Trash talk with Mayor Fuller
I'm Your Recycling Person PSA from NewTV on Vimeo.
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and NewTV produced this PSA, which calls attention to some changes in the City’s recycling program. Learn more on how to recycle right, www.newtonma.gov.
Fuller joins coalition of mayors pledging to build more housing
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller has joined a coalition of 15 greater mayors to set a goal to add 185,000 new homes in Greater Boston by 2030. Details about the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition can be found here and a list of participants and data here.
But there’s also this comment from Fuller in
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...
Peet’s Pours Last Brews
The Peet’s that had been in Newton Centre is now officially closed. But that’s not the end of the story. Today John Coletta, Chief Strategy Officer and head of retail flew in from the Peet’s home office in California to tell the community that yes,...
Our mayor becomes a grandmother!
Mazel tov to Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and her husband Joe who just welcomed their first grandchild, Henry Joseph Resolved Fuller, to the world this morning in Chicago. We understand parents Roey and David Fuller and the entire family couldn’t be happier.
Here’s Mark Development’s statement of interest in the Newton Police Station land swap
Here’s a link to the statement of interest from Mark Development for a land swap involving the Newton Police Department. And here’s Mayor Fuller’s public response to the proposal and details about the...
Mayor: ‘I’ve got a few concerns’ about police station proposal
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller reports in her most recent email newsletter that Mark Development was the only developer to respond to the city’s RFP to find a new site for police department headquarters. And she adds, “…there’ll have to be some tough negotiating to get the proposal to a place where it makes sense for the City.
Here’s her full comment…
The City received only one response to our request for proposals for a site to locate a new police complex, and at first glance, I’ve got a few concerns.That’s not to say the whole undertaking is off the table, but let’s just say there’ll have to be some tough negotiating to get the proposal to a place where it makes sense for the City.A little background: A few months ago, Police Chief David MacDonald took me
Search for new police complex begins
Mayor Fuller issued the following RFI today for a new site for a police complex. It includes the current HQ, garage and annex as locations to swap or sell. From the mayor’s office: “Mayor Ruthanne Fuller today issued a formal Request for Information (RFI)...Mayor proposes exploring sale of Newton Police station to finance new HQ
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller sent this letter to the City Council proposing a unique way to fund building a new headquarters for the Newton Police Department (bold added for emphasis) Dear Councilors, I recently toured our police facilities (the main building, the...How would you rate Ruthanne Fuller’s first 100 days?
It’s been just over 100 days since Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller was sworn in as the city’s first female mayor, And she will present her first budget to the City Council on Tuesday. How do you think she’s doing?Carlson Woods sale called off, following UMass’ Mount Ida acquisition
On the heels of news that UMass is acquiring Newton’s Mount Ida College, plans to build eight homes along Carlson Avenue will not go forward, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced today
“I’ve spoken with University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan and he’s committed to being a good neighbor and working with the residents of Newton,” Fuller said in a statement.
Meehan said that the present agreement on the eight parcels along Carlson Avenue would not go forward as part of the UMass transaction, which was part of a positive dialogue about the future of the campus, the statement added.
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