We have updated Proposal for 528 Boylston Street: Public hearing recap to reflect the new date for the continuation of the public hearing. After the July 24 meeting, the date of the continuation of the public hearing was changed from September 6 to September 24.
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We updated Concerns regarding Artificial Turf Removal at NSHS to
We revised Newton reviews police response at marathon, in the section on the June 14 Human Rights Commission meeting, to include a link to a statement from Newton Upstanders. We revised Boston-based Greatland Realty Partners acquires Newton’s Riverside Center to clarify that the Riverside Center property at 275 Grove Street…
We revised Mayor Fuller and DA Ryan lead community meeting following triple homicides to clarify that the additional public hearing on July 24 will be open to all who did not speak at the June 26 meeting, and another public hearing will be scheduled at a later date specifically for…
We revised Cold Spring Park pollinator garden in full bloom to make clear that this is the first pollinator garden in Newton that has plants chosen from the list cited. It is not the first pollinator garden in Newton. MaryLee Belleville’s letter to the editor was corrected to state that…
We have updated First-ever voluntary DNA collection by state planned at Newton City Hall — postponed by weather and ACLU concerns with quotes from George Annas, Tarik Lucas, and the City of Newton.
We revised the first paragraph of Dr. Regina Wu addresses major cause of health problems – food insecurity to state that the Newton Food Pantry serves 270 households each week, not 100.
We have updated Village Center Zoning Redesign, version 2.0 to provide a table summarizing Newton’s compliance with the MBTA Communities Act and a link to those state guidelines — and to make corrections in response to these points in a letter from Thomas Gagen:
In Newton celebrates Earth Day, we added a parenthetical note to indicate that Martina Jackson, one of the organizers of the Earth Day rally, is a member of the board of Fig City News. We revised Reuse! Recycle! Compost! to correctly state the name of the Sustainable Materials Management Commission…
We updated BAA CEO apologizes for not making Marathon “a great day for everyone” to include comments by Olympians Des Linden and Kara Goucher, as well as a summary of our earlier coverage.