When Newton resident David Hedison moved from Boston to a house near the intersection of Waverley Avenue and Franklin Street, he started to notice that the area had an abnormally high rate of accidents. Hedison moved during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with Newton residents isolating at home, the volume of…
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At its regularly scheduled meeting on February 5, the Programs and Services Committee reviewed an ongoing challenge: the chronic problem of a “distressed property,” rodents, and hoarding. Although the docket item included city-wide management, the discussion centered on a particular property in a Nonantum neighborhood that has been a continuing…
Highlights this week… City Council Zoning and Planning will meet on Monday to consider: Finance Committee‘s regularly scheduled meeting has been canceled. School Committee School Committee will meet on Monday with an agenda including: Boards and Commissions Biosafety Committee will meet on Monday for presentation, discussion, and vote on Satellite…
On February 3, at her eighth and final State of the City Address, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller reflected on her tenure and the current state of the City. After 2,590 days in office, Mayor Fuller declared that the state of Newton remains strong. Entering the City Council chamber, Mayor Fuller was…
If you’ve been to Harvest Fair in Newton Center, or the Fourth of July celebration at Albemarle Field, you’ve probably seen Officer Justin Lau. He has served as a Newton police officer for fifteen years and is a familiar figure at a wide range of Newton community events — especially…
The Newton Police Department has issued the following statement: The Newton Police have received questions from the community regarding the recent changes to the Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency deportation process. Local police departments do not have the statutory authority to enforce federal immigration detainers. The Newton Police also do…
Music lovers, rejoice: The Newton Piano Summit is back. Beginning in 2016, the Summit brought world-class artists to play free concerts in Newton, broadening access to piano music from every genre and tradition. The 2025 Summit will feature eight free concerts over the weekends of March 15-16 and March 22-23…
At its regularly scheduled meeting, the Newton Planning and Development Board approved the special permit to rezone the property at 386-390 Watertown Street from BU1 to MU4. In early December, the City Council had granted the owners, John Mula and Nicholas Beaujean, a special permit to build a three-story, mixed-use…
Benjamin and Joshua Moshes have become somewhat famous in the world of New York City traffic recently through their new Congestion Pricing Tracker website, which analyzes the impact of NYC’s in-bound toll ($9 base, with off-peak discounts) implemented January 5 to reduce congestion in the Big Apple. The brothers graduated…
The final vote on the proposed new Newton City Seal, which was due to take place on February 3, was delayed until Monday, February 17, after some Councilors said that they needed more time to consider the design. Councilor Bill Humphrey, a member of the Ad Hoc City Seal Working…