Newton's zoning and facilities committees have meetings on this week's agenda, per a Patch briefing that offered few additional details. The Patch AM item, headlined "🌱 Patch AM: What's on the agenda at this week's Newton zoning and facilities meetings?", flagged the pair of panels with…

Newton Patch is asking what the town's $1.5 million "Thrive" experiment actually delivered. The outlet's Patch AM roundup, published the evening of August 16, raised the question of the program's return without yet detailing results, leaving readers who have followed the initiative's sp…

A $2.4 million court judgment against Newton could ripple through the city's budget, Newton Patch reports. The commercial outlet's morning newsletter also flagged a heated development dispute over Chapin Road in Newton Centre, though details remain scarce. Separately, Mayor Marc C. Lare…