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Newton's Zoning Board of Appeals approved a roughly 20,000-square-foot Walmart microfulfillment center in Auburndale under the city's new variance law. Mayor Marc Laredo separately nominated Catherine M. Feerick, who holds a similar post elsewhere, as the city's next Director of Plannin…

Newton opens lottery for 70-plus affordable apartments as Nonantum's Festa nears its 91st year. SEB Housing began accepting lottery applications this week for more than 70 affordable units at one of the city's newest residential developments, built on behalf of Garden Communities, Newto…

A Newton board approved a 20,000-square-foot Walmart fulfillment facility under a newly enacted variance law this week, as the city also opened a lottery for more than 70 affordable apartments at its newest residential development, per Newton Patch. The city separately announced a new d…

Newton's City Council prepares to vote on a 14-home development combining three Thurston Road properties into one large parcel, a plan detailed in a Patch report today. Meanwhile, the Newton Free Library keeps its summer momentum going, running its 2026 Summer Reading Program through Se…

Underwood Elementary fourth graders collect food pantry donations as Newton library rolls out new summer programs. The students gathered more than 100 bags of food for the Newton Food Pantry as part of a new fourth-grade language arts project, Newton Patch reports. Meanwhile, a Newton p…

Newton advances a solar street-lighting overhaul while local fourth-graders rally for the food pantry. City officials are reviewing a plan to replace gas-powered street lights with solar fixtures on Prescott Street, according to Fig City News, part of a broader infrastructure modernizat…