Mayor names pick for Health & Human Services commissioner
Newton has a new Health & Human Services commissioner, pending City Council approval. Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced on Thursday that she had chosen Shin-Yi Lao [...]
Council has passed city budget and CIP, with two resolutions related to schools
The City Council on Monday unanimously approved Mayor Fuller's FY2025 budget and capital improvement plan. The $525.4 million amounts to a 5.1 percent—$25.7 million—increase over [...]
City Council shuts down resolution against artificial turf
PHOTO: Barbara Brousal-Glaser ran a booth gathering signatures against artificial turf at this year's Earth Day Festival at Newton North High School. Photo by Bryan [...]
Plans are moving forward to dramatically transform Newton’s Washington Street
PHOTO: Design concept for Washington Street after pilot project. Newton Planning Department As spring brings roadwork, building renovations and the beginnings of major renovation and [...]
Zoning and Planning Committee clears up short-term rentals ordinance
As Newton officials try to get a handle on Newton’s short-term rental market, the Planning and Zoning Committee met on Monday with representatives from the [...]
Longtime Newton Health and Human Services Director Linda Walsh retiring
PHOTO: Linda Walsh began her career in Newton as a registered public health nurse in the summer of 1986. (Brooke Ghaly / Graphics Editor) The [...]
Newton Budget: What is ‘carry-forward’ money and how is it used?
In a year with a teachers' strike, a new contract and an inflation crisis complicating it all, Newton is relying on a new stabilization account [...]
Mayor Fuller presents $525 million FY2025 budget proposal
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller presented her Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal to the Newton City Council Tuesday night, calling the plan “sustainable, strong, and hefty” as [...]
New zoning amendment would restrict retaining walls
Everyone has seen them: Mammoth new houses on lots meant for smaller homes, with everything held up by retaining walls so large they could ward [...]
Athletic field improvements to start this summer
The city will soon turn plans for improvements to the athletic fields at Albemarle Park, McGrath Park and the Burr School into reality. The goal [...]
City Council sends electrification ordinance back to committee
The Zoning and Planning Committee recently voted for approval of an ordinance that would require all new construction and major renovations in the city to [...]
Fuller: Schools will need Proposition 2 1/2 override
Mayor Fuller met with the City Council Committee of the Whole recently to get budget talks started and highlight some of the city’s financial goals [...]
Building Boom: Why public building projects are having a major moment in Newton
Newton is in the midst of a construction renaissance, with the city’s government modernizing the city brick by brick, beam by beam and village by [...]
City Council rejects earlier meeting start time proposal
Newton’s City Council only had a couple of items on its docket Monday night, and the one that took the more time to the debate [...]
Newton to get millions from national opioid settlements
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced on Friday that Newton will get millions of dollars in settlement money from opioid manufacturers and distributors. “The City of Newton [...]