by Newton News Editor | Nov 29, 2023 | Newton Beacon
Scott Scarpato has been trying to get Newton to fix a pipe under Border Street—where he owns Automatic Laundry and a few other properties—for years now. And now that the zoning debate has landed at his door, he’s calling foul on the City Councilors trying to keep his...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 28, 2023 | Newton Beacon
Newton’s new Superintendent Anna Nolin laid out a bold agenda for the city’s school district at the Nov. 20 School Committee meeting. Every new superintendent in the city produces an entry plan, and Nolin’s was based on three months of learning and listening meetings...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 27, 2023 | Newton Beacon
Kids Backing Kids, a Wellesley nonprofit, is seeking donations for the holiday season to benefit families in Wellesley, Newton, and the surrounding communities. They hope to provide 300 gifts to children this year, having provided over 12,000 gifts in the past three....
by Newton News Editor | Nov 22, 2023 | Newton Beacon
While most Newton families head to area supermarkets this week to stock up on food for Thanksgiving feasts, there will be more than 1,000 other families who will be filling up their grocery bags with fresh food from one of the city’s two food pantries. The Newton Food...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 22, 2023 | Newton Beacon
It turns out Newton’s 2023 municipal election isn’t over yet—at least not for Ward 6. The race for the Ward 6 Council seat in which Martha Bixby won against Lisa Gordon competed to fill the seat of Councilor Brenda Noel (who didn’t run for reelection) was pretty...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 22, 2023 | Newton Beacon
A month after the Newton City Council rejected Mayor Fuller’s plan for millions of dollars in surplus funds, Fuller is trying another approach. This time she’s proposing a fund for debt payments that could free up more money for schools. “With their ideas in mind, I’m...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 21, 2023 | Newton Beacon
The Newton School Committee has chosen its leadership for the new year, and Tamika Olszewski is out as chair. Vice chair Kathleen Shields is also out as vice chair. The committee—now with two new members-elect, Mary Davenport from Ward 7 and Barry Goldstein from Ward...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 21, 2023 | Newton Beacon
A City Council vote on the Village Center Overlay District rezoning plan will have to wait until the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone. On Monday night, the Council debated more amendments for another three-and-a-half hours, and still there was no light to...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 20, 2023 | Newton Beacon
The Newton Affordable Housing Trust (NAHT) unanimously approved a transitional housing project and the allocation of funds to support 2Life Communities’ ongoing senior housing renovation at its meeting on Thursday. FamilyAid, a local non-profit that provides housing...
by Newton News Editor | Nov 17, 2023 | Newton Beacon
Newton teacher contract negotiations are moving forward little by little, with the Newton School Committee offering slightly higher cost-of-living pay increases for the next few years than initially set, Superintendent Anna Nolin announced in an email update last...
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