Monday’s Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee started off with a lively debate regarding a procedural issue raised by Ward 7 Councilor Baker regarding ZAP Chair Crossley’s decision not to allow participants to present visual materials during their allotted times (watch video on NewTV). Crossley argued that visuals would not be…
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As the City Council considers a request for $3,240,000 for the Newton South High School Synthetic Turf Fields and Perimeter Track project, various groups agree and disagree with each other about what should be done. The Climate Crisis Subcommittee of the Newton Democratic City Committee has issued a position statement…
The School Committee convened on Monday January 9 for a busy agenda that began with a Consent Agenda vote on 5 items, including the Interim Superintendent Goals and an approval for NPS to seek a five-year contract for Special Education Transportation Services. The five items passed 7-0, with Ward 6…
Ward 4 Councilor Chris Markiewicz recently shared this memo written by the Inspectional Services Commissioner, John Lojek, to the Mayor, regarding delays with the Turtle Lane project. In 2016, the City Council voted to approve a special permit request to preserve the existing theatre space, construct an addition to the…
NOTE: The complaint and inquest linked from this article contain graphic images and descriptive language regarding the events that led up to and include the shooting. The family of Michael Conlon, a Newton Highlands resident who was fatally shot by Newton Police officers two years ago, filed a wrongful death…
The Full City Council voted to approve two projects that had been chartered by Ward 4 Councilor Lenny Gentile at the last City Council meeting in December 2022 (see Fig City News article). Councilor Gentile started by stating that he opposes both of the projects because of their size and…
Fig City News launched on June 27, 2022 with the premiere issues of both Fig City Local Government Meetings & Reports (covering City Hall) and Fig City News (offering local news and community announcements). In the half-year since, these were our most-viewed news stories:
On Thursday morning, a truck heading eastbound on the Massachusetts Turnpike hit the Auburn Street bridge in Auburndale. The truck’s pneumatic lift had suddenly released and became wedged in a steel beam on the overpass. According to former Ward 4 City Councilor Jay Harney, a longtime Auburndale resident who came…
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has proposed a tax override and two debt exclusions, each of which, if approved by voters, will increase Newton’s property taxes to fund the purposes associated with each. (The Mayor also proposed exemptions to mitigate the effects of these tax increases on economically vulnerable taxpayers.) Newton voters…
Newton Teachers Association leaders discussed several topics related to Newton Public Schools, as well as their support for teacher strikes in other Massachusetts districts, in the latest NTA President’s Blog post published on January 2, 2023. UPDATE: The School Committee provided an update on collective bargaining in its meeting on…