Sustainability Department creation met with pushback from Finance Committee
Newton started its journey to sustainability in the 1970s with the creation of the energy engineer position at City Hall, Public Buildings Commissioner Josh Morse [...]
City installing geothermal heating and cooling for new buildings
Newton has been in the midst of a building boom for a couple of years now—renovating and replacing public facilities that have outlived their usefulness [...]
Forum spotlights vital role local farms play in uncertain times
Newton Community Farm and local agricultural and food equity experts held a forum recently discussing how local sourcing can help alleviate food insecurity while overcoming [...]
Green Newton’s Sustainability Street Tour returns May 17
In a couple of weeks, you’ll be able to check out a local street that's undergone some eco-friendly work and ask homeowners for tips on [...]
Snapshots: Green Newton Earth Day Festival 2025
It was a cool and rainy weekend, but that didn't stop scores of Newton families from enjoying Green Newton's Earth Day Festival. There were games, [...]
Charles River Watershed Association launches ‘Cut the Crap’ campaign to address sewage overflow
The Charles River is full of crap. Well, not really. But there’s a lot of raw sewage flowing into the water, and the Charles River [...]
Earth Day Festival coming to Newton North Sunday
Earth Day is Tuesday, and this weekend, Green Newton is going to spend a day showing the planet some love and educating the public on [...]
Want to help Newton’s Tree Canopy thrive? Be a Tree Protector
Newton is known as the “Garden City.” But an increasing loss of trees means that nickname is becoming less true. It’s estimated that Newton has [...]
School Committee approves competency determination requirements
The school committee recently approved new Competency Determination (CD) requirements for the high school classes of 2025 and 2026. Initially, students had to pass the [...]
Work begins on Albemarle Field stormwater filtration system
The city broke ground Thursday on a massive stormwater filtration system that's going under Albemarle Field along Cheesecake Brook. The project will install an infiltration [...]
School psychologist suing NPS for firing over vaccine refusal, citing religion and Nuremburg
A school psychologist who said she was fired by the Newton Public Schools in 2022 due to her refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is [...]
Newton residents donated half a million lbs. of textiles last year
Last year saw a lot of big news. And it wasn't all bad, especially with local environmental initiatives. Green Newton recently announced that in 2024, [...]
Gas line requests have Newton City Council considering street electrification pilot program
On Jan. 1, the city’s electrification ordinance took effect, mandating complete electrification of newly constructed buildings and buildings undergoing extensive renovations, with [...]
Watts New: Newton’s electrification ordinance took effect this week
It's a happy new year for fossil fuel opponents in Newton. The city's electrification ordinance—which has Newton joining with nine other communities in [...]
BERDO is Born: City Council passes long-awaited energy and greenhouse gas ordinance
After years of discussion and months of debate, the City Council on Monday night passed a Building Emissions Reductions and Disclosures Ordinance (BERDO). The vote [...]