Congressman Jake Auchincloss met with approximately thirty people at a morning coffee in Newtonville on August 31. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Congressman — formerly City Councilor-at-Large from Ward 2 — expressed his support for Federal spending to implement or strengthen state environmental, economic, energy and health care programs. He…
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Mayor, NTA President address teachers On Wednesday, August 31, Newton Public School teachers, administrators, the School Committee, and the Mayor gathered in-person for Opening Day at Newton South High School. The event was last held prior to the 2019-2020 school year, and at that time it served as a rally for…
The City has released an online feedback tool to gather opinions — from as many residents and stakeholders as possible — about how zoning in Newton’s village centers should be redesigned. The feedback tool asks about issues (building heights, ratios of building size to lot size, parking ratios) that will affect housing density,…
Newton Highland Area Council members and residents discussed and debated a proposed letter addressing the new Zoning Redesign and community engagement process that has been launched for Village Center Zoning by the City. Three Area Councils — Waban and Newtonville, and Newton Upper Falls — voted to send a letter…
“If we don’t have it we’ll get it for you,” said Newton Free Library Director Jill Mercurio about requesting books not available through the Minuteman Catalog system. The Inter-Library Loan service reaches across the country to meet readers’ requests. Proving the point, a recent Newton Library member requested new books…
Newton Power Choice is offered by the City as Newton’s default electric power supplier for residents and businesses. Customers are enrolled automatically in NPC’s Standard plan (which gets 82% of its power from premium renewable sources in New England) unless they choose NPC’s 100% Green plan, NPC’s Basic plan (20%…
The City of Newton, along with Arlington and Watertown, entered into an agreement with MassDOT to purchase, install, and operate 8 or 9 additional Bluebike bike-share stations in the three communities. The communities were awarded a $272,000 grant from MassDOT’s Community Connections Program to support these stations. The project was…
The First Day of School is on Tuesday and it is also Election Day for the State Primary. If you did not vote early — by mail or in-person at City Hall — you can vote in-person at your local polling location. (See also 2021 City of Newton list of…
Newton’s Parks, Recreation, and Culture Department hosted an online community webinar on Monday, August 29 to discuss updates to the community garden planning for a quarter-acre site located at the corner of Washington Street and Walnut Park in Nonantum. A neighborhood “friends” group has been working with Councilors in Ward…
David Sellers, Sr.,72, the former Executive Director of the John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club, who died at home on August 26, was the ultimate community man. He was born in Newton, and most of his life centered on the Newton Boys & Girls Club – called the Boys…