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:
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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.
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Our article on the results of the March 14 Special Election (Debt Exclusions Pass – Operating Override Fails) originally stated that the override (Question 1) failed 48.2% to 52.8% and the Franklin School debt exclusion (Question 3) succeeded by 1054 votes. In fact, Question 1 failed 47.2% to 52.8% and…
With her permission, we edited Carolyn Gabbay’s letter to remove an error about the Charles River Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has testified in a public hearing in support of Village Centers upzoning. At her request, we corrected MaryLee Belleville’s letter, in the second paragraph changing “is requiring of Newton”…
We corrected total fundraising in ‘Vote Yes for Newton’ raises $40K; ‘No Override Newton’ fails to file. For the total ‘Vote Yes for Newton’ fundraising, we had incorrectly used the 2022 carry-forward number of $12,593.83, for a total of $39,858. The article now uses the 2022 gross fundraising of $16,236,…
Ellie Goldberg has updated her op-ed, A Future WithOut Gas and for Clean Heat, with an additional paragraph to reflect the February 21 vote of the City Council on this topic.
In response to revisions to the School Committee’s agendas, we have updated the schedules for interviews with candidates for Superintendent: Dr. Anna Nolin on Wednesday and Thomas Anderson on Thursday. We have also included information about community forums with each candidate and forms for the public to submit feedback on…