Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, and Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca arrived by the Green Line at Riverside Station to introduce the MBTA’s new General Manager, Phillip Eng. A small group of MBTA employees were on hand to greet their new boss. Mr. Eng, an engineer and former President…
Posts published in March 2023
On a clear evening, you can spot the moon hovering above the Newton Highlands Congregational Church if you happen to be eating across the street at Buttonwood restaurant’s outdoor seating area. Enjoying that view is one of the many positives stemming from the City’s decision to fast track dining al…
Two Newton City Councilors and a new member of the School Committee have announced they are not running for re-election in November. Ten-year veteran Ward 2 Councilor Emily Norton, Ward 6 Councilor Brenda Noel, and first-term Ward 6 School Committee member Paul Levy will leave office and focus on their…
The Commonwealth’s new Auditor, Diana DiZoglio is delivering on a campaign promise to audit the Legislature. She told Boston Globe and Channel Five reporters that in her determination to bring transparency to the House and Senate she plans “to audit” what goes on behind closed doors, including budget decisions, committee…
As recent retirees, we moved to West Newton less than a year ago, after raising two children in a high performing school district in Connecticut. I have been following the news coverage and social media discussions of ImproveNPS’s petition. Petitioners’ assumptions and false choices are striking. The first false choice…
I had a long-standing problem with an extremely bright light shining at my house which appeared to be coming from a new building across the river in Watertown. My daughter suggested I contact Ward 1 Councilor Maria Scibelli Greenberg. Although Maria is not my ward councilor my daughter suggested that…
City Council Zoning and Planning will meet twice this week. Finance will meet TONIGHT to discuss: Free Cash appropriation request to fund transportation for homeless students, transfer request of funds from full-time salaries to full-time consultants for Human Resources, transfer request of funds to fulfill two 3-year agreements with AFSCME…
Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 205) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 27 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Chair’s Note: Staff will present a recommended approach to incentivizing a higher percentage of affordable units in the Village Center Overlay District (VCOD), by allowing additional…
The School Committee will meet in person (Room 304) on Monday, March 27 at 6PM and vote to enter into Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA (see Meeting Notice). The School Committee will hold an in-person Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 28 at…
Faced with the prospect of personal fines of $25 per day for not filing a pre-election campaign-finance report as required eight days before the election, the treasurer of the No Override Newton ballot committee has filed the group’s pre-election report at City Hall. The report is dated March 17 and was…