Newton Schools to present enrollment projections Monday
The Class Size and Enrollment Report will be presented at the School Committee meeting Monday January 28, 7 p.m. at the Ed Center. Presented annually, the report contains current year statistics and includes projections for future enrollment, including how many new...
Here we go again: NIMBYs still looking to block recreational marijuana
It was apparently déjà vu all over again when a “small crowd” brought up all the usual complaints regarding Cypress Tree Management’s plans for a co-located medical marijuana dispensary/recreational store on Elliot Street and Route 9, the TAB...
Balser’s gender equity bill becomes law
A bill filed by Newton State Rep. Ruth Balser and State Sen, Jason Lewis to prevent gender discrimination in disability insurance was signed into law Thursday by Governor Charlie Baker. In the state-regulated individual insurance market, women pay more than men for...How ‘crowded’ are Newton schools? And can they handle new development?
Frequently on Village 14, various list serves and wherever and whenever new development is discussed, someone inevitably raises understandable concerns about how new growth will lead to overcrowding of our already “too-crowded” public schools. So just how...
All systems pho!
Pho Viet’s II, a new Vietnamese restaurant in Newton Centre at the former No. 1 Noodle House location is now open, Julie Cohen at the TAB reports.
Newton’s ‘hiring crisis’ weighs heavily on our local businesses
Here’s a column I wrote for the TAB about how a very tight labor marking may impact Newton businesses in 2019. And here’s one excerpt…
The good news is local business is booming. Generally speaking, our merchants, restaurants owners and many other businesses operating in our village centers and commercial districts report that 2018 was a good year.
The bad news is that an alarmingly large number of those same employers say their ability to be successful in 2019 will largely hinge — not on their ability to attract enough customers — but their ability to find enough employees.
Globe columnist wonders: Is the bike-lane fever breaking?
Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby cites statistics showing a drop in bike commuting in his latest column.
Considering the billions of dollars that federal, state, and local governments have poured into bicycle infrastructure over the past decade, the steady drop in cycling amounts to a sharp vote of no confidence in bicycles as the much-touted wave of transportation’s future. So maybe it’s time for public officials and policy makers to turn their backs on the militant, self-righteous bike lobby and
Newton Police Chief MacDonald wants to hear from you
Mary jane at Mary Ann’s and manufacturing zones
The prospect of the bar Mary Ann’s — located just over the Newton line at Cleveland Circle — become a recreational marijuana shop is worrying some abutters and Boston College Police Chief William Evans.
Meanwhile here in Newton Ward 6 Councilor Greg Schwartz sent the email below yesterday to the Newton Highlands list serve in response to objections about his proposal to add some manufacturing zoning districts to the allowable locations for recreational
Israeli American group apologizes for saying there’s an ‘anti-Israel atmosphere at Newton High Schools’
One week after telling its members that there was an “anti-Israel atmosphere at Newton High Schools,” the Newton-based Israeli American Council-Boston , a group representing Israeli-Americans in the region, issued an apology acknowledging “we believe that most of our...Fuller reworks proposals for solar panels on city properties
This is from Mayor Fuller’s email newsletter… We have been considering 20 locations across Newton for new solar panels on City owned properties, including roofs of buildings and parking lots. After a listening tour, reading comments, and more analysis,...