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 [...]
Green Spring: New environmental ordinances take effect in March
March brings with it longer days, the start of spring and some madness over college basketball. In Newton this year, March also brings a few [...]
What’s going on with Newton’s water meters?
Some Newton residents have been getting outrageous water bills that don’t match with their water usage. The key to that mystery can be found in [...]
City Council honors former Alderman Matthew Jefferson for 100th birthday
Matthew Jefferson, who served as Newton’s first Black alderman, recently turned 100 years old. And on Tuesday night, the City Council made his birthday a [...]
Fuller: The state of the city is healing
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller delivered the annual State of the City address to the City Council Tuesday night, highlighting strides made and challenges faced in the [...]
Zoning and Planning Committee talks preservation of existing homes in Newton
Newton City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee discussed possible amendments to city zoning laws to enhance the preservation of existing homes across Newton on Thursday [...]
Dan Gaynor creates AI program city can use some day
Imagine being able to ask a ChatGPT-like program any stats about Newton and getting an instant, accurate, up-to-date answer. Dan Gaynor, who ran unsuccessfully for [...]
Commuter rail stations to be reconstructed separately, with Newtonville first
Newton is a little closer to having its commuter rail stations renovated, but it looks like they’ll be done one at a time. Mayor Ruthanne [...]