by Ralph Ranalli | Aug 30, 2013 | Newton |
The Overnight Parking Ban is up for discussion Tuesday night before the first Board meeting of the new school year. No agenda is in the Friday Packet, and I don’t recall this coming via the docket, so I can’t enlighten Village 14 about the issues.... by Ralph Ranalli | Aug 14, 2013 | Newton
The map of the 19. 8 mile official Tour is now available! Curious Tour-ists can start riding sections now, if they wish. If you want to wait for the Oct. 6 guided tour, you can still register now. 53 days and counting…. View Tour de Newton, 13 villages in a... by Ralph Ranalli | Aug 11, 2013 | Newton
Better get the bike tuned! The ride will be less fun if your brakes are unreliable, your chain slips from gear to gear or the seat wobbles. Newton has at least four bike shops. Route news: the tour has been cut down to 20 miles. It remains a stunner,... by Ralph Ranalli | Aug 9, 2013 | Newton
Summer schedules still mean meetings, and this week is a double-header: two full Board meetings, as well as School Committee. Not just Land Use. Of course, since Land Use has been meeting all summer, every week, most of the Monday meeting will be full of Land Use... by Ralph Ranalli | Aug 3, 2013 | Newton
You can never leave home if you’re a City Hall watcher. Riverside returns for debate on Tuesday. Land Use meets again. The docket looks deceptively thin. But wait–what’s in those documents? Why, a quick report on the seven–that’s... by Ralph Ranalli | Aug 2, 2013 | bicycles |
Attention Tour-ists: you have 65 days left to get in shape (as of 8/2)! Lois Levin, Henry Finch and I have spent the last several weeks finalizing the 26+ mile, tour-safe route for the Oct. 6 Tour de Newton. It has been an absolute blast finding the centers of all 13... by Ralph Ranalli | Jul 29, 2013 | Newton |
Nonantum residents and business owners will get to review plans to improve the economic vitality and pedestrian environment of Watertown Street–and that’s the biggest single item in the Aldermen’s docket this week. And it doesn’t need to... by Ralph Ranalli | Jul 21, 2013 | Newton |
The Riverside draft special permit, the result of dozens of meetings, is now live. The bicycle lanes and sidewalks should make access without a car safer and more pleasant–which is good news for the neighbors. The excess parking demanded by the MBTA remains, and... by Ralph Ranalli | Jul 14, 2013 | Newton |
This is the week to STAY AWAKE if you care about the next round of school buildings. Tomorrow (July 15) the Board of Aldermen and School Committee meet jointly to review the Angier School renderings and floor plans. Have a look. What do you think? Prior to that, the... by Ralph Ranalli | Jun 29, 2013 | Newton |
The final report on the Waban Hill (aka Heartbreak Hill) Reservoir is out this week. It’s a terrific document, and while I couldn’t discover all the Advisory Committee’s names, I commend them all for a comprehensive, thoughtful and responsive... by Ralph Ranalli | Jun 14, 2013 | Newton |
How bicycle-friendly is the Garden City? Find out Monday, June 17, 6pm at the War Memorial Auditorium. That’s when Mayor Warren will join Lois Levin, Newton’s Bicycle Coordinator, for Newton’s Second Annual Bike Summit! (Spoiler: the League of... by Ralph Ranalli | May 17, 2013 | Newton |
Besides a vote to tie a final bow around the budget, the aldermen look to be tying off other loose ends in their committee agendas this week. In the Bigger Fish to Fry category is Riverside: including work on parking, traffic, landscaping, etc. Incidentally, parking...