Rethinking the Indigo Hotel
A story by Martina Jackson in the Fig City News reports on a possible new plan for the Indigo Hotel at Riverside. The initial plan for Riverside called for the demolition of the hotel. Since then the project has been on hold. Now Mark Developer, the propery owner...
Walk the pipes with the Conservators
In recent weeks I’ve organized two different well attended weekend walks. First there was the 2 1/2 mile Upper Falls Loop walk then a few weeks later there was a 6 mile Charles River Loop walk through Newton, Wellesley and Needham. This weekend I’m not...
“Noodle Ride” Sat April 1, 10-11AM
Bike Newton invites you on their first group ride of the year – the 8 mile “Noodle Ride” Join us for our first group ride of the year! And this is a special ride we are calling the “Noodle Ride”. (No joke!) We’re going to tie swimming noodles (or...School Committee votes down proposed Advisory Committee
Adam Bernstein reports on last night’s School Committee meeting in the Fig City NewsMayor’s plan for school and city finances
The mayor’s newsletter contains this letter to the City Council that details the mayor’s fiscal plan for the coming year in the wake of the voters voting down the override for the operating budget. For those who voted against the override what do you make...Emily Norton announces she wont be running for Council
Emily Norton posted the following message in here email newsletter this morning. Friends, I was first elected to the “Board of Aldermen” in 2013. It has truly been an honor to be your representative in local government, and to be able to respond when you needed help...
Override election campaign spending
Today’s Fig City News reports that the No Override Newton ballot committee didn’t file their Pre-Election Report before election day as required by law. They have since filed the report and it reveals that most of the No campaigns funding came from two...
A rollicking night of short form theater and music
Two weeks, five performances, three venues – April 7 – 16 Come enjoy a grab bag of all sorts of short form entertainment – short plays, improv, musical spoofs, film scenes, and monologues We’ve put together a fun program of twelve short pieces...
Come for a walk on Sunday
I organized a walk of the Upper Falls Loop trail a few weeks back. We had a good group and a fine walk, so I thought I’d organize a different longer walk for this Sunday. Here are the details: * We’ll meet on the Newton side of the top of Echo Bridge at...
NPS to host meeting on new Academic Principles Committee
This past February a group of 168 NPS parents signed this petition and submitted it to the Newton Public School Department. The petition calls for the NPS to assemble an Academic Principles Advisory Committee, consisting primarily of parents and NPS teachers, but not...Pension funding options after the override failure
Today’s Fig City News features an article by Amy Sangiolo that discusses the various issues around pension funding this year, now that the operating override has been voted down. What do you think? Are we currently paying too much, too little, or just about...
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