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.
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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.
We revised Newton City Council President Marc Laredo will run for Mayor to remove an incorrect statement about Marc Laredo’s role with the Ward School PTO.
We updated School Committee Meetings – Week of 9/8/2024 and What’s Up in Newton – Week of 9/8/2024 to include the School Committee meeting on September 9. We updated Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 9/8/2024 and What’s Up in Newton – Week of 9/8/2024 to indicate that the…
We have updated Newton hosts Ukrainian National Fencing Team to include Dynamo Head Coach Alex Kushkov’s comments about arranging housing and scholarships for Ukrainian student fencers, as well as his corrections to our reporting of various fencers’ achievements.
We have revised Sept. 3 Primary Election: Information for voters to include additional links to State Representative candidates’ Fig City News op-eds and other Fig City News articles about these races. We will continue to revise this article and keep it on our home page until the September 3 Primary…