Newton recorded 18 property sales from Sept. 4 to Oct. 3, with prices on file ranging from $405,000 to $4,250,000 and a median of $1,870,000 among the nine sales with recorded prices so far. The period's top sale was 66 Beaumont Ave at $4,250,000, sold Sept. 8. Nine transactions have no price yet;
Newton's Finance Committee weighed joining 36 communities to jointly negotiate the city's next trash disposal contract. From our own coverage: Finance panel weighs joining 36-town trash pact; Panel debates dueling stop sign appeals on Larchmont. Also in today's brief (6 items): City see…
Tex-Mex restaurant Lockheart opens inside Newton Centre's historic train station this week. Also in today's brief (5 items): Tex-Mex restaurant Lockheart opens in train station; City orders Newton woman to give up miniature horse; Rock Voices choir performs in Newton Oct. 1; Library's F…
Newton Land Use Committee clears three zoning petitions 8-0 after sparring over "adverse impact" standards.
Newton's Zoning Board of Appeals postpones 1314 Washington Street demolition, approves Community Preservation funding. Also in today's brief (7 items): ZAP delays 1314 Washington Street demolition, oks CPA funds; Citizen petition could reshape Newton housing rules; Crossing guard shares…
Newton's School Committee sat through more than an hour of divided public comment over a new Brown Middle School teacher's hiring before turning to budget and facilities business.
The Newton Zoning and Planning Committee voted 5-0, with two abstentions, to recommend a $1.9 million Community Preservation Act grant to the Affordable Housing Trust.
Newton Finance Committee backs a 36-town trash deal and a bike-share funding fix.
Two Newton obituaries were published this week: Mazzola, Lorraine L. (Gamache), who died September 21, and Croft, Anna (DiPalma), 93, who died Tuesday, September 22. Both were of Newton and both were arranged through Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home. Croft, also recently of Plymouth, …
Newton weighs shrinking its 24-member City Council as debate over size heats up. From our own coverage: Newton's priciest sale tops $4.9 million. Also in today's brief (6 items): Newton weighs shrinking 24-member City Council; Newton for Everyone hosts forum on housing politics; Newton …