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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…

Here’s what’s up in Newton this week… The City Council will meet TONIGHT at 7:45PM in-person at City Hall and virtually (Zoom link) to address the following items approved by committees (see Reports Docket and New Docket): The School Committee will meet three times this week (see details): Meetings of…

The regularly scheduled Fair Housing Committee meeting originally scheduled for TODAY, December 12 has been canceled (see Cancellation Notice). Civico Development is hosting an on-site, in-person meeting on Monday, December 12 at 5PM to discuss the proposal to develop 9 condominium units at 106 River Street. The meeting will be held…

The Newton Cultural Council will hold its third virtual adjudication session (Zoom link) on Monday, December 5 at 5:30PM (see agenda). The School Committee has a full plate TONIGHT beginning with an Executive Session at 5:30PM, prior to the School Committee’s Regular Meeting (Zoom link). The Executive Session is to…

A Special School Committee Workshop (in-person only) will be held TODAY, Monday, November 28 beginning at 2PM in Room 304, Ed Center. The agenda includes a review of public records law, develop goals for the Interim Superintendent, adopt norms and protocols for School Committee Operating Procedure and discuss next steps.…

The Negotiations subcommittee of the School Committee will meet in-person (Room 111, Ed Center) on Monday, November 21 at 3:15PM. The Committee will begin in open session and then vote to move into Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA, Units A-E and to…