On Sanctuary Cities
If you want some context for our Newton discussion about sanctuary city status, I commend your attention to a WBUR Here & Now segment with Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner.
What’s got into @Setti?
Over on the Twitter, I follow both the @settiwarren and the @mayorwarren accounts. Generally, posts are pretty anodyne, like this one. Great to welcome the @Rockport team. Celebrating an exciting addition to our diverse and vibrant business community here in #NewtonMA...25 MPH in Newton — Starting the Substantive Discussion
At last night’s City Council vote to lower the default speed limit to 25 MPH (from 30), Councilor Marc Laredo asked to postpone the vote for a “substantive discussion.” Let’s start the discussion … What would change if the Council adopted...Newton’s Nathan Phillips takes on Breitbart News
Nathan Phillips gets things done! Tomorrow’s NY Times op-ed page has a piece describing the grass-root effort to notify companies and organizations that their ads are appearing on — and supporting — Brietbart News and Nathan’s role in getting...Some themes from Tuesday’s Walnut Street crash
As Chuck so nicely posted, what happened on Walnut Street on Tuesday, when a driver struck and seriously injured a teen on a bike, is gut-wrenching. I hope that the young man’s injuries are not severe and that he recovers completely. We obviously don’t...
Is safety a goal at Zervas?
What to do with the blue zone? That’s the big question regarding safety and traffic flow at the under-construction Zervas Elementary School. The discussion is equal parts encouraging and maddening. The answer should be simple: in the interest of safety and other...
Is this the model parking lot for Newton?
Before the roll-out of the new Newton parking application, this lot — the Cypress Street lot in Newton Centre, a vision of meter-less loveliness — was on top of many folks list as the worst lots in the city. Few people like having to walk out of the way to...
Lower speed limits for Newton?
New changes to state law would make it much easier for Newton to lower speed limits.One of the changes to come out of the flurry of last-minute legislating on Beacon Hill allows cities and towns to reduce a street’s speed limit to 25 MPH without getting state...Learning from Chestnut Hill Square — about that lightpost
Second in the series. See the first installment for an overview.In this installment of Learning from CHS: a look at the sidewalk that leads from the north retail section down to Route 9. On this critical path, the sidewalk narrows dramatically, because of a sign and a...Learning from Chestnut Hill Square
Thankfully, there has been growing awareness in Newton of the need for good pedestrian accommodations in new development projects. With development like the Newton Nexus (on Needham Street at the former TripAdvisor site) coming on line, it would be useful to...