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Posts published in April 2022

NewtonServes Sign-up NOW!

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.

Celebrate Earth Day this year with a visit to Newton’s Swap Shop on opening day!

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…

How Do You Feel About Climate Change?

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…

Mayor allocates an additional $1.5M in ARPA funding to NPS

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…

ARPA Funding – what’s left and where has it gone and is it appropriate for stipends?

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…

Lights at High School Athletic Fields

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…

Superintendent David Fleishman to leave NPS

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…

Waban Area Council to meet April 14, 7PM

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…

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