Commission begins studying elected officials’ compensation
The all-volunteer Blue Ribbon Commission met for the first time on Thursday in a cramped room at City Hall to begin an in-depth review of elected officials’ compensation, The TAB’s Julie Cohen reports.Should Newton restrict sale of e-cigs to 21-plus stores?
Somerville became the first municipality in the state to limit the sale of e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes to to tobacco stores open only to customers 21 and older. Should Newton follow?
Parking and traffic: economics over engineering
Republished from Newton City Coucilor Jake Auchincloss’ latest newsletter.We tend to think of traffic like a liquid: it requires a certain amount of volume to flow smoothly. Congestion, in this view, is the result of constrained volume. Widening roads should reduce congestion, because automobiles will flow through a wider aperture.This does not work. Widening roads does not
How would you rate the 2018 Newton City Council?
One year ago, a significantly different Newton City Council was getting ready to be sworn in. In addition to a new president (Marc Laredo), vice president (David Kalis) the council featured seven new members –Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Andrea W. Kelley,...Check out this guide to public transportation in Newton
Check out this handy guide to all the various public transportation options in Newton.
Newton judge’s role reportedly examined after immigrant evades ICE
From the Boston Globe..
Medina-Perez, picked up by Newton police on drug charges, faced a fugitive warrant for drunken driving in Pennsylvania and a detainer from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a courtroom audio recording of the bench conference. In fact, an ICE agent was in the courthouse, waiting to
Business owners welcome Washington Street developments
Robert Korff’s Mark Development has expanded their Washington Street portfolio with a series of purchases that include the neighborhood’s post office branch, John Hilliard reports in the Globe and business owners are looking forward to improvements along the corridor.
Among the businesses there is Cook Newton, where Paul Turano, the restaurant’s executive chef and owner, said new development in Newtonville will be a great addition to the neighborhood. It will help
And now this from cartoonist Mark Marderosian
Video: Public strongly disputes charges of anti-Semitic bias in Newton school curriculum
Here’s the video from the Nov. 27, 2018 Newton School Committee public hearing on a citizen’s petition about Newton Schools’ curriculum, followed by the committee’s deliberations and votes on the petitions.
Newton School Committee Curriculum Public Hearing November 27, 2018 from NewTV on Vimeo.
A statement released by the committee after the hearing can be found here.School Committee: Attacks are having a ‘chilling effect’ on teachers, school atmosphere
A statement released today from the Newton School Committee ….
Dear Newton Families,
As a result of a formal petition alleging anti-Semitism in the Newton Public School history curriculum, the School Committee was required to hold a public hearing on the petitioners’ requests. On Tuesday evening, approximately 400 students, faculty, staff, and community members attended the public hearing at Newton South.
We fully recognize that anti-Semitism, as well as bigotry and outright hate and intolerance against Muslim, Immigrant, Black and Brown and, LGBTQ members has become more pronounced in this country in the past few years. It is deeply distressing and we should all be working together to address it. However, we categorically rejected that Newton Public Schools’ curriculum is anti-Semitic or that there is an anti-Semitic bias inherent in our schools.
At the hearing, students, parents, teachers and other community members overwhelmingly
Newton signs green energy contract
From the mayor’s office… The City of Newton today signed an historic contract for all of the City’s electricity customers that is 60 percent from local renewable sources such as solar and wind, significantly reducing the City’s carbon footprint while also...