Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 11 at 5PM. The agenda includes the following: Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 11 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Historical Commission will meet virtually…
After months of heated debate, the City Council voted on December 4 to approve a zoning package designed to comply with the MBTA Communities Law before the December 31, 2023 deadline. That law, as applied to Newton, requires zoning that allows “by right” development of multi-family housing within a half-mile…
At 8:30AM on Saturday, December 4, approximately thirty-five residents of Nonantum and Newtonville gathered in the Horace Mann Elementary School cafeteria for a presentation by Boylston Properties of its proposed development of market-rate and affordable (under Chapter 40B) apartments at 78 Crafts Street in Newtonville. The project — which Boylston…
City Council Finance meeting scheduled for Monday, November 27 has been canceled. Zoning and Planning will meet on Monday: Finance and Programs and Services will meet jointly on Tuesday: Public Facilities and Finance will meet jointly on Tuesday: Special City Council meeting on Wednesday to continue discussion and debate on…
Participating Newton Centre businesses will have special offers during the 3rd annual Newton Centre Holiday Shop & Stroll on December 10, noon to 4PM, organized by All Over Newton. Carolers from the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will stroll and sing. From 1PM to 3PM, all are invited…
Struggling to get up a short but steep incline on Langley Road, a group of City officials being pushed in wheelchairs recently took a tour around Newton Centre with disability advocates to learn more about the barriers faced by those with mobility challenges. Led by resident Robert Solomon, a longtime…
The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to Approve (see Report): The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to Hold: Items were discussed together. Text amendment approved: Map Amendments approved:
Planning and Development Board will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 6 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Board of License Commissioners will hold a special virtual (Zoom link) meeting on Tuesday, November 7 at 11:30AM. The agenda includes the following: Chestnut Hill Historic District Commission will meet…
I am endorsing the following City Council candidates – Rena Getz, Alan Lobovits, Lisa Gordon, Randy Block, Stephen Farrell, and David Micley. I am doing this because of the current City Council’s failure to examine, much less resist, Mayor Fuller’s plan to rezone Newton. If her plan goes through, there…
The proposed village-center rezoning reflects thoughtful compromise and tradeoffs. A core tradeoff: balancing intensity of multi-family residential development in existing commercial areas against a broad desire to minimize multi-family redevelopment, aka teardowns. City councilors Pam Wright and John Oliver (and others, including like-minded candidates in contested races) have recently and…
On September 26, the Zoning and Planning Committee heard comments about the most recent proposed Village Zoning Overlay District proposal, Version 3.0. (See NewTV video.) At one point, there were 290 people on the Zoom call, and at least 50 people had signed up to speak in person in the…
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