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Friday, February 22, 2013

Postponed: Sunday's Town Hall Meeting on Newton Override

Due to the expected snow storm, the mayor has postponed Sunday's town hall meeting on the override.

This Sunday's town hall meeting on the proposed override has been postponed due to the expected snow storm, according to a memo from the mayor's office. The meeting, which was scheduled to be held at the Lower Falls Community Center, has been moved to Sunday, March 3 at 6 p.m. The rescheduled meeting will also be held at the Lower Falls Community Center. Newton voters will head to the polls on March 12 to vote on the three override questions, which include an $8.4 million operating override as well as two debt exclusion overrides for the rebuilding of Angier and Cabot elementary schools. The overall override package totals $11.4 million.  In addition to the Lower Falls Community Center meeting, other upcoming override town hall meetings …

Harry Sanders

9:15 am on Sunday, February 24, 2013

Overriding storm turned to rain??   more ›

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Newton Mayor to Hold Additional Town Hall Meetings on Override Proposal

The next meeting will be held tomorrow, Jan. 27 at the Pellegrini Field House in Nonantum.

Newton Mayor Setti Warren has scheduled additional town hall meetings to discuss his proposed $11.4 million override. The next town hall meeting will be held Sunday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. in the Pellegrini Field House on Hawthorn Street in Nonantum.  Other upcoming town hall meetings include: Newton voters will head to the polls on March 12 to consider three separate override questions. Overall, the proposed override package includes: “We need this override if we want to modernize our dilapidated and outdated facilities, create space and hire teachers for the huge influx of students in our schools, repair crumbling roads and sidewalks, and improve public safety,” Warren said in a statement. “The Town Halls are a place where city leaders and …

Adam Maleson

1:27 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Proposition 2 1/2 exists for a reason: Financial Accountability. That is a reason Newton's irresponsible, wasteful, greedy politicians do not wish to acknowledge and are probaly incapable of even comprehending. The reason we need these long overdue repairs to the elementary schools is entirely the result of the perennial shortsightedness of Newton's political syndicate. We do not need an override…   more ›

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