Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, May 28 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance Committee‘s regularly scheduled meeting has been canceled (see Meeting Cancellation Notice).
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School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) in Executive Session on Tuesday, May 28 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Countryside Elementary School Community Meeting will be held virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, May 29 at 7PM. There will be a community presentation and discussion of swing space (see…
Newton Retirement Board will meet in person (Room 205) on Tuesday, May 28 at 9AM. The agenda includes the following: Council on Aging and Advisory Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, May 28 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Design Review Committee – Countryside School Building Committee…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
On Friday, May 24, Boston resident Alexei Rodriguez was arraigned in Newton District Court, charged in two separate antisemitic incidents in Newton. According to Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, Mr. Rodriguez was “charged with defacing property, larceny under $1,200, damaging property to intimidate, two counts of assault with a…
This morning I discovered one of my yard signs was defaced. People in this country have the right to their own opinions and to express those opinions, but no one has the right to trespass or deface private property. If you don’t like or disagree with a yard sign or…
On May 22, leaders and members of a wide range of organizations in Newton gathered under one tent on the Mt. Ida Campus of UMass Amherst for the 50th annual Theodore D. Mann Mayor’s Community Breakfast. Named in honor of the mayor who started this annual celebration of community spirit,…
Alice Lichtenstein has received the American Heart Association’s Award of Meritorious Achievement — the association’s “highest honor given to those that make a true impact” on its mission. She has worked for more than four decades in all levels of the AHA, prompting the expansion and exchange of knowledge on nutrition,…
Representatives of MassDOT, City staff from Public Works and Planning, elected representatives, and members of the general public met at the Newton Public Library on May 22 for an initial meeting of the Newton Corner Long-Term Planning Study Working Group. The goal of the planning study is to develop and…
Three new administrator hires announced prior to meeting. The regularly scheduled School Committee meeting on May 20 contained a busy agenda and ran close to three and a half hours. The regular Superintendent’s update highlighted professional development training for 130 staff members at the Hebrew College library. The training was…