Over 100 people participated in the November 29 online information session about proposed zoning maps for Upper Falls and Waban. The meeting was led by the City’s Planning Department. After a brief presentation on the process of creating the maps and an explanation of the different Village Center Districts, the…
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The Friends of the Upper Falls Greenway will host a community tour of the Upper Falls Riverwalk on Sunday, December 4, starting at 1PM. Please meet at the benches near the Braceland Park parking lot, south of the Chestnut St – Pennsylvania Ave intersection in Newton Upper Falls (map). The tour…
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…
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…
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,…
Bettina’s Bakery, celebrating its first year as the new shop on the block — 295 Elliot Street at the top of Oak Street, in the Upper Falls Historic District — offers a unique mix of German and Honduran baked goods (from scratch) and locally sourced roast coffee. Replacing a sub…
The same Upper Falls folks who organize the neighborhood’s Feast of The Falls will host the Upper Falls Oktoberfest on September 18, 2PM-6PM, in the Dunn Gaherins parking. The first 200 Upper Falls residents who registered for tickets here — starting exactly at 5PM on Sunday, September 11 — received…
Newton Community Pride’s Fall Concert Series will feature a free concert of Chad Perrone‘s soulful rock music, accompanied by Dennis Carroll on piano, on September 18 at 3PM by the Depot Coffee Shop (1225 Chestnut Street) in Newton Upper Falls.
The Newton Upper Falls Area Council will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, August 18 at 7PM. The agenda will include discussion of a Joint Area Council Letter on the Zoning and Planning Committee’s Village Center Framework, discussion regarding a Joint Area Council meeting and presentation on Zoning scheduled for…
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…