A crowd of Auburndale residents gathered at a parklet in Auburndale Square to remember the late Polly Bryson, former Ward 4 Alderman who served for 18 years. Former Parks and Recreation Market Manager and Auburndale resident, Judy Dore and Joan McGrath, wife of the late former Ward 4 Alderman-at-Large, Richard…
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What’s Up in Newton this Week – 10/3/2022 had an incorrect date for the Land Use Committee meeting on 1314 Washington Street Rezoning request. It’s on Thursday, October 6 at 7PM in the Council Chamber and on Zoom. In Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 10/2/2022, links to documents…
The Allen House (35 Webster Street) will be free and open to the public on September 28, 2PM-4PM. See Historic Newton’s fabulous exhibit: An Uncommon Education: The Allen School, chronicling the Nathaniel Allen School, a remarkable 50-year experiment in progressive education, founded in Newton in 1854.
MBTA crews will be doing geotechnical drilling between October 3 and November 4 to collect data to support the design of station improvements. Most of the work will be done between midnight and 5AM with some noise and lighting. Temporary single lane and sidewalk closures will be required and some…
On Thursday, September 8, Mark Development hosted a community meeting with the Ward 3 City Councilors to present its proposed development of 1314 Washington — the former Santander Bank site in West Newton. Robert Korff of Mark Development gave the presentation. There were a few major changes to the development:…
Mark Development, LLC will share its plans for a proposed redevelopment of 1314 Washington Street — the former Santander Bank site — at a virtual neighborhood meeting (Zoom link) on Thursday, September 8 at 7:00PM (meeting notice). The meeting was arranged with Ward 3 Councilors Kelley, Wright, and Malakie. The…
The Newton Cultural Alliance will launch its Friday Night Folk series at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton) with a concert by The Black Feathers on September 9: refreshments outdoors at 6:30PM, concert indoors at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.
At 3PM each day, August 8-12, Louise Ting, a rising 2nd grader in Newton, will play a short concert of music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky at one of the Artful Pianos installed in various parks in Newton. Louise has just returned from a competition in Europe, and you can hear…
Metro West Collaborative Development and Civico Development — the developers that will convert the West Newton Armory into affordable housing — held an open house on August 1 to explain the project to the public and introduce its revised design. In response to public input, the revisions addressed building height…
Metro West Collaborative Development and Civico Development — the developers that will convert the West Newton Armory into affordable housing — will hold an open house on August 1, 4PM-6PM to explain the project to the public. The project is at 1135 Washington Street in West Newton. There will be…