We updated Mayor supports zoning limited to MBTA Communities compliance, as City Council prepares to meet TONIGHT (Nov. 15) on Village Center Overlay District proposal to include Rep. Jake Auchincloss’s letter to the City Council regarding how Newton’s land use policy might affect its competitiveness for federal transportation grants.
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We revised Nonantum Village Center Overlay District: Another Look to more clearly explain Planning Department Deputy Director Jennifer Caira’s remarks.
We revised NPS leadership and Mayor indicate agreement on budget increases, pending Superintendent’s analysis, based on information from the City’s Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan Yeo, to indicate that the new operational funding will not be targeted to FY 2024 but to the years FY 2025-32.
We corrected the year in the title of What’s Up in Newton – Week of 10/22/2023 from 2024 to 2023. We corrected the introduction to that post to say that Land Use will discuss the 11 Florence Street/Boylston Project – Elder Housing with Services, not the 528 Boylston project. We…
We revised our candidate profile, Alan Lobovits — Candidate for At-Large City Councilor from Ward 6, to correct the spelling of Dr. Lobovits’s name, and we regret our error. We have updated all of our candidate profiles to include the web addresses of each candidate’s campaign website. (We are publishing…
We updated Public Safety and Transportation votes 7-0 to deny repeal of overnight parking ban to include the results of the October 4 meeting of the Public Safety and Transportation committee.
We revised Nonantum residents clash with City Councilors to state that Greg Reibman is not a City employee and to more fully describe his remarks at the meeting.
We updated Council voted Sept. 18 on enabling craft breweries and reducing use of single-use plastics with the results of the City Council’s votes. We updated Ward 2 results: Gaynor and Micley advance to Nov. 7 election and Ward 6 results: Bixby and Gordon advance to Nov. 7 election to…
In our article, Checking in with Rep Auchincloss, at the request of Rep. Auchincloss, we have revised his statement about the MBTA’s responsibility regarding applying for the $85 million set-aside.
We corrected Recap of Area Councils’ candidate debates for Preliminary Election, Wards 2 & 6. When Peter Bruce said “the YIMBY Act,” he was not referring to the MBTA Communities Act, as we had originally written. The YIMBY Act is a bill in the Massachusetts House and Senate— An Act to Promote Yes…