The City Council – what’s their story?

The City Council – what’s their story?

It’s never been done anywhere else ever … but now it’s a Newton election year tradition.   On Wed  Oct 30, seventeen candidates running for contested City Council seats in the upcoming Newton election will take a night off from the campaign. ...
City tree planting initiative

City tree planting initiative

Currently the Newton Tree Conservancy operates a very beneficial and successful Community Tree Planting program entailing that groups of at least five homeowners request under a group leader the planting of a cluster of eight or more trees — sort of on an...
What’s with the city labor contracts?

What’s with the city labor contracts?

What is the deal with city labor contracts?   The teachers went back to school this year without a signed contract.  A number of other city unions contracts have also expired. I’m not a labor lawyer or a union member and don’t really know much about how...
Heads will roll in Newton

Heads will roll in Newton

The Newton Nomadic Theater is kicking off a five week run of it’s new history course – The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson. Four badass women lose their heads in this hilarious and poignant comedy set during the French Revolution.  You’ll laugh,...
Pavement Poetry

Pavement Poetry

Today’s Newton Report (free sign up here) from the Boston Globe has a story about a new city sponsored public art project. The wonderfully titled Make Poetry Concrete project is casting ten poems into concrete sidewalks around the city.  The first few are...
Northland project alternatives

Northland project alternatives

A very big development project at the Northland site in Upper Falls is on the table and hinges on the City Council issuing a Special Permit in the coming months.  The nearby neighbors are understandably concerned about the size and scale of the project and it’s...

Odd flyer in my mailbox

A card arrived in yesterday’s mail at my Upper Falls home.   It begins “Lies About Traffic Continue for the Proposed Development on Needham St” It urges the reader to call the following City Councilors and “let them know how you feel”...
The Newton Report

The Newton Report

As the Boston Globe ramps up their Newton coverage they’ve also created a Newton specific email newsletter.  See the sample below and and sign up for it here.