by Village 14 | Apr 17, 2019 | Affordable housing, Newton, West Newton
From Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s budget announcement:
I am excited to announce that we will explore preserving the National Guard Armory building on Washington Street at the edge of West Newton Square and repurposing it as 100 percent affordable housing so more people of modest means can make this good city of Newton their home. The commonwealth is willing to sell the building to the city for $1 only if it is used for affordable housing, a use in which I believe deeply, and which also allows the city to control what happens to this important building.
Patch’s Jenna Fisher has more here.
by Greg Reibman | Apr 2, 2019 | West Newton
Rockport in West Newton is looking for you!
by Village 14 | Mar 15, 2019 | Newton, Newtonville, Washington Street Corridor, West Newton
The Globe’s John Hilliard explores the proposal for park decks over the Mass Turnpike in West Newton and Newtonville that’s part of the Hello Washington Street visioning process.
Under proposed zoning for the area, developers would be able to build commercial buildings of up to 10 stories by special permit, but would also have to contribute to a fund to help support construction of the park decks, as well as improvements to the city’s commuter rail stations, [City Councillor Susan Albright] said.
by Julia Malakie | Mar 4, 2019 | Newton Corner, Newtonville, Washington Street Corridor, West Newton, zoning
Before even getting to the substance of the content, my first comment on the second draft of the Washington Street “Vision” was on the difficulty of actually reading it. Maybe it works better on one of those huge double-wide computer screens (anyone got...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 3, 2019 | Washington Street Corridor, West Newton, zoning
Last week in West Newton the city held a discussion around the changes both proposed and underway for the village center. Unfortunately, I had a previous engagement and couldn’t make it, though I listened to much of the conversation through the Facebook feed. ...
by Village 14 | Feb 13, 2019 | Newton Corner, Newtonville, Washington Street Corridor, West Newton
The Washington Street Corridor visioning project, Hello Washington Street, [Facebook page here] has moved into its second phase. Here’s the updated vision plan and here’s a link to the second draft exploring the proposed zoning. You can add comments to...
by Greg Reibman | Dec 29, 2018 | Newton, Newton Highlands, Newton people, West Newton
Very sad to report to that Newton has lost John O’Hara, who co-owned Paddy’s Public House in West Newton and O’Hara’s Food & Spirits in Newton Highlands with his brother Karl.
by Greg Reibman | Nov 10, 2018 | West Newton
The Annual Holiday Bazaar & Soul Food Fried Chicken Dinner Fundraiser is happening at the Myrtle Baptist Church in West Newton on Saturday Nov. 10. Here’s the details: The Holiday Bazaar is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors will be selling wonderful merchandise...
by Village 14 | Oct 29, 2018 | West Newton
Bradford S. Casler was convicted of motor vehicle homicide Monday for crashing his SUV into a pizza shop in that city in 2016, killing two customers and injuring several more people at the West Newton Sweet Tomatoes, the Globe reports...
by Village 14 | Aug 30, 2018 | West Newton
The jury trial of a Newton driver accused of losing control of his vehicle in the 2016 Sweet Tomatoes crash has been scheduled to begin on Oct. 15, Julie Cohen reports for Wicked Local Newton...
by Marti Bowen | Jul 26, 2018 | Newton Corner, Newtonville, Washington Street Corridor, West Newton
This document is being discussed on another thread along with some unfortunately knowing nothing about it. So here it is. From the beginning of the PDF: “Hello Washington Street!” vision plan is the City of Newton’s initiative to...
by Marti Bowen | Jun 25, 2018 | development, Newton, Newton Corner, Newtonville, Washington Street Corridor, West Newton
Joint Zoning & Planning Committee On Monday, June 25th, tonight, the Committee will meet at 7:00 p.m. in Room 205/Council Chamber. The below will be discussed. Zoning and Planning Chair: Councilor Albright Vice-Chair: Councilor...
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