Last week, Mayor Fuller announced an additional $1.5M in ARPA funding would be allocated to the schools. According to Fuller, in her weekly newsletter, “the NPS financial team scrubbed their books, they let me know of $1.1 million in COVID-19 related projects that had not yet been reimbursed as well…
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The American Rescue Plan (ARPA) provides a total of $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to help eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments meet their present needs and build the foundation for a strong recovery. According to the Treasury Department’s ARPA Fact-Sheet, ARPA funds may…
School Committee members want to know why they are being asked to weigh in on the lights at the high school athletic fields. At the April 4th School Committee meeting (starts around 2:11), the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, provided a presentation on the proposal to install lights at…
Last week, Superintendent David Fleishman informed the school community that he will be stepping down as Superintendent and leaving the Newton Public School system to become the President/Chief Executive Officer of JVS Boston, one of the largest providers of adult education and workforce development services in New England. Fleishman has…
The Waban Area Council will meet on Thursday, April 14th at 7:30 p.m. Click here to join the Zoom meeting and enter Meeting Passcode: 700015 The agenda includes the following: Opening Confirmation of quorum Issues from the Community Substantive Topics Pedestrian Safety at the Woodward – Beacon – Windsor intersections Waban Village…
The Newton Upper Falls Historic District Commission will meet virtually on Thursday, April 14th at 7:00 p.m. Click here to join the Zoom meeting. The agenda includes the following: Request for Certificate of Appropriateness to install a Zen tub and a request to repair and replace existing fences and install a new…
The Newtonville Area Council will meet on Thursday, April 14th at 7:00 p.m. To join the Zoom meeting, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82883750057Meeting ID: 828 8375 0057 The agenda includes the following: Update on Crafts Street Senior Housing Development (presentation by Mark Development) Village Center Zoning Update on Village Day planning Administrative Issues Individual /…
The Auburndale Historic District Commission will meet virtually on Tuesday, April 12th at 7:00 p.m. Click here to join the Zoom meeting. The agenda includes the following: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to amend the previously approved side addition to extend the length of the side elevation and change the details,…
Nine Newton City Councilors jointly submitted comments to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) on its draft guidelines for implementing a new Section 3A of M.G.L. c. 40A (the Zoning Act). This was part of an economic development bill requiring communities served by the MBTA to have at…
The School Committee members expressed gratitude to the Mayor for the additional $1.5M in ARPA funds, but when it came to a straw vote to show support for the proposed FY23 budget with the restorations that had been discussed that evening, only 4 of the members – Olszewski, Davis, Prenner,…