Zoning panel debates housing trust grant

From Newton News

• Zoning panel weighs housing trust grant for Washington Street. Newton's Zoning and Planning Committee took up a Community Preservation Act grant to the Affordable Housing Trust tied to a 72-unit affordable project at 1314 Washington Street, as members weighed unresolved parking and design questions against a looming state funding deadline.Newton News
• School Committee hears divided comment on teacher hiring. Newton's School Committee spent more than an hour on divided public comment over a Brown Middle School teacher's hiring, weighing whether her graduate thesis on campus protests should factor into her classroom role, before turning to the district's budget and policy agenda.Newton News

Newton on Wed, Oct 14

• Newton to celebrate new 'Life Below' murals at Crystal Lake Bathhouse. Artist Ruby Rose unveiled new public murals depicting imagined life beneath Crystal Lake's surface at the bathhouse, Newton Patch reports.Newton Patch

Coming up

• Sat, Oct 17: Early voting begins Saturday for upcoming election. Early voting opens Saturday, October 17, giving Newton residents additional days to cast ballots ahead of the election, the city announced.City of Newton
• Sat, Oct 17, 10 a.m.: Weston's JV football team travels to Newton South. Weston's junior varsity football team plays a non-conference road game at Newton South on Saturday, October 17 at 10 a.m., according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps

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