In the State Election on November 5, voters will elect Federal and State officials and will accept or reject five statewide ballot questions. Early voting starts October 19, and mail-in ballots have been distributed. Where and When to Vote Early voting spans October 19 through November 1 at these places…
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The Newton Cultural Alliance presented an Arts & Culture Candidate Forum on October 10 at the Allen Center in West Newton. The attending candidates for Massachusetts House of Representative seats were Amy Sangiolo and Vlad Yanovsky, Democratic and Republican nominees respectively, for the 11th Middlesex district, and Dr. Greg Schwartz,…
Highlights this week: Reminder: In our Monday newsletters, the links in bold go to meeting details (agendas, Zoom links). Other links go to documents. City Council The City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Finance will meet on Tuesday to consider requests to: Rules Subcommittee will meet on…
Newton Centre resident Gary Ruvkun was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. The Nobel Committee honored Ruvkun and Victor Ambros for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. Ruvkun was…
On October 7, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and Chief Financial Officer Maureen Lemieux presented the City’s Long-Range Financial Plan and Five-Year Financial Forecast for FY2026-2030. The Mayor outlined what she called a “comprehensive, forward looking, financially stable, and fiscally disciplined” plan designed to: At the same time, the Mayor warned of…
The First Baptist Church in Newton has requested $2 million in Community Preservation funds from the City to help pay for a $4.45 million restoration of its historic bell tower. The proposal is being reviewed by the Community Preservation Committee and the City Council. Why does the bell tower need…
The October 7th School Committee meeting was dominated by a two-and-a-half hour presentation and discussion of substantial changes that Newton Public Schools (NPS) is implementing to Special Education (summarized on page 42 of the presentation). NPS Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Casey Ngo-Miller and NPS Director of Multi-Tiered Systems of…
In the year since Hamas launched a surprise and lethal attack on the Nova Music Festival in Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 254 people hostage, Newton residents have been the target of a number of violent acts. Last April, a memorial with pictures of all the hostages,…
Stop the presses! We have just learned of the 29 members of Team ANYA — all walking in the Jimmy Fund Marathon Walk to support osteosarcoma research — inspired by Anya, a Cabot student celebrating two years of scans clear of this cancer. That makes not 80, but 109 Newton…
As a lost dog struggled to free itself from heavy vegetation in Cold Spring Park, a Newton Police officer could hear — but could not see — the frightened pet. Luckily, the police were searching not only by foot – they were also looking from above. Using a DJI M30T…