NewtonSERVES — a community-wide day of volunteering — will take place on May 7. Volunteers can sign up here for any of the 23 projects listed below — many of which are focused on cleaning and improving our parks, school grounds, open space areas, and conservation lands. Volunteers must be…
Posts published in April 2023
The Boss. The new Bob Dylan. The leader of the E Street band. Bruce Springsteen has earned these accolades and more for his high energy shows, socially conscious lyrics, and musical excellence. The Newton Family Singers will perform their favorite, family-friendly songs from throughout Springsteen’s career in a concert —…
The Newton Commission On Disability (COD) and the Elliot Clubhouse are celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month with a free concert by the Me2/ Orchestra on Sunday, May 7, at 3PM at Newton North High School. Everyone is welcome. The Me2/ Orchestra includes musicians who live with mental illness and those who…
Newton Fair Housing Lottery Result and Lease Up Sub-Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, April 18 at 8AM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Free Library Board of Trustees Development Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, April 18 at 11AM. The agenda includes the following: Newton…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
The Newton Republican City Committee launched a week-long social media campaign announcing a rally on Newton Centre Green on April 13 to protest the planned “ToBeGlad Day” event and drag performance at Newton North High School the next day.
Although the Republican campaign drew Boston media to the Green and a Boston Globe column by Yvonne Abraham, only about 20 people, some not from Newton, gathered to join the protest. They were outnumbered by about 100 people — students, former students, local officials, and residents — who came to support the ToBeGlad Day event. Among both protesters and supporters, there were people who were willing to discuss their positions but preferred not to give their names.
Last Wednesday night marked the Newton Youth Commission’s eighth monthly meeting and the debut of Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s Digital Citizenship Academy in Newton. According to Meghan Murtagh,the assistant director of Youth Services, the Youth Commission is a collective of Mayor-appointed youth and adults that meets monthly to discuss…
Vote Yes for Newton filed its 30-day post-election campaign finance report at City Hall on Thursday. The report shows the group raised an additional $4,700 since the February 24 ending of its pre-election report. Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and her husband together contributed $2000 of the additional funds raised, in…
Newton churches will ring their bells for 11 minutes at 11 AM on Earth Day, April 22, to signal that humans are deep within the eleventh hour of time remaining to address environmental issues, as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported only a few weeks ago in…
The Fig City iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and MacOS (silicon) has been updated to version 1.4 with improved look, feel, and functionality, along with adding several new features: Newton Restaurants In addition to letting you “spin” to be presented randomly with one of 126 restaurants in Newton, you…