I’ve seen some override misinformation on social media, so I’d like to encourage everyone to learn as much as they can and fact-check so we can make the best decision for Newton on March 14. Question #1 will let us avoid drastic cuts in teaching positions in our schools, giving…
Posts published in February 2023
Closing her eyes, Lilou Petrucci reached into a bag, grabbed a mystery object and tried to identify it using all her senses except for sight. Smiling, the Cabot Elementary School student figured out the cube with telltale circular bumps was a large Lego. However, other items were more of a…
Ty Gupta, owner and developer of the historic Gershom Hyde House at 29 Greenwood Road has filed suit this week in Middlesex County Court against the City of Newton as well as individual City staff members, Historic Commission members, and the Mayor over their handling of the project. The developer bought…
Tamika Olszewski grew up in upstate New York, in Farmington, “the gateway to the Finger Lakes,” not far from Rochester. Like Newton, Farmington is suburban, with a sizable upper-middle-class population. In a predominantly white high school, she said that “everyone looked the same except me. I had to go to…
Gas is not safe, not clean, not green. With our own eyes we see how the climate crisis is increasing the social and financial costs of increasingly extreme weather. The answer is to stop burning fossil fuels while transitioning to a rapid, equitable transition to carbon-free energy sources. On March…
The Lion’s Roar — Newton South High School’s award-winning newspaper — has its February issue out, Volume XXXIX Issue 6, with these lead articles: This marks the final issue for the current senior staff — Emily Schwartz, Eva Shimkus, Sarah Feinberg, Julian Phillips, and Sarah Wei. The senior staff for Volume XXXX will be…
Pon de Joy opened in Newton Centre at 212 Sumner Street, next to B.Y.O.D, on February 12. The new store specializes in mochi donuts and is the second to be opened by Heather Kim, a former realtor in the area. Heather discovered the mochi donut craze after relocating to the…
Newton Mayor Fuller says if the property tax override is not passed, then students will suffer because teaching positions will be cut. This feels a lot like extortion being used against the parents of Newton. The mayor has spent money on pet projects such as the unusable “Hello Newtonville” study…
Today is Presidents Day — a federal holiday. Trash pick-up will be delayed one day this week. City Council City Council will meet on Tuesday for its Full Council meeting. The Council is expected to vote on the following: Items on the New Docket include: Public Facilities Committee‘s regularly scheduled…
The Programs and Services Committee voted to hold the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): Parks, Recreation, and Culture staff provided an overview of what the Department and the City has done to improve the quality and increase the number of athletic fields, referencing a 2020 petition…