Please plan to attend, and to share the word about an upcoming virtual public meeting for the City of Newton Washington Street Pilot Project. Newton’s Planning and Development Department will host an online meeting (Zoom link) on Thursday, November 30 at 6:30PM to describe the Washington Street Pilot Project, share several…
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On a sunny, sparkling November 15th, about 100 residents joined city officials along the Lake Avenue shore of Crystal Lake for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the long-awaited completion of the Levingston Cove Improvements project. According to the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department, Levingston Cove’s redesign will make the park…
Less than one-month after receiving from the City a one-year extension to exercise its special permit (see Fig City News article), Mark Development has filed an action against its partner, SRG Holdco Investments, to rescind its contract and claim damages. In the complaint, Mark Development contends that SRG Holdco breached…
The City announced that CTA Construction Managers, based in Waltham, has been selected as general contractor for the Lincoln-Eliot School Building Project. CTA Construction Managers has undertaken this role in projects for Brookline High School, West High School, and Concord Middle School and the Willard Elementary School in Concord. Working…
Mark Development recently shared an update on several Newton projects. In a press release, the company stated that the four approved projects — Dunstan Residences (Dunstan East), Crafts Street – Elder Housing with Services, West Newton Square (314 Washington Street), and Riverside Station — are still moving forward. Mark Development…
In its meeting on October 16, the City Council voted to give the developers of the Crafts Street Proposal for Elder Housing with Services a one-year extension to exercise their special permit instead of the two years requested. Mark Development, in partnership with SRG Senior Living received approval last November…
I recently received an email update from Josh Morse, Public Buildings Commissioner, in charge of the NewCAL project. This was a follow-up to news of the actual construction cost bids received being significantly higher than was predicted. I am a ‘senior’ and a long time resident of Newton. I have followed…
It seems like a waste of taxpayer money to put so much effort into the Levingston Cove project when the apparent design goals — preventing access to Crystal Lake — are met so perfectly by the chain-link fence around the project. Eric Bender Newton Centre
Fifty-eight years ago, Mary Pohlman — who along with her husband, Scott, coaches the award-winning Newton Bluefish swim team — watched the excavation for the original Gath Memorial Pool. Last Friday, she was there for the groundbreaking for the new one. The reasons for a new pool are many –…
My comment pertains to the new sidewalks that were installed along the section of Needham Street under the Route 9 bridge and continuing to National Lumber. Redoing these sidewalks was such an opportunity to beautify an otherwise unattractive area. Instead of the new, all black hard top that now covers…
On September 18, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller presented the FY2025-FY2029 Five-Year Capital Improvement Project Plan. After providing a general overview, Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Yeo provided the Council with a presentation of the plan’s highlights. The plan includes: Mayor Fuller highlighted three issues that the City will face in the coming…
Rep. Jake Auchincloss has been traveling the Fourth Congressional District, connecting with constituents, giving high marks to the Biden Administration and low marks to the current House leadership. At the top of his list of Administration accomplishments, Rep. Auchincloss noted the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, of which…