by Allison Sharma | Jan 20, 2020 | Newton |
The following remarks were delivered by Pastor Devlin Scott of NewCity Church during this morning’s 52nd Annual Martin Luther King Community Celebration:
Good Morning Neighbors.
Allow me to introduce myself.
But rather than tell you my credentials, my education level and experiences; rather than point out my adornments and use language that proves to some and attempts to convince myself that I belong here and should be standing on this stage — I want to tell you who I am.
Rather than speak of my affection for social justice, diversity and inclusion; rather than speak of how the
by Allison Sharma | Nov 25, 2019 | Newton, Newton Teachers Association, Schools |
I just received the following update from the school committee and mayor: Dear Families: As announced last week, the School Committee negotiating team, in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office, reached a tentative agreement with the Newton Teachers Association. Our...
by Allison Sharma | Nov 19, 2019 | Newton |
Just in from NTA president Mike Zilles: Dear Colleagues: Thanks to all of your incredible work supporting our union, today your NTA bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with the School Committee! We will be sharing more information as soon as possible about...
by Allison Sharma | Sep 16, 2019 | Newton North |
According to this Instagram post from The Newtonite, Newton North students are organizing to participate in this Friday’s Boston Climate Strike. Students will first march to Newton City Hall to hear what Newton is doing on the climate front and how students...
by Allison Sharma | Jun 17, 2019 | seniors |
Newton’s new transportation service for seniors, Newton in Motion or NewMo, launched on Monday. According to Jenna Fisher at the Patch: “The service is part shuttle, part uber, and while it won’t take a rider just anywhere in the city –...
by Allison Sharma | Apr 11, 2019 | Newton |
Lots of complaints about ‘luxury apartments’ in the previous thread, so this article (Why Are Developers Only Building Luxury Housing?) immediately came to mind. It begins with this sentence: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:...
by Allison Sharma | Mar 30, 2019 | Newton |
You might recall that the city has embarked on an ambitious project to replace our current, insufficient Senior Center with a new ‘Center for Active Living’ (NewCAL). A project team has been working since last spring to define the programmatic needs and... by Allison Sharma | Jan 14, 2016 | Newton
Jim Purdy on the Green Newton blog describes a bill in the MA legislature that, if passed, could put the brakes on Newton’s solar energy plans, including solar car parking lots and a solar Rumford landfill conversion. We’ve got a state delegation that is...
by Allison Sharma | Dec 23, 2015 | Newton |
Along the Charles River in Waltham, near West Newton, a new bike/ped deck has just been completed. People used to have to make a complicated detour on busy roads to get from the Moody Street Dam to the resumption of the Greenway at Elm St. Now, thanks to the MA Dept... by Allison Sharma | Oct 30, 2015 | Newton |
Welcome to Newton’s first (to our knowledge) virtual Aldermanic Candidates Forum, on Newton’s Transportation Sustainability. Background, context, and ground rules can be found here. Below are three questions for responses by aldermanic candidates in... by Allison Sharma | Oct 30, 2015 | Newton |
Putting on my bike advocacy hat as a member of the steering committee for Bike Newton, and not having heard any major objections from the V14 blogger braintrust, I here announce, to our knowledge, Newton’s first ever virtual Aldermanic candidate’s forum,...
by Allison Sharma | Oct 17, 2015 | Newton |
(press release from Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce): Electrify your ride at Newton’s Harvest Fair Local organizers offer electric vehicle ride & drives at annual Green Expo Newton, MA – Ever wondered if an electric vehicle (EV) is right for you and want to...
