Newton City Council Puts $11 Million Into Infrastructure Improvements
Newton City Council unanimously voted to allocate over $11 million in available funding to improving city infrastructure and Newton Public Schools (NPS) at its meeting [...]
Residents Discuss Proposed Affordable Housing Development in Nonantum
Tensions were high as Boylston Properties presented a proposed 40B housing development on 78 Crafts Street to residents of Newton’s Nonantum village Wednesday night. Chapter 40B is [...]
Strike’s over, Newton’s teachers have a new contract: What does it all mean?
Newton's long, teacherless nightmare is over. For two weeks, as the city's schools remained closed, Newton was in nonstop loop of daily rallies, hourly updates [...]
Newton teachers’ strike over, students back to school Monday
Newton's teacher strike is over. The Newton Teachers Association announced Friday night that a deal had been reached with the School Committee for a new [...]
Newton parents, students ask judge to step in, state labor board files new motion
Newton teachers announced their strike two weeks ago, and schools have been closed since Jan. 19. Since then, there have been daily rallies, nightly press [...]
Emotions run high as Newton teachers’ strike nears two weeks
Schools were closed again for Thursday, as the Newton teachers' strike approaches two weeks in length. "The two parties remain approximately $15 million apart in [...]
Councilor Gentile suggests ways to end Newton teachers’ strike
Earlier this week, Ward 4 At-Large City Councilor Leonard Gentile penned a letter to the community, offering suggestions for the Newton Teachers Association and Mayor [...]
Strike update: Where things stand Wednesday
How close are the Newton Teachers Association and the School Committee to an agreement to end the strike. Closer than before, but still not there. [...]
As strike drags on, parents come out to speak up
Newton's public schools are closed again for Wednesday. as the teacher strike rolls into a 12th day. On Tuesday, in addition to the usual press [...]
Strike Update: Progress at the table, pandemonium at the presser
Negotiations between the Newton Teachers Association and the School Committee made some progress throughout the day Monday, according to both sides of the bargaining table. [...]
City councilors pen another letter calling for end to strike
As the Newton teacher strike entered another week and students spent another Monday home from school, 22 of the 24 members of the City Council [...]
Things get ugly, police show up as strike negotiations go full Jerry Springer
It's never a good sign in a negotiation when someone calls the cops. On Thursday morning, according to School Committee Chair Chris Brezski, things seemed [...]
City councilors pen open letter urging compromise to end strike
As the Newton teacher strike reached a milestone—a week, one of the longest teacher strikes in recent American history—23 of the 24 members of the [...]
Zoning and Planning Committee talks funds for restoration of Second Church in Newton
Newton City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee (ZAP) voted on Monday to approve an appropriation of funds to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) for the [...]
As strike turns a week old, parents threaten to turn the car around
With no end in sight for a teacher strike that's raged furiously for a week, Newton parents stepped in Wednesday and metaphorically ordered both sides [...]