Board of License Commissioners will meet virtually (go here for Zoom link) on Tuesday, August 16 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Review and Approval of July 19 meeting minutes Request for a One-Day Temporary Entertainment License for a fundraiser on Friday, August 19, 7:00PM – 10:00PM to be…
Posts published in August 2022
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team this week (See Development Review Team Snapshot): 57, 85, and 111 Wells Avenue -Possible amendment to the Wells Ave Deed Restriction to allow solar panels and canopies.
The Newton Upper Falls Area Council will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, August 18 at 7PM. The agenda will include discussion of a Joint Area Council Letter on the Zoning and Planning Committee’s Village Center Framework, discussion regarding a Joint Area Council meeting and presentation on Zoning scheduled for…
Minyan Darchei Shalom just celebrated its first anniversary, and we would love for you to join us! We are an independent minyan conducting fully lay-led, traditional, egalitarian services at Temple Shalom in Newton. Our next Shabbat service is August 20 at 9:30AM. Weather permitting, we gather outside under a tent. …
The Newton Cemetery & Arboretum (NC&A) has written an open letter to the Newton community offering information and context regarding its request for a waiver of a strict application of Newton’s Tree Preservation Ordinance with regard to NC&A’s planned removal of 219 trees in order to develop more burial space.…
As part of its Take a Trip Up the Charles campaign, the Charles River Regional Chamber has created an online travel guide to Newton describing “a dream day in Newton” and listing 130 restaurants, 84 retail shops, and 7 hotels — as well as a link to TripAdvisor’s 15 Best…
Holtzman Medical Group — which runs COVID-19 vaccination clinics for the City of Newton — seeks volunteers to assist in non-medical administrative tasks at the following Booster Clinics at the City Hall War Memorial Room: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2:15-6:30PM Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2:15-6:30PM Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2:15-6:30PM Friday, Sept. 23,…
The City Council approved virtually all aspects of the NewCAL project — the site plan review, funding, and acquisition of the adjacent two-family house — at its Full Council meeting on Monday, August 8. The site plan, recommended by the Design Review Committee, was reviewed and approved by the Public…
The Charles River Food Co-op has launched its inaugural membership drive, aiming to create a retail grocery in the Newton-Watertown-Waltham area to at least partially fill the void left by the closing of Russo’s. The Co-op will be a hybrid, owned half by consumers and half by workers. A consumer…
High up on a hill overlooking the area where Otis Pettee established the Saco Pettee Machine Shop sits one of the most important properties of Upper Falls history — the Otis Pettee Sunnyside House, at 277 Elliot Street. Now the centerpiece of The Stone Institute, the building will be up…