by Greg Reibman | Jul 10, 2018 | Auburndale |
Lasell College has been featured prominently in two unrelated Globe stories this week and it’s only Tuesday.
In the interest of time (and as sort of a Village 14 experiment) I’m linking to both here.
Residents, college battle over late-night lights on athletic field
Mount Ida president blames closure on Lasell College maneuvers
by Jessica Leff | May 17, 2018 | Education, Higher education
Mount Ida College officially closed today. A Newton institution for the last 119 years, thousands of students were a part of its many programs throughout that period. Since 2015, NewTV partnered with Mt. Ida to provide a real-world facility for learning. Mustang... by Greg Reibman | Apr 13, 2018 | Affordable housing, development, economic development, Higher education, Oak Hill |
As anyone who has been following the news knows, UMass Amherst deal to acquire the Mount Ida College campus in Newton is drawing intense political heat. As I wrote in a statement for the Newton-Needham Chamber, lost in all the noise is the fact that this proposal... by Greg Reibman | Apr 6, 2018 | Newton, Oak Hill, Ruthanne Fuller |
On the heels of news that UMass is acquiring Newton’s Mount Ida College, plans to build eight homes along Carlson Avenue will not go forward, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced today
“I’ve spoken with University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan and he’s committed to being a good neighbor and working with the residents of Newton,” Fuller said in a statement.
Meehan said that the present agreement on the eight parcels along Carlson Avenue would not go forward as part of the UMass transaction, which was part of a positive dialogue about the future of the campus, the statement added.
by Village 14 | Mar 23, 2018 | Newton |
One month after announcing that they were exploring a potential merger, the two Newton-based liberal arts schools said in a brief statement that they would “not move forward with a merger,” the Boston Business Journal reports. by Village 14 | Jan 23, 2018 | development, Oak Hill |
Mount Ida College has sold an approximately five-acre parcel of land along Carlson Avenue to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (proposal here) and some abutters are “fighting mad,” the TAB’s Julie Cohen reports. Resident Pamela Burton said...
by Village 14 | Sep 11, 2017 | Setti Warren |
From Mount Ida College… President Barry Brown of Mount Ida College announced today that Setti Warren, outgoing Mayor of the City of Newton, will serve as a Visiting Fellow at Mount Ida College beginning in January 2018, following his departure from office. In...