Photos, Videos: Newton’s Earth Day Festival 2024
Newton held its third annual Earth Day Festival on Sunday at Newton North High School. There were games, climate change informational displays, a petting zoo, [...]
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 [...]
With landfills closing, composting could significantly reduce waste
Trash isn’t typically front-of-mind for most residents, except when it's time to haul the bins to the street the night before pickup. But here’s the [...]
Newton program looks to ‘contain’ plastics pollution problem
Plastic is a problem for the environment. And Newton North High School has become part of the solution, with a new pilot program offering reusable [...]
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 [...]
Newton adds three more food waste drop-off sites
Composting in Newton just got a little more convenient. On Feb. 19, the city announced it was making more food waste drop-off sites available around [...]
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 [...]
Newton’s Climate Kiosk inspires indoor cousin kiosk at Harvard
You may have seen the Climate Kiosk around town—an interactive, tic-tac-toe-inspired display sponsored by Green Newton and designed to inform people about ways to live [...]
What Newton’s newly enhanced tree ordinance means for homeowners
Ralph Waldo Emerson—author, nature enthusiast and one-time Newton resident—once wrote, “The wonder is that we can see these trees and wonder more.” Today, many in [...]
City extends yard debris pickup period
It’s been a wet, windy December. And the city is taking some extra time to get all that yard debris. The Newton Department of Public [...]
Snow What? DPW readies for active winter storm season
Many Newtonians may be dreaming of a white Christmas. Newton's Director of Streets Bernie McDonald isn’t one of them. He certainly won’t be singing the [...]
Work begins on Hammond Pond Parkway safety improvements
After months of waiting and preparation, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation has started work on safety improvements to the Hammond Pond Parkway. Approved [...]
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 [...]