In a speech to Newton residents and the City Council on Monday evening (text, NewTV’s video), Mayor Ruthanne Fuller presented a proposed FY2024 budget of just over half-billion dollars, an increase of $19.7 million (+3.94%) over last year, aiming to balance the City budget in the face of the failure…
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On the rainy final day of April, the League of Women Voters of Newton (LWVN) held its second Civics Challenge. The first was in March, 2020, and then the pandemic struck, delaying a sequel until last Sunday’s match in the Cabot Elementary School cafeteria. Four “teams” — a total of…
Tiziana Dearing, host of WBUR’s Radio Boston, will be the keynote speaker at Newton Inspires, this Thursday, May 4 at 6:00PM at Newton South High School. Newton Inspires, a fundraiser for the Newton Schools Foundation, features these other notable Newtonians describing their inspirations and sharing stories and insights: Participants may…
An immersive multimedia Holocaust exhibit — The Cattle Car: Stepping In and Out of Darkness — was available at City Hall for the public to experience over this last weekend and for Newton high-school students to experience on Monday and Tuesday. It consists of a replica of a cattle car…
Franklin School Building Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, May 4 at 6PM and discuss the updated draft space plan (see agenda). The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 304) on Thursday, Mary 4 at 3PM in Executive Session to…
People talked and champagne flowed last Saturday night at the Wilson chapel, where the Jennifer Price Global Education Leadership Fund (GELF) held its annual fundraising dinner. This was the first GELF dinner since 2019, and excited parents, teachers, and council-members could all be seen gathered in the big main hall…
Over 250 people attended the Newton Free Library’s Board of Trustees annual Spring Fling fundraiser last Saturday evening. The event was emceed by Emmy award-winning storyteller and former television anchor, Christa Delcamp, who interviewed guest authors Dr. Robert Waldinger and Tom Perrotta. Dr. Robert Waldinger is a Newton resident and…
At a recent meeting of the Newton City Council’s Programs and Services Committee, City Councilor Vicki Danberg offered an amendment to Newton’s Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging Ordinance to ban the use of additional single-use plastic items — including stirrers, utensils, water bottles — by food service and retail establishments…
A manhole explosion at the Walnut Street and Lakewood Road intersection in Newton around 3:30 PM on April 6 has raised safety concerns among local residents. The incident led to a power outage that exceeded two hours and affected around 6,500 residents. On Thursday, Newton resident Nathan Phillips questioned details…
To begin the April 27 School Committee meeting, two Bigelow Middle School educators were among the public comment speakers to advocate for staff restoration to address the middle school team sizes. Superintendent Kathy Smith followed the public comment period by giving her scheduled update, during which she congratulated the central…