We updated What’s Up in Newton – Week of 2/23/2025 and School Committee Meetings – Week of 2/23/2025 to include the agenda for the regular School Committee meeting, which was posted after our initial publication.
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We updated Who’s the police officer with Officer Leo? to include a link to the Newton Police Department’s statement regarding immigration enforcement, which we have posted in a separate article.
We corrected What’s Up in Newton – Week of 2/2/2025 and City Council Meetings – Week of 2/2/2025 to indicate that the $393,900 for AFSCME collective bargaining agreements is from Current Year Wage Reserve, not Current Year Water Reserve.
We updated Mayor Fuller proposes pilot of a new Community Plaza in Newton Centre to include a link to the City’s map of its Draft Parking Redistribution Plan with the locations of 67 proposed new parking spaces.
We corrected City Council overwhelmingly passes BERDO, sends it to the Mayor to note that owners of residential buildings over 20,000 square feet are required to report GHG emissions but are not required to reduce the use of fossil fuels in those buildings.
We corrected Ward Councilors 2, 4, 6, 8 – Do they love to legislate? to say that Stephen Farrell was speaking about the Department of Public Works, not the Planning Department, with regard to interactions with the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council.
We updated Newton firefighters receive $1 million for toxin-free gear; More research needed to include comment by Deputy Chief Jasset regarding research on PFAS-free gear, and to note that Mayor Fuller had proposed this use of certified free cash.
We revised this City Council confirms Deb Crossley and Charles Eisenberg as ZBA associate members to correct the explanation of the City Council’s vote on the Zoning and Planning Committee’s recommendation to reject the Mayor’s nomination of Ms. Crossley. We also corrected the description of her service on City Council…
We revised ZBA hears appeal of Inspectional Services ruling on 16-22 Clinton Street to correct an incorrectly quoted statement by Attorney Jonah Temple.
We updated School Committee Meetings – Week of 9/22/2024 and What’s Up in Newton – Week of 9/22/2024 to include the School Committee’s September 23 Open Session following its Executive Session.