On May 19, in parallel meetings, the City Council voted to approve Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s proposed $623 million FY2026 budget, and the School Committee voted to implement a FY2026 NPS budget that conforms to the $293 million allocation to NPS in the budget approved by the City Council. Here are documents published…
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On May 19, the Newton City Council voted unanimously to approve Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s proposed $623 million FY2026 budget. (Ward 6 Councilor Alan Lobovits and Ward 3 Councilor Pamela Wright were absent.) The Council took several different votes regarding the appropriation of various funds for FY2026 before the final vote…
On April 22, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and Chief Financial Officer Maureen Lemieux presented a $623 million City budget for FY2026 to the City Council. In her address, Mayor Fuller spoke about several hot-button issues related to the budgeting process, including funding for the Newton Public Schools (NPS) and government retiree…
At the Newton City Hall War Memorial on April 15, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller received the 2025 Sheila Mondshein Award for Outstanding Leadership in Promoting Fair Housing. The award is granted annually by the Newton’s Fair Housing Committee. The group’s mission is to create diverse housing accommodations free of discrimination. “This…
We are, yet again, at a crossroads regarding the funding of Newton’s schools. We can choose to take the path identified by Mayor Fuller and continue to sacrifice both academic excellence and equity on the altar of perceived fiscal prudence. Or we can take the path outlined by Superintendent Nolin…
On Thursday February 6, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller met with the Newton City Council to begin informal discussions on the City’s FY 2026 budget, covering the year starting July 1, 2025. The meeting, described as a “Mayoral Listening Session,” took place at the Allen House. The Mayor was flanked by Newton’s Chief…
On February 3, at her eighth and final State of the City Address, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller reflected on her tenure and the current state of the City. After 2,590 days in office, Mayor Fuller declared that the state of Newton remains strong. Entering the City Council chamber, Mayor Fuller was…
After a few last-minute changes, the new design for Newton’s city seal — in both monochrome and in color — will go before the City Council for a final vote on February 3. In the interim, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller in her January 24 newsletter invited residents to take a survey…
On January 21, the City Council voted to approve Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s nomination of W. David Power to fill the vacant Republican seat on the Newton Election Commission. Despite a recommendation by the Programs and Services Committee to deny the appointment, the vote to approve was 13 to 9 with…
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has proposed a pilot project to build a temporary community plaza in Newton Centre over part of the central triangle parking lot that is bounded by Beacon Street, Centre Street, and Langley Road. The new plaza would be built on about one-fifth of the parking lot, on…