Land Use will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, April 23 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests:
Posts published in April 2024
The School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) and in person (Education Center, Room 211) on Wednesday at 5:30PM to hold a public hearing on School Choice prior to a Regular Meeting. The agenda includes: Ed. Note: We updated this to include a School Committee public hearing and regular meeting…
Newton Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, April 22 at 1PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Retirement Board will meet in person (Room 211) on Tuesday, April 23 at 9AM. The agenda includes the following: Library Trustees – Finance Committee…
This weekend (April 27-28), Newton Open Studios (NOS) will highlight the city’s thriving arts scene as 33 venues — homes, studios, and group locations — host the works of more than 130 creators. Venues are generally open 11AM-5PM both days. Each venue will be marked by printed signs with red…
Newton has a large and vibrant art community consisting of painters, multi-media artists, potters, sculptors, 3-D artists, and photographers. While there is no census about how many artists live in this city, there are thousands of individuals and groups dedicated to art as a critical part of the vitality of…
Last Friday, April 29th, Taylor Swift released her new album, The Tortured Poets’ Department. In celebration, Newton micropress Tandeta Books organized two community events hosted by Newton Centre businesses. The first was a tasting of two drinks mentioned in Swift’s music — champagne and screwtop rosé — at The Cork…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
The League of Women Voters of Newton (LWVN) will be offering two $2,000 scholarships to students in the high school class of 2024. To be eligible for considerations, candidates must either reside or attend school in Newton, MA and be planning to pursue post-high school education. Successful applicants will have…
Empty Bowls is a grassroots movement around the world to raise money for food-related charities to care for and feed the hungry in their communities. The Boston College Public Health Club will host an Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Newton Food Pantry on April 24, 6PM-8PM at the Yawkey Athletic…
The Newton Senior Center will host a free book talk by Elizabeth Millane, author of Sixty Blades of Grass — “an intriguing and dramatic, yet personal, story about the Dutch resistance during the Second World War.” The talk will be on April 25, 1PM-2PM, at the Hyde Community Center (90…