The Finance Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Request to appropriate and expend $12,000 from Special Permit Fees, Langley Account for the installation of two speed feedback signs on Langley Road, consistent with the intent of Special Permit #285-17, Condition 9. Request to…
Posts published in September 2022
The Public Facilities Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Appointment of Cory Alperstein to the Newton Citizens Commission on Energy Request for a main drain extension to provide a means for an overflow connection to the proposed on-site infiltration system that was designed…
The Public Safety and Transportation Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): Requesting to accept and expend a $272,000 MassDOT Community Connections Program Grant for the Blue bikes bike share in Newton, Arlington, and Watertown project. There will be two additional stations for Newton,…
The Committee voted to approve the following (see Report): Request for approve a Community Preservation Committee (CPC) recommendation for $486,500 in Community Preservation Act funding from the FY23 Unrestricted Funds to complete Phase II of the Gath Memorial Pool Renovation Project, including the completion of consturction and bidding documents, project…
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The Newtonville Area Council will host Newtonville Village Day on Sunday, September 18, Noon-4PM, with more than 70 craft and vendor booths, music on two stages, treats from restaurants, games, crafts, train rides, and other family activities. General admission is free. Mayor Ruthanne Fuller will cut the ceremonial cake (from The Icing…
The same Upper Falls folks who organize the neighborhood’s Feast of The Falls will host the Upper Falls Oktoberfest on September 18, 2PM-6PM, in the Dunn Gaherins parking. The first 200 Upper Falls residents who registered for tickets here — starting exactly at 5PM on Sunday, September 11 — received…
Newton Community Pride’s Fall Concert Series will feature a free concert of Chad Perrone‘s soulful rock music, accompanied by Dennis Carroll on piano, on September 18 at 3PM by the Depot Coffee Shop (1225 Chestnut Street) in Newton Upper Falls.
Boston-based Eleuthera Trio (Lois Shapiro, piano; Francine Trester, violin; Julie Reimann, cello) will perform ‘Across Divides’ on Sunday September 18 at 3PM at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street). Tickets/donations can be made at the door or online. The concert benefits Doctors Without Borders — a nonprofit assisting…
The Newton Free Library will host a virtual talk with investigative journalist Joshua Prager, author of The Family Roe: An American Story, on September 19 at 7PM, moderated by WBUR Radio Boston host Tiziana Dearing. A finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize, The Family Roe offers extraordinary insight into the…