City Council Public Facilities will meet on Wednesday and discuss: School Committee Three Executive Sessions are scheduled this week: Board and Commission Meetings Library Trustees Development Committee will meet on Tuesday: FY23 Year End Review and FY24 Next Steps. Library Trustees will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday and vote…
Posts published in July 2023
Public Facilities Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, July 19 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in Executive Session in-person (Rooms 218 and 210, Education Center) on Monday, July 17, 12PM – 4PM (Note: Times are from the Meeting Notice): The School Committee will meet in Executive Session virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, July 20, 8AM…
Newton Free Library Board of Trustees Development Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, July 18 at 2PM. The agenda includes the following: Library Board of Trustees will hold a special virtual meeting (Zoom link) on Tuesday, July 18 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Board of License…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
I would like to respond to Richard Slater’s letter last week asserting that atmospheric CO2 concentration has reached a saturation point beyond which a higher concentration will produce no additional warming. That is an often-used but misleading argument. Carbon dioxide and other global warming gases not only cause our atmosphere to absorb…
At age 16, Erik Weihenmayer came to the Carroll Center for the Blind on Centre Street to learn to adapt to the total loss of sight he had recently experienced due to a rare disease. In that program, he had his first exposure to rock climbing on a trip to North Conway, NH. Seventeen years later, he would become the first blind person to summit Everest.
Last night, the Newton Affordable Housing Trust (NAHT) received approval for its second application for Community Preservation Committee (CPC) funds (see CPC agenda). When NAHT was established in 2021 for the purpose of creating and preserving affordable housing throughout the City of Newton, the CPC decided not only support the…
You might be interested in an alternate view of the climate change issue. Our city now has large solar panels, charging stations and electric cars making alternate viewpoints relevant. I have followed research on this subject for several years. My training is in molecular physics and my career has focused…
The Newton Police Department is inviting parents of middle-school students to enroll their students in the Cops and Kids Program, which runs July 24-28 and August 7-11. The hours are 8AM-4PM unless otherwise specified for a specific activity or field trip. The goal of the program is to offer safe,…