On September 14 at 7PM, City of Newton Energy Coach Liora Silkes will present a webinar, Planning for Our Future: Climate Action at Home, to discuss home energy projects and resources available to reduce the climate impact of our homes. The event will include a live energy-coaching session. Register at…
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The Newton Conservators will host a free webinar, Newton’s (Buried) Streams: Now You See Them …Now You Don’t, on September 14, 7PM-8:30PM. The City’s Chief Environmental Planner, Jennifer Steel, will share her recent exploration of the “buried” streams across Newton that flow into the Charles River. Register here. UPDATE: A…
The City’s Parks, Recreation & Culture Department will hold a virtual public meeting about improving Crystal Lake Beach and Park on September 15 at 6PM. Register in advance at this Zoom link. Meeting Flyer.
The second annual Newton Monarch Festival will be held on Saturday, September 17, 9AM – 11AM in Wellington Park in West Newton (map; entrances on Kilburn Road and Princess Road). Monarchs were recently classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The festival is free and will feature:…
Newton Power Choice is offered by the City as Newton’s default electric power supplier for residents and businesses. Customers are enrolled automatically in NPC’s Standard plan (which gets 82% of its power from premium renewable sources in New England) unless they choose NPC’s 100% Green plan, NPC’s Basic plan (20%…
Massachusetts State Senator Cindy Creem has shown a genuine commitment to her constituents to get climate solutions enacted into law. Nevertheless, it was her granddaughter’s concerns about the climate crisis that prompted her to do even more to work for progress at the Statehouse in recent months. As Chair of the…
On August 11, Governor Baker signed a comprehensive climate bill into law that will hasten Massachusetts’ transition to energy free of fossil fuels, including a pilot program allowing ten municipalities, including Newton, to ban fossil fuels in new multi-family buildings. Climate activists and legislators had expressed some concern that the Governor…
The Newton Cemetery & Arboretum (NC&A) has written an open letter to the Newton community offering information and context regarding its request for a waiver of a strict application of Newton’s Tree Preservation Ordinance with regard to NC&A’s planned removal of 219 trees in order to develop more burial space.…
High up on a hill overlooking the area where Otis Pettee established the Saco Pettee Machine Shop sits one of the most important properties of Upper Falls history — the Otis Pettee Sunnyside House, at 277 Elliot Street. Now the centerpiece of The Stone Institute, the building will be up…
Newton Upper Falls Historic District Commission will meet virtually (Zoom Link) on Thursday, August 11 at 7:00PM. The Stone Institute is one of the petitioners seeking approval for a solar panel installation and window replacements. See agenda and Staff Memo.