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Today is Presidents Day — a federal holiday. Trash pick-up will be delayed one day this week. City Council City Council will meet on Tuesday for its Full Council meeting. The Council is expected to vote on the following: Items on the New Docket include: Public Facilities Committee‘s regularly scheduled…

School Committee The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet TODAY, Monday, February 13, in executive session to conduct a collective bargaining session with the NTA, Units A-E, and discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA. The School Committee will meet two times to interview…

City Council The Full City Council will meet TONIGHT, Monday, February 6 (see New Docket). Items the Council will vote on include: Zoning and Planning Committee will meet prior to the start of the Full Council meeting on Monday at 7PM to discuss the proposed ordinance to make outdoor dining…

City Council The City Council received a 50-person petition requesting a public hearing regarding artificial turf. Boards and Commissions Other The Newton Chinese Language School at Day Middle School (21 Minot Place) will host an In-Person Override Forum on Sunday, February 5 from 2 – 3PM. This week’s road construction…

A Virtual Town Hall on the Override is scheduled for Thursday, January 26 from 7-8PM (Zoom link). City Council Meetings The City Council received this petition in support of outdoor dining for this spring and permanently. School Committee Meetings Board and Commission Meetings This week’s road construction schedule can now…

The City and the Harmony Foundation will hold the City’s Martin Luther King Day Celebration this morning at 9:30AM, in-person Newton North High School and also live-streamed. Registration is required. In addition, there will be a collection at NNHS to conclude the week-long food drive. Requested items include non-expired: •…

At the Zoning and Planning Committee meeting (in-person: Room 204; virtual: Zoom link) TONIGHT, January 9 at 7PM, resident input on Village Center Zoning will be limited to community groups, not individuals. At the various Village Center Map meetings over the last six weeks, Chair Deb Crossley had indicated that…

Two items chartered from last year’s December Council meeting — Rezoning and Special Permit Request for 1314 Washington Street and Special Permit Request for a 9-unit development at 106 River Street — are on the Full City Council‘s agenda for its meeting on Tuesday, January 3 at 7:45PM (previously reported…

There are no City Council meetings scheduled for this week. Both the Finance Committee and the Zoning and Planning Committee’s regularly scheduled meetings have been canceled (see Meeting Cancellation Notice). The Retirement Board is scheduled to meet in person (Room 211) on Tuesday, December 27 at 9AM (see agenda). There…