by Greg Reibman | Apr 3, 2017 | Newton, Wells Ave |
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider whether or not the state’s 40B affordable housing laws trump the Wells Ave. deed restriction this week.If the city loses, developer Jay Daugherty could move forward with plans to build workforce housing at 135 Wells Ave., and “infuse new life into a tired office park.”
by Greg Reibman | Apr 1, 2017 | Newton
Still smarting from failing to be reelected Newton School Committee chair, Matt Hills recently told supporters that he takes “some satisfaction knowing that at least I won the popular School School Committee members’ vote.” “People like Diana...
by Greg Reibman | Apr 1, 2017 | Newton |
City Councilor Brian Yates has filed a docket item calling for Sanctuary City status for the New England Mobile Book Fair.
“The Book Fair is in danger of becoming a refugee and needs our protection,” said Yates. “And if Mayor Warren is willing to open the
by Greg Reibman | Apr 1, 2017 | City Council |
After successfully banning or placing limits on plastic bags, leaf blowers and the word “man,” City Councilors Ted Hess-Mahan, Alison Leary and Emily Norton are looking for new things to legislate away. “We know there’s more things we can get...
by Greg Reibman | Mar 30, 2017 | City Hall, Governor's race, Setti Warren |
Newton Mayor Setti Warren told Boston Herald radio yesterday that he would follow Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s lead and open Newton City Hall as a safe haven for illegal immigrants if President Trump steps up deportations.
“If in fact there are draconian measures taken by the federal government and people feel unsafe and they need places to go, of
by Greg Reibman | Mar 28, 2017 | Newton |
For the past month or so, the clerks at the Radio Shack on Needham Street have been insisting that their store-wide inventory clearance sale was only an inventory clearance sale. But this week, they finally admitted that they are indeed closing for good. by Greg Reibman | Mar 27, 2017 | Needham Street |
Newton Mayor Setti Warren and Needham Selectman Chair Matt Borelli have sent a joint letter to MassDOT objecting to changes that would delay the redesign of Needham Street/Highland Ave.
The City of Newton and the Town of Needham strongly object to the proposed delay the redesign will have on the Corridor project and to the fact that MassDOT has taken this step absent consultation with elected and appointed officials in our two communities.
by Greg Reibman | Mar 27, 2017 | Joe Kennedy |
US Congressman Joe Kennedy III will host a Newton Town Hall this Sunday, April 2. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. The program begins at 2 p.m. in Lasker Auditorium at Newton North High School. This event is organized by Kennedy’s Congressional Office and is an official... by Greg Reibman | Mar 25, 2017 | Needham Street |
The good news is that New England Mobile Book Fair owner Tom Lyons says he is “getting calls from people who have space” for a new home for his cherished Newton landmark. The bad news is …
by Greg Reibman | Mar 23, 2017 | Needham Street, Newton |
The New England Mobile Book Fair, a Newton treasure, is need of a new, smaller, less-costly, location or will be forced to stop operating, the Boston Globe reports.
<…the book business being what it is in the age of Amazon.com — i.e., not very good — time has come for New England Mobile
by Greg Reibman | Mar 22, 2017 | Charter Commission |
Thanks to NewTV for providing this video of the March 15 public hearing on Newton’s proposed new charter.
by Greg Reibman | Mar 20, 2017 | Newton |
Newton full City Council will be discussing the proposed Washington Place project for the first time tonight, starting at about 8:15 p.m. or so, at City Hall. Land Use Committee Chair Laredo provides details in a memo here but says he won’t be asking for a vote.... 
