An electoral earthquake shook Newton politics last Tuesday, as voters swept out candidates who favored exceeding the state’s MBTA Communities rezoning requirements and favored those advocating staying within state limits. Tarik Lucas and John Oliver, whose decisive elections two years ago foreshadowed this earthquake, were the top vote-getters, while other anti-VCOD…
Posts published in November 2023
Dancers from Newton North and South High Schools and beyond entertained a crowd gathered at City Hall on November 13 to celebrate Diwali, a national holiday in India known as the Festival of Lights. The five-day celebration, which this year began on November 12, “symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph…
We have updated Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 11/12/2023 to add these meetings that were posted after deadline:
West Newton Cinema Foundation aims to save the theatre The West Newton Cinema, 75-year-old movie theatre – and Newton’s last neighborhood theatre – was sold to Mark Development in 2022. David Bramante, who owned and managed the cinema, was forced to sell because of Covid’s negative impact on movie attendance.…
City Council Finance will meet on Monday to consider these requests: Zoning and Planning will meet on Monday: Land Use will meet on Tuesday to consider the following requests: Special City Council Meeting on Wednesday to vote on the proposed Village Center Overlay District, which was chartered at the last…
Finance will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests: Zoning and Planning will meet in person (City Hall, Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Chair’s note: There is no word…
The Finance Committee voted to approve a request to appropriate $446,104.67 from Certified Free Cash into the Health & Human Services Department for purposes of mitigating the effects of the opioid crisis. The City received $446,104.67 as part of a settlement agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Johnson and…
The School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, November 14 at 5PM and will vote to enter into Executive Session to discuss the following (see Meeting Notice):
Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 13 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 13 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Planning and Development Board will hold…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):