The American Rescue Plan (ARPA) provides a total of $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to help eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments meet their present needs and build the foundation for a strong recovery. According to the Treasury Department’s ARPA Fact-Sheet, ARPA funds may…
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Last week, Superintendent David Fleishman informed the school community that he will be stepping down as Superintendent and leaving the Newton Public School system to become the President/Chief Executive Officer of JVS Boston, one of the largest providers of adult education and workforce development services in New England. Fleishman has…
Nine Newton City Councilors jointly submitted comments to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) on its draft guidelines for implementing a new Section 3A of M.G.L. c. 40A (the Zoning Act). This was part of an economic development bill requiring communities served by the MBTA to have at…
The School Committee members expressed gratitude to the Mayor for the additional $1.5M in ARPA funds, but when it came to a straw vote to show support for the proposed FY23 budget with the restorations that had been discussed that evening, only 4 of the members – Olszewski, Davis, Prenner,…