Some city unions join Teamsters
The Boston Globe reports that 178 city workers are joining Teamsters Local 25. DPW Commissioner Jim McGonagle told the Globe that “the 178 workers joining Local 25 include about half of the city’s Department of Public Works employees, as well as Parks and...
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...
Fuller: The state of our city is strong and the future is bright.
Here’s a copy of Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s first State of the City address delivered Feb. 20, 2018 at Newton City Hall.
Good Evening.
To President Laredo, Vice President Kalis, President Emeritus Baker, members of the City Council and the School Committee, everyone here at City Hall or watching at home, good evening.
I last stood here seven weeks ago when I had the honor of taking a solemn oath of office. On Inauguration Day, I pledged “to build a greater, better and more beautiful Newton to transmit to our children and grandchildren – grounded in our sense of civic duty, inspired by our shared vision, and fueled by our tradition of working together.”
Tonight, I’m here to re-affirm that building a greater, better, more beautiful Newton will be
Fuller nixes Warren’s proposed hotel complex at former library site
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s latest email to residents included this news about a hotel/restaurant/housing project Mayor Setti Warren annnounced last May.
Remember the proposal for the former Newton Centre library property located at 1294 Centre Street?Stuart Rothman, on behalf of First Cambridge Realty Trust Corporation, proposed rehabilitating the former library into a restaurant with a space for community use, building aFuller to deliver first State of the City tonight
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller will deliver her first State of the City address at the council chamber at 8 p.m. What do you hope she will say?Mayor: Hiring an HR director is top priority
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller tells Andy Levin….
“People are what make the city of Newton so great. Over on the school side, for example, 85 percent of the budget is directly related to people. And here on the city side…
Union contracts on Fuller’s agenda
John Hilliard writes in the Boston Globe.
Newton’s new mayor has prioritized outreach and zoning overhaul during her first year in office, but there’s another big task ahead: negotiating contracts with unions that backed her opponent in last year’s election.
Our top pols all live on the Newton’s south side, does that matter?
Back on Dec. 14, moments after the new city council members had just voted in caucus to elect Marc Laredo to become the new council president, Ward 3 Councilor Jim Cote stood up to express his alarm that the city’s power base was about to fall into the hands of...
Read Mayor Fuller’s inaugural address
To President Laredo, President Emeritus Baker and members of the City Council, Chair Goldman and members of the School Committee, Mayor Warren and Mayor Cohen, Governor Baker, Senator Creem, Representative Khan, District Attorney Ryan, reverend clergy, esteemed...Newton’s first woman mayor to be inaugurated today
Watch the inauguration of Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and a new city council and school committee here and share your thoughts in comments.
Mayor-elect Fuller’s transition team issues report
Mayor-Elect Ruthanne Fuller’s Transition Team has completed its final report, a more than 100 page document with recommendations for the new administration.
