On Friday, April 21, the Newton Planning and Development Department released its updated Village Center Zoning Redesign plan, Version 2.0, based on comments and concerns voiced at the City Council’s Zoning and Planning meetings. (NewTV’s video of the April 24 meeting) Among the changes from Version 1.0 to 2.0 is…
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Eric Turner, newly elected President of Lasell University, has been Lasell University’s Provost since 2020 and has been involved in its management for thirty years, under its two previous Presidents, Tom DeWitt and Michael Alexander. Mr. Turner is the tenth President in the school’s 172-year history and has been engaged…
In 2022, City Council President Susan Albright had appointed a study group — including City Council Vice President Rick Lipof, Finance Committee Chair Becky Grossman, and Councilor Chris Markiewicz — to work with her and with Newton School Committee member Chris Brezski to develop a plan to adjust the rate…
The Newton Retirement Board convened a special meeting on Thursday, April 6 to discuss Mayor Fuller’s proposal that the Board’s Pension Trust payment schedule be completed by 2031-2032 rather than 2030, as originally planned. At the same time, the Mayor proposed that the City increase the base pay on which…
Newton Highlands is one of the Village Centers slated for significant zoning redesign, and this has been a subject of ongoing discussion at the monthly meetings of the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council (NHNAC). At its April 6 meeting, Area Council President Jeremy Freudberg reported that on March 13, the…
Making connections is what Angela Pitter does, professionally as CEO of the LiveWire Collaborative and as a community activist. She is the founder and CEO of a digital marketing consulting firm, a former six-year member of the Newton School Committee, and a member of the board of the Charles River…
Mark Development, the company building the now-paused massive mixed-use project at the Riverside Station on Grove Street and I-95 in Newton Lower Falls, is exploring the possibility of repurposing the former Hotel Indigo on the site into a temporary shelter for homeless families. The hotel and restaurant were closed and…
At a special meeting on March 28, the Newton School Committee heard hours of testimony in a public hearing, after which all nine members of the Committee voted to reject a petition to establish an Academic Principles Advisory Committee. Two-hundred-fifty people had signed up to address the Committee in-person and…
Newton resident Erica Muhl began making history at Berklee College of Music twenty months ago, when she became its first woman president. Since then, the distinguished conductor-composer has continued to expand musical horizons for Berklee students and graduates. Her inauguration ceremony, long delated by Covid, took place on Tuesday morning…
At its March 29th meeting, the Newton Retirement Board included two budget funding presentations: one from Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and the other from City Council Board President Susan Albright and Ward 2 School Committee member Chris Brezski. Both presentations were in response to the March 14th failed operational override. Mayor…