The Programs and Services Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): All other items were held. The Committee discussed both proposals to amend the Tree Ordinance. The Committee, at the direction of the Chair, reviewed each section of the ordinance focusing on areas of…
Posts published in November 2022
The Public Facilities voted to approve the following (see Report): The Committee voted No Action Necessary on the following item: The Chair explained that a new item will be docketed.
The Public Safety and Transportation did not vote to approve any items at its meeting on 10/19/2022 (see Report, listen to the audio here). The Committee voted to deny the following: This appeal was filed by Councilor Kelley on behalf of 8 households and direct abutters who feel the stop…
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): All other items were held. The Committee opened the public hearing for a request for a special permit/site plan approval to allow a rear lot subdivision to construct a single-family dwelling, relocate the existing…
Have you ever driven by the site off the old Turtle Lane Playhouse in Auburndale and wondered why development there has stalled? I was curious, talked with several city officials and found out that nothing is going on. Until it closed in 2013, Turtle Lane was the site of live…
Bigelow enrollment, and diverting Cabot 5th graders, discussed with NPS administration NPS has published its Preliminary Enrollment Report for the 2022-2023 school year. The Report shows that students who left NPS for non-public alternatives during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 pandemic school years have mostly not returned to NPS. From March…
We have updated MBTA revises bus maps in response to community input — What it means for Newton to announce the MBTA’s virtual meeting TONIGHT and to add additional information from the MBTA.
UPDATE: The MBTA’s Better Bus Project held a virtual meeting November 2 at 6PM to present its Revised Bus Network (see Flyer for more details). A recording of the meeting will be posted on the event page. The MBTA has released a revised bus map — as well as an interactive map that enables…
This weekend, over 370 student artists participated in Newton Cultural Development’s Halloween Window Painting event, now in its 23rd year. You can admire their work in the shop windows of Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Nonantum, and West Newton. (Our photos in these links don’t do them justice. Please…
On Friday, for the first time since Covid, the members of the Charles River Regional Chamber gathered in-person for the Chamber’s Annual Fall Breakfast, filling the the Marriott’s Grand Ballroom in a sold-out event. Mark Sokoll presented the Chamber’s highest honor, the R. L. Tennant award, to past Chair Linda…