by Pastor Devlin Scott | Jan 20, 2020 | Newton |
The following remarks were delivered by Pastor Devlin Scott of NewCity Church during this morning’s 52nd Annual Martin Luther King Community Celebration:
Good Morning Neighbors.
Allow me to introduce myself.
But rather than tell you my credentials, my education level and experiences; rather than point out my adornments and use language that proves to some and attempts to convince myself that I belong here and should be standing on this stage — I want to tell you who I am.
Rather than speak of my affection for social justice, diversity and inclusion; rather than speak of how the
by Greg Reibman | Jan 9, 2017 | Affordable housing, zoning |
Various state agencies have continually determined that Newton has not met the 1.5 percent threshold that would provide a 40B exemption. So why does Mayor Warren’s Planning Department and ZBA continue to dispute that? Read Jonathan Dame’s latest story for Wicked Local Newton here.
by Gail Spector | Aug 3, 2016 | Affordable housing, Newton, Setti Warren |
Check out this opinion piece by Newton Mayor Setti Warren that appears on bostonglobe.com (perhaps it’s going to be in tomorrow’s paper?). Headlined “How to make housing affordable,” our mayor writes about housing challenges for the shrinking... by Greg Reibman | Dec 6, 2015 | Newton |
I have a question for folks who don’t support the project at 28 Austin Street because they don’t believe it does enough to address Newton’s affordable housing needs. If that’s so, then why do all of the city’s the affordable housing... by Greg Reibman | Jun 14, 2015 | Newton |
Some readers here are probably thinking “”Of course, we’re exclusionary in Newton, our schools are too crowded now and we have too much traffic.” Sone might even add: “I can’t believe Setti Warren is getting credit for our efforts... by Greg Reibman | Aug 12, 2013 | development, Ted Hess-Mahan |
I was on vacation last week so I apologize for coming to this late. But the story in last week’s TAB headlined “Mayor Setti Warren defends record on Newton affordable” seems worth noting for different reasons. First, the article begins by saying...