After a few last-minute changes, the new design for Newton’s city seal — in both monochrome and in color — will go before the City Council for a final vote on February 3. In the interim, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller in her January 24 newsletter invited residents to take a survey…
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Newton’s new police chief, George McMains, gave the Newton Police Department (NPD) annual report at the City Council’s Public Safety and Transportation on Wednesday, January 22 (see video). He discussed robberies, road safety, and transparency of information on these topics. Robberies Chief McMains said car break-ins were up 63%, and residential…
Again this tax season, CAN-DO – Newton’s longtime non-profit affordable housing advocate and service provider – is partnering with The Village Bank to inform Newton residents about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and to help low-income people file for it. This year, the kick-off event is EITC Awareness Day…
KB Vega has struggled, so she now inspires herself to inspire others who also struggle. Vega grew up in Newton and was raised by “serial entrepreneur” parents in the restaurant business. “I’ve always been around my family, with them holding their own business. So I knew when I was younger,…
Highlights this week… City Council The City Council is not scheduled to meet, and the Finance Committee‘s meeting has been canceled. Zoning and Planning will meet on Monday to consider the following requests: Land Use will meet on Tuesday to consider these requests: Rules Subcommittee will meet on Wednesday to continue…
After sharing stories — moving and sometimes personal — about the dangers of smoking, City Councilors voted 19 to four (with one absent), on January 21, to approve a ban on the sale of tobacco and e-cigarette products in Newton to those born after March 1, 2004. The measure will…
On January 21, the City Council voted to approve Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s nomination of W. David Power to fill the vacant Republican seat on the Newton Election Commission. Despite a recommendation by the Programs and Services Committee to deny the appointment, the vote to approve was 13 to 9 with…
On the day reserved in the U.S. to honor slain civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., several speakers at Newton’s 57th annual community celebration of his life contrasted Dr. King’s character, values, and ethics with those of President Donald J. Trump, the other man in the…
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has proposed a pilot project to build a temporary community plaza in Newton Centre over part of the central triangle parking lot that is bounded by Beacon Street, Centre Street, and Langley Road. The new plaza would be built on about one-fifth of the parking lot, on…
What started as modest yoga practice in a cramped garret on Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands has blossomed into a leading presence in the Boston yoga scene. How did Down Under School of Yoga achieve this transformation? Founder Justine Cohen traced the improbable transformation. Cohen’s upbringing in Perth, Western Australia,…