Mothers Out Front Newton is hosting an online program — Protecting Our Canopy: How Preserving Mature Trees Promotes Climate Resilience — where participants can learn how the Charles River Watershed Association’s Regional Tree Planting & Protection Plan helps us protect, maintain, and grow our tree canopy. It will take place on Monday,…
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On December 18, 2023, the Newton City Council updated the 1999 Newton Tree Preservation Ordinance (TPO). The revised TPO applies to private properties and protects trees that are six inches and larger in diameter at breast height (DBH, 4.5 feet above ground). Removal of all trees requires one of two…
Unlike the characters in Disney’s “Pinocchio” — who were swallowed whole by Monstro, an evil whale — on Thursday lots of Newton kids eagerly crawled inside a massive inflatable Humpback as part of an educational program at the Newton Free Library. The Whalemobile, which is used as a teaching tool…
Are there empty spaces on the berms in your neighborhood — perhaps where street trees formerly provided shade and beauty? Would you like to work with your neighbors and the Newton Tree Conservancy to plant new trees? The Newton Tree Conservancy has extended its deadline until July 7 to apply…
On June 20, an unseasonably steamy night, three Newton climate activist organizations — 350Mass Newton, Green Newton, and Mothers Out Front — hosted a forum on climate and the environment for State Representative candidates at Newton’s War Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. Amy Sangiolo and Alex Jablon — the two…
The Newton City Council voted to amend and pass a new Electrification Ordinance as part of the Commonwealth’s Fossil Fuel-Free Demonstration Project. As stated in Article VI of regulations of Newton’s Public Buildings and Inspectional Services, “The purpose of the Fossil Fuel-Free Demonstration Project is to restrict and prohibit new…
For twenty-one years, Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW) has invited state legislators to nominate women in their district to be honored as “Commonwealth Heroines.” This year, Rep. Kay Khan, 11th Middlesex District, chose Ellie Goldberg, a dedicated advocate for children’s health. According to MCSW, which sponsors the…
350Mass/Newton, Green Newton, and Mothers Out Front will host a Candidate Forum on Climate and the Environment on June 20 at 7PM in the War Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. Candidates for both the 11th Middlesex District seat (currently held by Rep. Kay Khan) and the 12th Middlesex District seat…
The Newton Conservators will host their next BioBlitz on Sunday, June 23, 3PM-5PM, to help people of all ages to explore the plants of Edmands Park and improve plant identification skills. This event is FREE. Register here. Surrounded by stone walls and bordered by BC Law School on one side,…
Indigenous Peoples Day Newton and Charles River Watershed Association will host a leisurely midday paddle on one of the more beautiful stretches of the Quinobequin (Charles River) — on Saturday, June 29, 10AM-2PM. Journeying up the river, participants will have the opportunity to hear from: Lunch will be provided by Mashpee Wampanoag chef Sherry…