In October, the Newton Cemetery & Arboretum (NC&A) sent a letter to the City Council’s Programs & Services Committee requesting exemption from Newton’s Tree Preservation Ordinance (TPO) – both in the current form of the ordinance and under either of two proposed revisions to it (one by the City Council…
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Three City meetings, all on December 1, were announced too late to be included in Fig City’s Monday newsletter of Local Government Meetings and Reports: The Housing and Community Development Division of the Newton Planning and Development Department will hold a Special WestMetro HOME virtual (Zoom link) meeting on Thursday,…
Survey and Focus Group Results Shared by Recruiting Firm During a special meeting of the Superintendent Search Committee on November 28, the City’s recruiting firm Hazard Young Attea (HYA) presented the results of the community focus groups and surveys that were conducted during November, as well as the proposed Leadership…
At the last full City Council meeting, the Council voted to put all of the override-related questions on the ballot: the general override, the two debt exclusion overrides, the exemptions, the date of the election, and the cost for the election. Councilor Gentile was not able to attend the previous…
On Saturday, November 12, 80 students — from Oak Hill, Brown, F.A. Day, Bigelow, Bowen, Zervas, Memorial-Spaulding, and some private schools — gathered at Newton South High School for M Snake, a new, friendly mathematics competition created and run by NSHS students. For most participants, this was their first experience with math…
The Lion’s Roar — Newton South High School’s award-winning newspaper — has its November issue out with these lead articles:
The day before Thanksgiving, The Rotary Club of Newton (motto: “Service Above Self”) delivered over 100 freshly baked pies to Newton Police Headquarters, every Newton Fire Department station, and families associated with the West Suburban YMCA and the Newton Boys and Girls Club. The pies were provided by Marie Presti,…
“Music is such a central part of my life,” said Lisa Wong, violinist, pediatrician, and long-time Newton resident. “For me, balancing music and medicine is not a choice, but a necessity.” She began playing the piano at age three and violin at eight, and also learned guitar and ukulele. Lisa…
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.…
Allison-Yoshie Eldredge is a world-renowned cellist, founder and director of the new Cherry Street Players, and the first Artist in Residence at the Allen Center, on Webster Street in West Newton. In 1854, Nathaniel Topliff Allen, a disciple of Horace Mann, Massachusetts Secretary of Education, opened the West Newton English…