Highlights this week… City Council Zoning and Planning will meet in person on Monday to consider: Finance will meet on Monday to consider expenditures of: Public Facilities meeting rescheduled for Wednesday has been canceled. Real Property Reuse will meet on Thursday regarding sale or lease of two City-owned parcels: School…
Posts published in January 2025
No reports of City Council committee meetings were published last week. Earlier reports are available by clicking Meeting Reports under Government menu tab on FigCityNews.com.
Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 13 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Public Facilities meeting rescheduled for Wednesday, January 15 has…
School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Education Center) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 13 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Negotiations Subcommittee of the School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) in Executive Session on Tuesday, January 14 at 1PM. The agenda includes the following:
Newton Free Library Board of Trustees Development Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 13 at 10AM. The agenda includes the following: Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 13 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Cultural Council will meet virtually (Zoom…
Development Review Team (DRT) is scheduled to meet this week regarding these potential projects/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):
Amy Mah Sangiolo (11th Middlesex District) and Greg Schwartz (12th Middlesex District) were among nineteen new House legislators taking the oath of office at the State House on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Governor Maura Healey administered the oath, after thanking members for their commitment to serve the Commonwealth. “It’s not…
Last March, the Supreme Judicial Court upheld Brookline’s innovative Bylaw, The Nicotine-Free Generation. Following Brookline’s lead, I with colleagues docketed an ordinance change to protect Newton’s young people from starting a smoking habit. This new law would prevent the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1,…
A research team at UMass Boston has delivered a 109-page report — Aging in Newton: A Community Needs Assessment — to assist the City’s strategic planning in preparation for the opening of the Cooper Center for Active Living, which is expected in the fall of 2025 as a replacement and…
Hospitality Homes is a nonprofit arranger of short-term housing for out-of-town families and caregivers of patients at Boston medical facilities. For years, several Hospitality Homes hosts in Newton have welcomed and housed patients and their families, as Newton is particularly well located for access to Boston’s world-class medical facilities. Since…