by Marti Bowen | Jul 12, 2018 | Newton, Newtonville, traffic |
Since my last post about this dangerous intersection, the city has addressed some of those concerns and the city council has voted to keep the changes with a few additions. Basically the recommendations of Sean Roche have been...
by Marti Bowen | Apr 23, 2018 | Austin Street, Newtonville, parking |
Update: There are 50 – 3 hour parking spaces available in the Austin Street lot and 20 free 30 minute spaces in the Star Market Lot as well as 100 spaces on Jackson Street for long term parking. 3 hour parking: 50 public...
by Village 14 | May 14, 2017 | Austin Street |
The second lawsuit against the Austin Street project has been dismissed, after the plaintiffs could not prove they were abutters or would be caused any injury by redevelopment of the municipal parking lot in Newtonville, The TAB’s Laura Lovett reports.
by Greg Reibman | Dec 22, 2016 | Austin Street |
From Wicked Local’s Jonathan Dame
The Appeals Court has affirmed the decision of a lower court judge to toss out the lawsuit of a group of Newton taxpayers who sought to block the Austin Street project in Newtonville.
….but there’s also this…
by Greg Reibman | Jan 13, 2016 | Newton |
As an online only companion column to reporter Jack Sullivan’s really well done article about Newton’s struggles to build affordable housing in the latest issue of CommonWealth Magazine, columnist Amy Dain, who grew up in Newtonville reflects on the...
by Village 14 | Dec 30, 2015 | Newton
City Clerk David Olson sent this to the Newton City Council today.. Councilors, Guive Mirfendereski provided notice that he has filed an appeal of the Austin Street Special Permit on behalf of Barbara Fabricant, William Zhang, Nien Lung Tai, Charles H Trinatafilles...
by Greg Reibman | Dec 10, 2015 | Newton
Thanks to NewTV for sharing this video of the Dec. 8 Newton Board of Aldermen meeting and vote on the mixed-use project at 28 Austin Street. and for those folks who like to start with desert — or read the final page of a book first — here’s the roll...
by Greg Reibman | Dec 8, 2015 | Newton |
The vote was 17-6. Here’s the story from Wicked Local Newton and here’s the story from the Boston Globe
by Greg Reibman | Dec 8, 2015 | Newton |
Comment along and watch NewTV’s live gavel to gavel coverage of Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting starting 7:45 p.m. — including the vote on Austin Street — right here. You can also tune into to Comcast channel 9, Verizon channel 33 and RCN...
by Greg Reibman | Dec 7, 2015 | Newton |
Dante Ramos begins his Boston Globe column by observing that “in Massachusetts, faulting projects for their failure to achieve perfection is a time-honored way of blocking them.” Read the rest here.
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...