The Newton Conservators will hold its First-Ever Outdoor Annual Dinner Meeting on Wednesday, May 24, starting at 5PM with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar, followed at 6:30PM by dinner, business meeting, awards ceremony, and keynote speaker. This outdoor event will take place under a tent on the University of Massachusetts,…
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Residents in 11 homes on Garland Road — in partnership with Newton’s 4 Our Future program — are hosting the Sustainable Street Tour on June 4, noon to 4PM, to help the public learn about solar projects, heat pumps, insulation, and driving electric. Stop by to see completed projects and…
The Newton Conservators will host a webinar, How Small Mammal Personalities May Shape Forests Under Changing Climates, on June 7 at 7PM. Register here. Maine graduate student Ivy Yen will speak about her research, covered in the New York Times, about how the small mammal personalities (whether they are shy…
At 4:30 PM on Wednesday night, Newton resident Nathan Phillips — who has been raising the alarm over what he considers an unsafe degree of leaks from National Grid gas piping in the area — measured an explosive level of methane (6%) in an Eversource electrical manhole on Homer Street…
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…
It’s spring, and the volunteer-run Swap Shop is again open at the City’s Resource Recovery Center on Rumford Avenue. It’s open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 7:30AM-1:30PM, weather permitting, until October. Starting this week, the Swap Shop will become a bit more weather-resistant, as the City is installing a 30 ft.…
Earth Day weekend came to a close, but not due to poor weather. Neither Saturday’s 50-degree chills nor Sunday’s rain could prevent a hundred or so people from gathering on each of those days to celebrate and draw attention to Newton’s actions toward a greener future. Two events – the…
On April 22, returning from a clean-up of the Newton Centre Playground, Newton South High School’s Green Student Movement, Key Club, and UNICEF chapters attended the Newton Democratic City Committee Earth Day rally on the Newton Centre Green. Although their appearance was unplanned, club leaders and participants said that attending…
That is the subtext of the proposed ban on single-use plastic water bottles in Newton currently under consideration by the City Council’s Programs and Services Committee. The proposed ordinance, offered by Councilor Vicki Danberg (Ward 6, at-large) would expand upon Newton’s ban on the commercial use plastic bags to other…