In response to revisions to the School Committee’s agendas, we have updated the schedules for interviews with candidates for Superintendent: Dr. Anna Nolin on Wednesday and Thomas Anderson on Thursday. We have also included information about community forums with each candidate and forms for the public to submit feedback on…
Posts published in February 2023
At the start of this legislative session, State Representative Kay Khan has filed forty-three bills relating to: Among the bills is An Act relative to the electrification of new and substantially remodeled or rehabilitated buildings (HD.2192), jointly filed with Representative Livingstone and Senator Edwards. This legislation requires all newly constructed and…
School Committee The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet TODAY, Monday, February 13, in executive session to conduct a collective bargaining session with the NTA, Units A-E, and discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA. The School Committee will meet two times to interview…
Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Land Use Committee will meet in person…
The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in-person (Room 111, Ed Center) on Monday, February 13 at 3:15PM initially in Open Session and vote to go into Executive Session (see Meeting Notice) in order to : The School Committee will meet in-person (Room 210, Ed Center, and…
Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Zoning and Planning Committee and Planning and Development Board will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Fair…
The city of Newton has been criticized for its excessive spending. A few years ago I did my own analysis to try and quantify Newton’s spending versus a reasonable baseline. The baseline I chose was the Federal Reserve Bank [FRB] yearly inflation rate. It is a good measure of the yearly increase in the…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
Up-zoning Newton’s village centers will dramatically impact the future of our Garden City. Residents need visualizations of the up-zoning ZAP plans to ask the City Council to approve in May. The Planning & Development Department has not provided this basic information to the community, instead spending time and resources on…
The Newton School Committee’s Superintendent Search Committee has announced that three candidates have been recommended for further consideration in the search for the next Superintendent of NPS. The Search Committee had interviewed seven candidates selected from an initial screening. Next week, each of the three finalist candidates will visit Newton…
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced last week that the City will use $1.75 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for coaching services provided by Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) to assist 50 under-resourced families that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. From three submissions for delivering these services, EMPath’s…
Are you a fan of Saturday Night Live, Broad City, or In Living Color? Do you love Jerry Seinfeld, Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen or Tina Fey? If so, expect to be entertained by Nitrous Oxide, an evening of sketch comedy being performed at Newton North High School’s Little Theatre on…