School Nurses to Protest/Picket at Newton City Hall
According to a Facebook post on Newton Civic Action Forum, the Newton Public School nurses, who are funded under the Health and Human Service Department’s budget – not the School Department’s budget, are planning a protest/picket at City Hall on...Newton deputy planning director James Freas to move west — to Natick
James Freas, the deputy director of Newton’s planning department, is going to be headed a few exits west along the Pike. He’s accepted a new job as the Planning Director for Natick. This is a huge loss for Newton as not only has James been the key driver...Increasing transparency in Newton city government
It’s become more evident that our local government is not as transparent as it thinks it is. Think about NewCAL or the discussions on salary increases for elected officials. Present and former City Councilors have their own newsletters and organizations highlight...
Rivkin departs, but city hall’s loss is our nation’s gain.
Newton City Hall is losing one of its bright young stars. But the city’s loss is our nation’s gain. The personable, Newton South graduate (Class of 2013) started working for Fuller’s mayoral campaign five days after his graduation from Columbia...Joe Kennedy’s Service Fair Saturday at Newton City Hall
TOMORROW, we’re holding our 3rd annual Service Fair at Newton City Hall from 1-3PM. Stop by to learn more about getting involved in your neighborhood! pic.twitter.com/2yf5Dt7RUK
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) December 7, 2018
Should Newton’s elected officials get a raise? Do you want to be part of the decision process?
City Council President Marc Laredo is looking for individuals interested in serving on a Blue Ribbon Commission examine the compensation of Newton’s elected officials.
By way of background, our Mayor receives a salary of $125,000 a year for her full-time service (the Mayor is barred by our city charter from having other employment while serving as Mayor) our City Council members each receive a salary (also referred to as a stipend) of $9,750 a year; and elect
Newton HR Director Karen Glasgow has passed away
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller released this today… I am writing to share tragic, sudden, and awful news. Our Karen Glasgow, Newton’s Human Resources Director, died unexpectedly Sunday morning when she collapsed at home. Our thoughts and prayers are with her...Mayor Fuller requests three marijuana-related ballot questions
In a letter to the City Council, Mayor Fuller asked councilors to docket three separate ballot questions about marijuana retail shops on the November 2018 ballot. Click here to read Mayor Fuller’s memo. Proposed questions are: 1. Shall the city adopt the...Newton’s property tax deferment program earns props from Globe
Here’s a rarity: A story that says nice things about Newton from page one of today’s Boston Globe.
Programs like Newton’s are intended to make it easier for retirees to stay in their homes in a state with some of the nation’s highest housing costs and real estate tax bills. But because the programs reduce short-term local tax revenue, few cities and towns publicize the benefit as widely as Newton does.
Fuller selects Karen Glasgow to fill long vacant HR job
From the mayor’s office… Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has chosen Karen Glasgow, the Director of Labor Relations for the Boston Public Schools, to become the City’s next Director of Human Resources. Glasgow, who was introduced at the Mayor’s State of the City...
Is anyone else frustrated by the city’s new assessors’ database?
Sometime, recently I think, the city replaced its old assessors’ data base with this new one. The new version promises “more features and better viewing on a variety of devices” but when I tried it today, I found it
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