Newton’s Village Center rezoning passed: What does it all mean?
The City Council passed the Village Center Overlay District rezoning plan last week, but not before a slew of amendments were adopted, many of which [...]
Committee mulls ethics policy following ‘unwelcome’ text from one councilor to another
The Newton Programs and Services Committee discussed potentially adding an ethics oversight process to City Council following Ward 6 Councilor Brenda Noel’s claims that she [...]
Marc Up: Laredo to be next City Council president
Marc Laredo, at-large councilor from Ward 7, will be Newton’s next City Council president. After several tie votes, a few other nominations and one councilor [...]
Newton’s winter parking ban in effect
While Newton’s City Council mulls over what to do about the city’s winter parking ban, that ban is now in effect. The Council has been [...]
City Council passes scaled-down Village Center rezoning plan
It is done. For now. Newton’s City Council approved the Village Center Overlay District proposal—or, at least, a chopped up, scaled down version of it—Monday [...]
Newton City Council Removes Six Villages From Proposed Zoning Ordinance
Newton City Council finalized more amendments to the Village Center Overlay District (VCOD), including the removal of six villages from the plan, in a special [...]
Border Street becomes a bargaining chip, is back in rezoning plan
The hope of up-zoning Border Street has risen and dissipated—much like the water that briefly engulfs it after a heavy rain—and on Wednesday night that [...]
Group gears up for referendum on village center rezoning before Council votes
Newton’s City Council hasn’t voted on the Village Center Overlay District proposal yet, but there’s already a plan for a referendum to repeal it. Right [...]
How an old pipe makes new problems for Border Street rezoning effort
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 [...]
Fuller pitches new plan for surplus funds
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 [...]
STILL NOT THERE: Newton City Council ends another debate without a zoning vote
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. [...]
Newton Affordable Housing Trust approves funding for new transitional housing and senior housing renovation
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 [...]
City Council discusses, but doesn’t vote on, village center rezoning
After more than three hours of debate over parking, building size, front and rear setbacks, open space requirements and a whole lot more, Newton’s City [...]
Newton moves closer to building emissions reduction ordinance
Newton’s Climate and Sustainability team laid out a plan to the Zoning & Planning Committee Monday night for Newton to require all buildings of 20,000 [...]
Watts the holdup? Newton awaits word on construction electrification ordinance
Newton has taken steps to soon require all new construction and major renovations in the city to run on electricity instead of gas, oil or [...]