Please join the League of Women Voters for a book group discussion led by Newton resident and author Barbara F. Berenson. In her book (166 pages), Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement, Barbara examines the story of woman suffrage with a focus on women in Massachusetts who shaped both the national and state movements.

There is no need to read the entire book to participate! Several copies of Barbara’s book are available through the Minuteman Library Network. The book can be purchased at Amazon, and there is at least one copy available for purchase at Newtonville Books. Copies of the book will also be made available by LWVN – just email in**@*******on.org.

Following the book group discussion, all are welcome to attend the Waban Area’s Council annual tree lighting ceremony in Waban Square, right outside the Waban Library Center.

RSVPs to in**@*******on.org are appreciated!

December 1st, 3:00 – 4:30pm
Waban Library Center, 1608 Beacon Street

Please join the Newton SEPAC for a meeting with Beth Fitzmaurice, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services.

Beth Fitzmaurice is responsible for special education across Newton Public Schools. Beth joined NPS in August 2019 and has spent her first couple of months on the job getting to know the schools, staff, and programs. We will have the opportunity to hear from Beth on her impressions of special education in Newton, her thoughts on current special education issues, and her priorities for this academic year and beyond. There will also be time for parents to ask questions.

Contact in**@*******ac.org with any questions.

November 13th, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Ed Center Room 210, 100 Walnut Street

Drop off a dish to help feed the Boston homeless on Thanksgiving.

Gobble Gobble Give is a national effort of volunteers who prepare and assemble individual containers of Thanksgiving meals to deliver to homeless people in 16 major cities throughout the country.

Boston is one of the newest cities, and they were able to feed 300 people last year. This year the goal is 500. Let’s help them exceed their goal! You can drop off a warm dish on Thanksgiving morning or stay and help assemble containers or deliver. If you would like to help but will not be around on Thursday, please email wr********@***oo.com to arrange to drop off a donation on Tuesday or Wednesday (something like cookies, pumpkin bread, corn muffins, pie or anything that does not need to be refrigerated).

For more information, go to https://www.gobblegobblegive.org. Check the Gobble Gobble Give Boston Facebook page next week for more details about the drop-off location. The drop-off location will probably be near the entrance of the Newton Police Department on Washington Street. Check the Facebook page closer to Thanksgiving for this year’s times and confirmation of the location.

Pick up all the ingredients for your Thanksgiving feast at a special farmers’ market at Newton City Hall. Fifteen local farms and specialty vendors will set up shop at the War Memorial, with fresh produce, artisanal cheeses, pies, craft chocolates, knife-sharpening, hostess gifts, and pasture-raised turkeys. There will even be takeout food to serve your family during those busy days before Thanksgiving. Farmers’ market shopping has already begun, as most vendors are now accepting online orders and offering discounts for pre-orders.

Some items, like Copicut Farms’ turkeys, and cheeses from the Seacoast Cheese Maven, should be pre-ordered right away, because there’s limited quantity and high demand. With pre-ordering you can shop from home and then swing in and pick up your purchases. The Thanksgiving Market has its own website, www.allovernewton.com, with online shopping links to vendors’ sites.

If you prefer shopping in person, there will be plenty of items to buy at the market. Dick’s Market Gardens, known for its vast variety of local produce, is offering “you-fill” farm boxes. Pay just $25.00 and fill up a large ¾ bushel box (or free, sturdy farm bag) with your choice of fruits and vegetables. Other vendors, like Belmont-based Tick Tock Chocolates, find pre-orders helpful for production planning, but will bring extra products to the market for day-of shopping.

The Thanksgiving market, sponsored by the Newton Farmers’ Market and The Village Bank, is a fundraiser for the Newton Food Pantry and supports local food-aid organization, Community Servings. All vendors are donating their fees to the Food Pantry, and the market is a pie pick up site for Community Servings’ Pie in the Sky fundraiser.

Free Admission. HIP accepted by Dick’s Market Garden. More information, a complete vendor list, and ordering information available at: www.allovernewton.com

November 26th, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Newton City Hall’s War Memorial

The Equity Working Group will make a presentation on the findings from its Spring Community Survey to the School Committee.

School Committee meetings are broadcast live on NewTV at the time of the meeting and can be found on the following channels according to your cable provider:

Comcast – Ch.9
RCN – Ch.13
Verizon – Ch. 33

November 4th, 7:00 pm
The Ed Center, Room 210
100 Walnut Street, Newton

For the City of Newton’s request for $15,740,000 in CPA funding to acquire and preserve open space at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway (“Webster Woods”), the CPC will hold a public hearing and then begin deliberating on this proposal on a subsequent date.

For details about the public hearing format, to read the proposal itself, or to read community letters received to date, visit www.newtonma.gov/cpa. For assistance, contact Alice Ingerson at ai*******@******ma.gov or 617.796.1144.

Hearing is November 6th, 7:00 pm, City Council Chamber, City Hall
Deliberations are November 12th, 7:00 pm, City Hall Room 204