Newton Muni-Wonk: Planning time
OK–infrastructure folks, gather round: Wednesday is your big day as the board will start to grapple with the Cabot School and Fire HQ/Station 3 financing. It will also review progress on Angier and Zervas. The report section will give you the most recent on the...Newton Muni-Wonk: School Committee to Watch
The School Committee Monday has everything of interest to anyone paying taxes, raising kids, or just wanting to know when not to go on vacation next year: A vote on the 2014-15 calendar A comparison of budgeted vs. actual spending The Enrollment report, including...Newton Muni-Wonk: Post-Election Cleaning
Finance wonks rejoice–Monday’s tax classification hearing and booklet await your careful inspection, as well as Categories of Expenses on major building projects and an Investment Policy–what fun. You may also be interested in the streetlight...Ask the Next Newton Mayor a Question
Yes, you can enter your question NOW for the next mayor, and the League of Women Voters will review & perhaps even posit it it the Mayoral Debate, Tuesday, Oct. 22. Here’s the announcement: Join LWVN members for an interesting and informative evening with...Newton Muni-Wonk: Shaping Needham St
A vision of Needham Street as more than just a car corridor is slowly taking shape. It’s not just in the Planning Department’s sketch books, and it certainly hasn’t hit Highland Avenue (Needham Street once it crosses into Needham), but it’s...Newton Muni-Wonk: Parking dominates again
Glance at this week’s reports & agendas, and the word Parking recurs again & again. Of course, the Traffic Council has a report (can we call it the Parking Council?). Zervas, Fire Station 3 and the Fire HQ have updates. Look for the CIP (capital...Newton Muni-Wonk: Fat Lady Singing
Riverside–finally–is going to get its vote this week. Will this be the project everyone hoped for? Will it clog streets and sewers? Will it add enough revenue to avoid a round of overrides? Read the documents, then comment below. Other projects continue...Muni-Wonk: City going to Pot?
Any big municipal project you might find interesting–from Angier and Zervas through Riverside–someone this week is meeting on it. You can also read the latest in the water and sewer projects, hear debate about the disposition of the Newton Centre Library...Muni-Wonk: Are we Hip Yet?
Angier votes are pending soon. Wednesday may start them off–two days after the ribbons are cut for Day. But if those items don’t make us hip, here are a handful that may: food trucks bans on styrofoam and other non-compostable goods LED lights Pot...Will You Win?
Did you know you can get cash just for making (or not making) your usual commute “green?” As the state rolls out this year’s Car-Free Week (the week before Newton’s Walk-Bike Week, Oct. 4-11), it’s advertising the raffles available to...Muni-Wonk: Angier hearings & Sewer stuff
Angier hearings Wednesday night. I’d go, but I think Public Facilities may be more interesting. Why? They are considering a point-of-sale inspection for properties that could save Newton ratepayers on their sewer bills–and help the Charles to recharge....
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