project/proposal (see DRT Snapshot):
As Marion Pollock stood among the throngs of residents taking their first look inside the new Cooper Center for Active Living on December 5, she beamed at the beautiful, accessible public building named after her mother. The City named the facility for Audrey Cooper for her service to residents over…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential projects/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):
John Rice will soon close out 20 years as executive director of the Hyde Community Center. In January, he will take on a new role in City Hall as Chief Community Services Officer in Mayor-elect Marc Laredo’s administration. For decades, he’s been known as the unofficial “Mayor of Newton Highlands,”…