Mayor: Huggins would have given ZBA ‘an appearance of bias’
The TAB’s Jonathan Dame reports on Newton Mayor Setti Warren’s decision not to reappoint Barbara Huggins to the Zoning Board of Appeals “The reason for my decision was because her work in other communities has involved opposing 40B housing developments,...
Newton’s outdoor water fountains turned off because of concerns about lead levels
Due to a “high proportion of tested fountains with elevated lead levels” at outdoor parks, the Department of Public Works has turned off the water to all fountains in outdoor parks. Letter and survey from Mayor Setti Warren follow: On May 17, the City was...Newton fireworks this Monday at 9 p.m.
Newton’s July 4 festivities, brought to us by Newton Community Pride, begin Monday morning with kids events and free ice cream from Cabot’s at Newton Center Playground from 10 a.m. to noon. The annual open air market and amusement rides run from 1-10 p.m. at Albemarle...West Newton Square enhancement project for 2017
The city is hosting a community meeting this Thursday night from 6:30-8pm at the Second Church of Newton to introduce a project which aims to improve the West Newton Square streetscape. Two to three million is budgeted to go towards improvements in West Newton Square...Do you really need to own a car?
I posted this as a comment to another thread but thought that perhaps it would be better as a full blog post. The economics of car travel are changing, and with them is the concept that if you want to get where you want, when you want, you need to own a car. Not only...Recent TAB columns offer support for Charter Commission’s call for at-large City Council
While I recently started a thread based on Marjorie Arons-Barron’s opposition to eliminating ward city councilors, I neglected to do the same when former Alderman Marcia Johnson wrote in support of the idea in a TAB column. Some people are concerned that doing...
Crimewatch – “Trading Up” edition
Does anyone recognize this bike? Someone left it in Alicia Bowman’s driveway on Saturday late afternoon in ” exchange” for a much nicer TREK bike in her closed garage. She reported the theft to the police. It was the third Trek silent theft in...
N-Squared Corridor presentation this Wednesday…and you’re invited
Since October 2015, the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber has been working in partnership with the City of Newton, the Town of Needham and stakeholders from our two communities to develop a strategic plan for the N-Squared Innovation Corridor, a 500-acre district...A new presidential candidate from Upper Falls
Day Middle School’s Brian Turner taking a new job with Newton Schools
Brian Turner will be replaced as principal of Day Middle School and taking a new job as the district’s director of professional development and assessment in the office of teaching and learning. Here’s a letter Turner sent to school families today…...Mayor Warren announces Newton Housing Strategy
This just in from the mayor’s office… Today, June 23, 2016, Mayor Setti Warren is releasing the Newton Housing Strategy: A Blueprint to Promote Affordable, Diverse Housing and Economic Growth to begin a conversation about housing in Newton. Newton’s...
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