Newton Community Preservation Committee will hold a public hearing on Funding Guidelines to solicit suggestions for revising its current grant guidelines. Suggestions will also be accepted in writing until October 16th. For assistance contact Alice E. Ingerson, Community Preservation Program Manager, at ai*******@******ma.gov or 617-796-1144.
September 11th at 7:00 pm in City Hall Room 209
The Sunday School for Jewish Studies invites you to share in the tradition of observing the High Holy Days together at Newton South High School. Open to the community at no charge, they offer both children and family services led by Rabbi Jethro Berman. No tickets are required. Please join them for:
Please call 617-264-8855 or visit www.SundaySchoolforJewishStudies.org for additional information about services or to obtain registration information for Sunday Hebrew School classes for children Toddlers to grade 7.
Be a HERO and run, walk or volunteer for the West Suburban YMCA’s Angino Fall 5k!
Join the Y in your best HERO costume on Sunday, September 14th at 9:00 am. Cash awards will be given to the top male and female runners along with awards for the fastest family, fastest team, fastest runner in costume, fastest runner 12 & under, best overall costume, best group costume and hardest costume to run in!
Proceeds will benefit the Annual Fund and help to award a scholarship to a Super Senior from Newton North and Newton South! Please contact Casey Friend at ca****@**************ca.org or visit www.westsuburbanymca.org/roadrace for more information.
Free badminton for kids in grades 7 – 11 at the Hyde Community Gym on September 2nd, 16th, 23rd, and 30th from 6:30-8:00 pm. Bring friends and join the fun!
Free basketball pick up games for High School kids on Thursday evenings all September from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Hyde Community Gym. Bring friends and join the fun!
Programs sponsored by the Newton Partnership and the Hyde Community Gym. For more information call: 617.999.4617
Hyde Gym, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands
“Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis: How to Prevent and Handle Severe Allergic Reactions”
Speaker: allergist Curt Moody, MD
September 16th, 7:00 pm at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Admission is Free
For information, please call the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America – New England Chapter at 781-444-7778.
Teen Craftnites, Tuesday, August 19th, 7:00 pm: Teen Crafternoons have moved to a special evening time frame for summer Craftnites so get creative in the second floor Teen Area of the Newton Free Library where they will be hanging out working on crafts and eating snacks. This summer’s crafts will include steampunk jewelry, robot marshmallow pops and other fun projects! Grades 6-12.
Go Big or Go Home: Giant Game Night, Wednesday, August 20th, 5:30-8:30 pm: Come to the end of summer celebration outside by the Winnie-the-Pooh statue. Play giant-sized games like Jenga and Scrabble as well as board, lawn, and Minute-to-win-it games and eat pizza! Rain location, Druker Auditorium. Open to all who have participated in the library’s Summer Reading program.
How to Write Great College Essays, Thursday, August 21st, 7:00 pm: A lot of great kids write average (even bad) college essays—essays about “life lessons learned from football” or “how my trip to Europe broadened my cultural horizons.” Better tales are there for the writing. This workshop will show you what admissions officers really look for in great college essays, and offer suggestions for finding and sharing your best stories. We’ll share the five most over-used topics you must avoid and give you tips on how to start (and even finish) your essays this summer. Sara Kratzok, who graduated from both Wellesley College and Harvard University, and is the Director of Collegewise of Newton, will facilitate in Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium.
Free Badminton for Kids in grades 7-11!
Circus Smirkus’ 2014 Big Top Tour Presents 6 Shows. Join Circus Smirkus, the international youth circus, July 25th – 27th at Gore Place in Waltham. Thirty performers ages 10 – 18, including two local youth, perform in the 2014 production of “Anchors Away for Atlantis.” Tickets and information at www.smirkus.org.
Hey Kids! Congratulations on finishing another year of school! Don’t miss Newton’s 1st End-of-School Treasure Hunt, June 20th – June 30th. Start at Green Planet Kids where you pick up your Treasure Map and Clues. Solve the clues, search the map, and travel around the city collecting free Treasure!
Giveaways include free pizza, stickers, ice cream, shoelaces, tacos, little toys, bookmarks, candy, bike lights… even a toothbrush kit! Presented by Newton’s favorite Kid-Friendly businesses and organizations. For Kids ages 3 -12.
Bring in some schoolwork ….. an essay, math test, report card, art project, or anything else that you’re proud of! Visit www.lifeinnewton.com for more details.
A Public hearing will be held before the LAND USE COMMITTEE of the BOARD OF ALDERMEN for the purpose of hearing the petition below. Members of the public are encouraged to communicate their views on this petition to the aldermen during the hearing.
Garden Remedies, 697 Washington Street Trust petition for a Special Permit/Site plan approval to operate a Registered Marijuana Dispensary and to waive two parking stalls; to allow parking in the front setback; and to exceed the allowable horizontal projection of a secondary sign at 697 Washington Street, Ward 2, Newtonville.
For questions, please contact Ward 2 Alderman Emily Norton at en*****@******ma.gov. If you are unable to attend the hearing, or would like comments to be distributed to the all the aldermen in writing, please send an email to David Olson, City Clerk at do****@******ma.gov.
Tuesday, June 17th, 7:00 pm, 2nd floor, Newton City Hall