by village14 | Dec 4, 2019 | Newton, Northland, Webster Woods
For those who missed it — and for those who want to relive it again or show their floor speech to their mom — here’s the Dec. 2, 2019 Newton City Council meeting where both the unanimous vote to take Webster Woods and the 17-7 vote to approve the Northland project took place.
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by village14 | Nov 29, 2019 | Newton, Northland, Ruthanne Fuller |
Ahead of Monday’s scheduled vote, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller is offering her strongest endorsement yet of the Northland project, including it’s transportation plan, the Globe’s John Hilliard reports “Bottom line, I think this development is...
by village14 | Nov 26, 2019 | Newton, Northland |
Just one week before the Newton City Council is scheduled to vote on the Northland project, Right Sized Newton President Randall Block is organizing a petition drive to stop the project. Here’s some excerpt from a letter Block sent to supporters. “We... by Greg Reibman | Nov 18, 2019 | City Council, Newton, Northland |
The Newton City Council discussed but did not vote on the Northland project as originally scheduled on Monday Nov. 18. A vote is now expected on Dec. 2
by village14 | Nov 14, 2019 | Environment, Needham Street, Newton |
fIn an opinion piece in Commonwealth Magazine, “Bringing Nature Back into our Environment”, co-authored by Emily Norton, Newton City Councilor and Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association, and Reverend Vernon K. Walker, Program Manager of... by Greg Reibman | Sep 20, 2019 | Lower Falls, Newton, Northland |
In response to questions from City Councilors about the proposal at a recent Land Use Committee meeting, Parks, Rec and Culture Commissioner Bob DeRebuis has written a letter endorsing Northland’s proposal to build a splash/spray park and explaining why he does...
by Greg Reibman | Sep 11, 2019 | Newton, Northland, Schools |
At at tonight’s (Wednesday) Land Use Committee meeting Northland will present an offer to contribute $1.5 million towards to renovation or reconstruction of Countryside Elementary School as part of an extensive community giveback effort under the special permit... by village14 | Jun 21, 2019 | housing, Newton, NewTV, Northland |
The Globe’s John Hilliard reports on Northland’s “pledge to add workforce housing and public amenities to its proposed mixed-use development in Upper Falls.”And you can watch the video from the entire meeting here….
Newton Land Use Committee June 18, 2019 from NewTV Government on Vimeo.
by village14 | Jun 14, 2019 | Newton |
In advance of Tuesday’s (June 18, 7 p.m.) meeting before the City Council’s Land Use committee, Northland has sent a letter to Land Use Committee chair Greg Schwartz, outlining proposed changes to their Needham Street project. Read the letter for... by Greg Reibman | Apr 30, 2019 | Newton |
In the aftermath of a recent Land Use Committee meeting about Northland during which opponents booed, hissed and jeered fellow Newton residents who support the project (for a good example go to the 1:58 mark here).), Right Sized Newton’s Leon Schwartz, sent this message in an email to its supporters..
… I find this very difficult to write, because I really appreciate the passion and energy that everyone brought to the meeting last time and I understand the frustration that arises when you feel like you are not being heard or not being listened to, but: please let’s try to keep
by Greg Reibman | Apr 10, 2019 | Newton, Northland, parking |
Newton City Councilor Jake Auchincloss sent this to his colleagues following Tuesday’s night Land Use Committee meeting about Northland’s traffic mitigation plans. Hi colleagues, Last night was a long night and no one, including me, felt like hearing Jake...
by village14 | Apr 8, 2019 | Newton, Northland |
There’s been a lot of discussion lately regarding Newton’s defunct Nexus Bus system, which ran from 1997 until 2003, and how the disappointing ridership on the Nexus might foreshadow problems with the four-shuttle system being proposed by Northland. But really,...
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