Cindy Creem named Senate Majority Leader
Congratulations to Newton’s State Senator Cindy Creem has been named Senate Majority Leader.
TAB: Newton’s ‘hidden problem’
Just as the Andy Levin era has ended at the Newton TAB comes this “news” from the paper’s front page..
“Some Boston area towns and cities have a hidden problem — a lack of affordable housing for low income families..
…this is a regional, even national problem that many Boston area communities like Newton, Wellesley and Needham are facing…”
Newton School Committee stands up to hate group’s curriculum claims
For the past five years, the Newton Public Schools district has been the target of groups claiming bias in our high school history curriculum concerning the Middle East. Time and again, these allegations have proven to be misleading or untrue. In 2013, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education stated in response to a filed complaint, “no violation of education law, regulation or policy has occurred with regard to the specific concern(s) you have raised.” When similar claims resurfaced last summer, the Anti-Defamation League met with Newton Public Schools leaders and determined there was no issue with the curriculum.
Read the Newton School Committee’s full statement on the TAB’s website
Recreational marijuana in Newton explained (really)
City Councilor Andreae Downs does an excellent job explaining the pros and cons of issues surrounding bringing recreational marijuana to Newton on her website. Recommended reading.
Fuller selects Karen Glasgow to fill long vacant HR job
From the mayor’s office… Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has chosen Karen Glasgow, the Director of Labor Relations for the Boston Public Schools, to become the City’s next Director of Human Resources. Glasgow, who was introduced at the Mayor’s State of the City...
Fuller: The state of our city is strong and the future is bright.
Here’s a copy of Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s first State of the City address delivered Feb. 20, 2018 at Newton City Hall.
Good Evening.
To President Laredo, Vice President Kalis, President Emeritus Baker, members of the City Council and the School Committee, everyone here at City Hall or watching at home, good evening.
I last stood here seven weeks ago when I had the honor of taking a solemn oath of office. On Inauguration Day, I pledged “to build a greater, better and more beautiful Newton to transmit to our children and grandchildren – grounded in our sense of civic duty, inspired by our shared vision, and fueled by our tradition of working together.”
Tonight, I’m here to re-affirm that building a greater, better, more beautiful Newton will be
What killed the sunfish at Cutler Park pond?
These photos were published on NextDoor Newton (longin required) with the following question:
Anyone know what killed the sunfish in the pond/lake at Cutler Park? (It wasn’t my dog. She simply discove
ed the bodies.)
Auchincloss: Why you should pay attention to Baker’s housing plan
“Whether you support or oppose further large-scale development in Newton, the governor’s Housing Choice Initiative is worth your attention,” Newton City Councilor Jake Auchincloss begins in this column on Medium. If the Act to promote housing...
Fuller nixes Warren’s proposed hotel complex at former library site
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s latest email to residents included this news about a hotel/restaurant/housing project Mayor Setti Warren annnounced last May.
Remember the proposal for the former Newton Centre library property located at 1294 Centre Street?Stuart Rothman, on behalf of First Cambridge Realty Trust Corporation, proposed rehabilitating the former library into a restaurant with a space for community use, building a
Noel to Mountain: This president does not have your back
Newton City Councilor Brenda Noel had a must-read column in this week’s TAB this week written in the form of a letter to Newton Republican City Committee Chair and frequent TAB columnist Tom Mountain.
As someone who I hope puts country before party, Tom my friend, this guy is not worth jumping on the sword for. He is destroying your party and taking the country with it. Take the heat for Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Colin Powell, people that wouldn’t abandon you in a fox hole, but not this
Andy Levin stepping down from Newton TAB
Newton TAB Editor Andy Levin has resigned from his position at GateHouse Media. Levin began as Newton editor in October of 2014, with a staff that included one full-time and one part-time reporter. He leaves following multiple internal reorganizations (i.e. staff...VIDEO: On patrol with a Newton police officer
Newton North students Aidan Leary and Dylan Crook produced this documentary from a ride along with Newton Police Officer Reid Larson
