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by Keith E. Jacaobson | Apr 1, 2016 | Newton |
At an early morning breakfast press conference, held at the Newton Mariott, this morning. The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) along with Newton Mayor Setti Warren announced a surprise route change to this year’s 120th running of the Boston Marathon’s...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2016 | Newton |
… and some more from the charter commission …. In recent days the charter commission has been reviewing Article 2 of the city’s charter. That’s the section that spells out the details of the legislative branch of the city government –...
by Sean Roche | Apr 1, 2016 | Newton |
At a press conference this week, Newton’s recently appointed first Environmental Commissioner, Rachel Carson, announced climate change preparation plans for Crystal Lake. “Like other forward-thinking municipal administrations, Newton is getting a head...
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by Jerry Reilly | Apr 1, 2016 | Newton |
The Charter Commission was elected last November. Their job is to review the city’s charter (governing law) and come up with recommendations on how it may be improved. For the past four months they have been meeting, gathering public input, and coming to various...
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by Jerry Reilly | Mar 31, 2016 | Newton |
Last year the city launched it’s first ever Newton Festival of the Arts, a month long festival of local arts of every kind. It was a big hit last year so this year it’s back again – bigger and better. This year’s festival will feature about 85...
by village14 | Mar 31, 2016 | Newton |
The Newton League of Woman Voters sent a letter to the charter commission reminding them that many members of the public are interested in seeing a smaller city council. In our experience helping collect the more than 8,500 signatures required to establish this...
by village14 | Mar 31, 2016 | Newton
Innovators, entrepreneurs and community members are invited to the official opening of the Newton Innovation Center (aka MassChallenge’s Newton location), a startup-friendly collaborative workspace. The Newton Innovation Center will be a resource open to the...
by Dan Foley | Mar 30, 2016 | Newton, Schools |
Today’s Globe has an article on the start time for high schools. It’s prompted by the release of a statement by the Middlesex League Superintendents* which advocates for moving the start time a bit later. “The research is clear on this topic that later start times...
by Gail Spector | Mar 30, 2016 | David Fleishman, Newton, Public safety, Schools, Setti Warren |
An editorial headlined “Newton’s Credibility Gap” in the current (April 1, 2016) issue of the Jewish Advocate implies that Newton officials have not been completely honest when discussing anti-semitic graffiti in the schools. A couple of key...
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by Jerry Reilly | Mar 29, 2016 | Newton |
I was sorry to hear this news … ​A letter to our loyal guests of Waban Kitchen​. It’s never easy to turn the page and move on but we’ve made the difficult decision to close Waban Kitchen ​as of March 26th.​ Over the years we’ve made so many new...
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by village14 | Mar 29, 2016 | Newton |
City Councilor Jim Cote shared these via email. If you click on the image it may be easier to read.
by Bob Burke | Mar 29, 2016 | Newton |
HISTORIC DISTRICT PROGRESS REPORT AND KEY ENDORSEMENTS We are happy to announce that a draft public proposal for a Local Historic District (LHD) in Newton Highlands has been completed after months of study and debate by a Planning Committee of the Newton Highlands...
