The Newtonville Area Council (NAC) has produced a 3D model that purports to illustrate what would be allowed by right in the first draft of the Village Center Zoning Proposal. The Building Professionals Zoning Working Group analyzed the NAC presentation. We found a number of inaccuracies and unrealistic assumptions. The…
Posts published in February 2023
Taking aim, Roxy Siman slammed her gloved fist into a punching bag while her friend Carla Bergstrom held it steady. The two 11-year-olds — plus 25-30 other local kids — recently practiced their techniques at the Nonantum Boxing Club during a free after-school session run by the Newton Police. Starting…
Lots of leagues for Newton’s spring sports season are open for registration:
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…
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…