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23rd Halloween Window Painting Event, Oct. 29

Newton Cultural Development’s annual Halloween Window Painting event — October 29 (rain date: October 30), 9AM-4PM — offers opportunity for all Newton students in Grades 3-8 (under adult supervision) to decorate participating merchants’ windows with Halloween-themed artwork. The six villages in this year’s event are Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands,…

Unanimous vote in Land Use Committee for Crafts Street Elder Housing with Services proposal

On October 25, all eight members of the City Council’s Land Use Committee voted to recommend to the Full Council approval of the Crafts Street Elder Housing with Services proposal (see Special Permit documents), which includes a request to rezone seven parcels (34, 36, 38, 48, 50 Crafts Street, and…

Zoning and Planning Committee receives preliminary mapping of proposed districts in Village Centers

In its October 24 meeting, the City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee reviewed a presentation of the preliminary mapping of proposed zoning districts in Village Centers. The presentation was made by the City’s consultant for this project, Utile, under the direction of the Planning Department. These selected slides from the…

Four Newton Area Councils hold joint meetings on Village Center Zoning Redesign

On Saturday September 24 and Monday October 3, the four Newton Area Councils hosted information sessions to review the proposed Village Center Zoning Redesign materials that are currently on display at the Newton Free Library. They also covered the feedback tool. The display and the feedback tool will be available…

Newtonville Village Day!

Sunday was beautiful and fun, and Newtonville Village Day was a huge success, with a steady stream of people from the village and all parts of Newton. This year offered a much broader range of vendors, bolstered in part by the newer restaurants in the village. There were more activities…

UPDATED – Area Councils to hold Joint Meetings regarding Zoning Redesign, Sept. 24 & Oct. 4

The four Area Councils — Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Upper Falls, and Waban — will hold two special meetings to inform the community about Newton’s Zoning Redesign Proposal. See Agenda. Saturday, September 24 at 2PM, both in-person at the Waban Library Center (1608  Beacon Street) and virtually (Zoom link – Passcode: 700015). Tuesday,…

Waban and Newtonville Area Councils submit letter to Zoning and Planning Committee concerning community engagement process

The Waban and Newtonville Area Councils voted and submitted this letter to the Chair of the Zoning and Planning Committee, Deb Crossley, and the Zoning and Planning Committee regarding their concerns about the community engagement process for the proposed village center zoning framework. They emphasized their role in local governance,…

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