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Posts published in September 2022
The Newton Election Commission posted these unofficial State Primary Election Results last night. Newton voters selected the following: Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate: Maura Healey – 12,817 Sonia Chang-Diaz – 1,076 Democratic Lieutenant Gubernatorial Candidate: Kimberley Driscoll – 5,383 Eric Lesser – 5,149 Tami Gouveia – 2,276 Democratic Attorney General Candidate: Andrea…
Mark Development, LLC will share its plans for a proposed redevelopment of 1314 Washington Street — the former Santander Bank site — at a virtual neighborhood meeting (Zoom link) on Thursday, September 8 at 7:00PM (meeting notice). The meeting was arranged with Ward 3 Councilors Kelley, Wright, and Malakie. The…
On Tuesday, the Newton Rotary Club honored Greg Reibman, President of the Charles River Regional Chamber, with its Paul Harris Award — Rotary’s highest honor, recognizing outstanding contributions to the community. Reibman was honored for helping to conceive of the Nourishing Newton project, which has worked to address food insecurity…
Congressman Jake Auchincloss met with approximately thirty people at a morning coffee in Newtonville on August 31. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Congressman — formerly City Councilor-at-Large from Ward 2 — expressed his support for Federal spending to implement or strengthen state environmental, economic, energy and health care programs. He…
Mayor, NTA President address teachers On Wednesday, August 31, Newton Public School teachers, administrators, the School Committee, and the Mayor gathered in-person for Opening Day at Newton South High School. The event was last held prior to the 2019-2020 school year, and at that time it served as a rally for…
The City has released an online feedback tool to gather opinions — from as many residents and stakeholders as possible — about how zoning in Newton’s village centers should be redesigned. The feedback tool asks about issues (building heights, ratios of building size to lot size, parking ratios) that will affect housing density,…
Newton Highland Area Council members and residents discussed and debated a proposed letter addressing the new Zoning Redesign and community engagement process that has been launched for Village Center Zoning by the City. Three Area Councils — Waban and Newtonville, and Newton Upper Falls — voted to send a letter…
“If we don’t have it we’ll get it for you,” said Newton Free Library Director Jill Mercurio about requesting books not available through the Minuteman Catalog system. The Inter-Library Loan service reaches across the country to meet readers’ requests. Proving the point, a recent Newton Library member requested new books…
Newton Power Choice is offered by the City as Newton’s default electric power supplier for residents and businesses. Customers are enrolled automatically in NPC’s Standard plan (which gets 82% of its power from premium renewable sources in New England) unless they choose NPC’s 100% Green plan, NPC’s Basic plan (20%…