The Department of Public Works holds Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days on the first Saturday and the third Thursday of each month, April-December, by appointment only, at the Resource Recovery Center (115 Rumford Avenue), for Newton residents only — and only for these accepted naterials. Call 617-796-1000 to schedule an…
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The Newton Conservators will host its third annual Newton Monarch Festival on September 9 (rain date September 10), 9AM-11AM at Wellington Park in West Newton, a few blocks north of West Newton Square. It’s free. Learn about local efforts to help monarch butterflies, which were classified as endangered last year by…
The Newton Conservators will host a webinar on September 13 at 7PM about how to use the iNaturalist app to identify plants and animals. Sign up here. iNaturalist is a web-based tool for natural history learning and biodiversity tracking. Users can take a few pictures of an interesting butterfly and post…
The Newton Conservators is (are?) hosting a free Newton Pollinator Garden Tour of public and private pollinator gardens on September 17, 1PM-4PM, starting at Wellington Park (off Kilburn Road, West Newton). Attendees can use this link or the QR code above to register for maps and detailed planting lists —…
This event has been CANCELED due to forecast of rain. On Saturday, September 23, 10AM-12PM, former Deputy Director of Mass Fisheries and Wildlife Jon Regosin will lead the latest in a series of Newton Conservators BioBlitz outings – this one in Hammond Woods. Learn how to identify native plants, birds, butterflies,…
Earlier this month, Harry Sanders, President of Friends of Edmands Park, led a group of City Councilors and neighbors on a tour of the parkland’s problem areas. Among the negative issues afflicting the 33-acre property are the impact of a polyethylene liner under the former skating lake, damaged stormwater infrastructure,…
Techcycle Solutions will be collecting E-Waste at Newton North August 12, 9 AM – 1PM
This week, concerns have been raised about spillage of crumb rubber infill and other debris from the removal of artificial turf at Newton South High School. The more than 10-year-old fields are being replaced with new artificial turf as part of the Synthetic Turf Replacement Projects. Residents have been urging…
The Newton Conservators will host another Bio-Blitz — Dip-netting for Aquatic Invertebrates — on July 26, 4PM-6PM, at the Dolan Pond Conservation Area (near 66 Cumberland Road, West Newton). Dolan Pond is one of Newton’s most accessible open spaces with its boardwalk, pond overlooks, and accessible paths. The vernal pools…
I would like to respond to Richard Slater’s letter last week asserting that atmospheric CO2 concentration has reached a saturation point beyond which a higher concentration will produce no additional warming. That is an often-used but misleading argument. Carbon dioxide and other global warming gases not only cause our atmosphere to absorb…