The Ligerbots, is a student-run FIRST FRC robotics team made up of students from both Newton North and Newton South High Schools. The students are given six weeks to design and build a robot that competes with other teams to play a game. Throughout the rest of the year, the…
Posts published in April 2022
NEWTON’S EARTH DAY FESTIVAL – APRIL 24TH Celebrate with Green Newton at Newton’s Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 24 (1-4pm) at City Hall! There will be fun activities for the whole family, live music, face painting, a petting zoo, starter kits for composting and ice cream. This special event…
Event Date: Sunday May 1, 2022 9:00am – 4:00pm, Rain or Shine If you haven’t already signed up – you can do so now! Volunteer registration deadline is April 25th. VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION REGISTER HERE. More information can be found here.
The Swap Shop will reopen April 22, 2022. Hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 7:30am – 1:30pm – April 22 through October 29. Clear out clutter without adding to the waste stream! Newton’s Swap Shop is located at the Newton Resource Recovery Center. Drop off clean, usable, working unwanted items for reuse, or come…
Newton has a goal to become carbon-neutral by 2050. The Newton Citizens Commission on Energy exists to advise the City on how to address this goal. Volunteer representatives of NCCE have created a confidential, 10-minute survey to hear your opinions about climate change, and understand what you think it will take achieve the 2050…
Last week, Mayor Fuller announced an additional $1.5M in ARPA funding would be allocated to the schools. According to Fuller, in her weekly newsletter, “the NPS financial team scrubbed their books, they let me know of $1.1 million in COVID-19 related projects that had not yet been reimbursed as well…
The American Rescue Plan (ARPA) provides a total of $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to help eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments meet their present needs and build the foundation for a strong recovery. According to the Treasury Department’s ARPA Fact-Sheet, ARPA funds may…
School Committee members want to know why they are being asked to weigh in on the lights at the high school athletic fields. At the April 4th School Committee meeting (starts around 2:11), the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, provided a presentation on the proposal to install lights at…
Last week, Superintendent David Fleishman informed the school community that he will be stepping down as Superintendent and leaving the Newton Public School system to become the President/Chief Executive Officer of JVS Boston, one of the largest providers of adult education and workforce development services in New England. Fleishman has…
The Waban Area Council will meet on Thursday, April 14th at 7:30 p.m. Click here to join the Zoom meeting and enter Meeting Passcode: 700015 The agenda includes the following: Opening Confirmation of quorum Issues from the Community Substantive Topics Pedestrian Safety at the Woodward – Beacon – Windsor intersections Waban Village…