by Jerry Reilly | Oct 13, 2019 | Newton |
Newton’s elected officials and many new city council candidates have proposed an ambitious progressive agenda to create more affordable and workforce housing, go carbon neutral by 2050 (or sooner), improve transportation, add to open space, build a world class senior...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 13, 2019 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater regularly hosts nights of storytelling called the Nomad Story Slam. From time to time I dive into the archive of 100’s of stories that have been told at the Nomad Story Slam over the last six years and pull out one of my favorites.e We held... by Jerry Reilly | Oct 13, 2019 | Candidate columns, City Council elections |
We have invited all candidates running for contested seats in the upcoming Newton election to submit a guest post to Village 14. The format and content of the post is entirely up to them. City Council candidate Maria Scibelli Greenberg who is running for the ward...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 12, 2019 | Newton |
Many restaurants predate what is now Brewers Coalition at the corner of Walnut & Washington Park in Newtonville Can they all be named — and dated? There are many. Feel free to discuss.
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 10, 2019 | Newton |
The Newton homeowner with the highest annual property tax bill pays $205,070 for their 17,802 square foot home built in 2004 in Newton Corner on 2 acres, which is over 16 times the average Newton property tax bill of $12,392. Should we tell future energy-hogging... by Jerry Reilly | Oct 10, 2019 | Newton |
I’m Vice Chair of the City of Newton Community Preservation Committee. I’d like to provide some facts that are relevant to Mayor Fuller’s proposal to use Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to purchase 17 acres of Webster Woods from Boston College. (Full...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 10, 2019 | Newton |
Tonight October 10, 7 PM Newton Mayor Ruthanne will brief the Newton Community Preservation Committee (CPC) about the proposal for the city to purchase 17.4 acres of land to preserve Webster Woods, with $15.2 million in bonds. The hearing will take place in the City... by Jerry Reilly | Oct 10, 2019 | Newton |
We have invited all candidates running for contested seats in the upcoming Newton election to submit a guest post to Village 14. The format and content of the post is entirely up to them. City Council candidate Emily Norton who is running for the ward seat in Ward 2,...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 9, 2019 | Newton |
Newton TAB’s front page today reports that “officials may move forward on [the] armory” and repeats Mayor Fuller’s statement that the state “is willing to sell the building to the city for $1 only if it is used for affordable housing in... by Jerry Reilly | Oct 8, 2019 | Newton |
The four Area Councils (Newtonville, Highlands, Waban and Upper Falls) have joined together to host debates in each of the contested seats in the City Council and School Committee races. On Oct 20 they’ll hold six debates at Newton North for the ward 1 – 4... by Jerry Reilly | Oct 7, 2019 | Newton |
Should we have more accountants on the city council and staff? I hold what I hope is the singular distinction of having watched all 8 1/2 hours of the various city council debates on NewTV. Before you judge me on my lack of hobbies, I’d like to point out that I...
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 7, 2019 | Newton |
Newton has a wonderful tradition and it is coming around again. Every year the Newton School Foundation holds an event called Newton Inspires at Newton South. They round up a dozen+ Newton residents who do interesting things for a night of lectures on a wide variety...
