The Zoning and Planning Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch NewTV video): Docketed items that could be discussed before the upcoming budget season by subject area: Current Zoning – potential items to ‘take up’: MBTA Communities: Measurement and Reporting: Enforcement Work by Inspectional Services Department: Energy…
Posts published in January 2024
Monday is Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday. City offices will be closed, and pickup of trash/recycling will be delayed one day this week. The City will host a Martin Luther King day celebration at Newton North High School, 9:30AM-11:30AM. Please register online beforehand. City Council City Council Chairs will meet…
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch NewTV video): The Committee voted to approve 7-0. The Land Use Committee voted to approve subject to second call: The Committee voted to hold the following: The Land Use Committee voted to Approve Subject to Second Call:…
On Sunday, January 14, over forty Newton parents, teachers, and elected officials met at the Scandinavian Cultural Center for an informal discussion about school funding. Horace Mann parents Alli Franke, Dan Evans, and Matt Mazer organized the meeting just days earlier and publicized it with the assistance of the Newton…
City Council Chairs will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, January 16 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Programs and Services will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, January 17 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: City Council will meet in person (Council…
School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) in Executive Session on Tuesday, January 16 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: School Committee will hold a special virtual meeting (Zoom link) on Wednesday, January 17 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: NOTE: There will be no public comment taken…
Newton Free Library Board of Trustees Development Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, January 16 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Board of License Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, January 16 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Board of Assessors will meet…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
“Twilight and evening bell, / And after that the dark! / And may there be no sadness of farewell, / When I embark,” are just some of the moving lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, “Crossing the Bar.” Later set to music, the song is one of many soothing and…
Newton’s four Neighborhood Area Councils — Newton Highlands, Waban, Upper Falls, and Newtonville — are beginning their 2024 season by electing officers and setting goals for their two-year cycle. Much of their focus in recent years has been the redesign of their village centers as well as a number of…
Among the Boston Globe’s Fall 2023 All-Scholastics for high-school athletes and coaches are the following honorees from Newton. Girls Volleyball Athlete of the Year — Division 1: Sasha T. Selivan, Newton North, Freshman All-Scholastics Coach of the Year — Division 1: Nile Fox, Newton North Honorable Mention — Chloe Lee,…
Since 1999, the students of Brown Middle School have organized a gift drive for the families of Brookview House in Dorchester. Each year, students collect gifts, load them onto a box truck, and send them to Brookview, where they are given to the caretakers to wrap and gift to Brookview families. King Movers…