Where would Newton’s marijuana stores be allowed to open?
Often lost in the debate over whether or not adult-use recreational marijuana shops should operate in Newton is the fact that there aren’t very many properties where these stores can exist under the city’s proposed zoning.
Greg Reibman
Newton seeking volunteers to examine elected officials’ salaries
Newton City Council President Marc Laredo is seeking volunteers from the business and nonprofit communities to serve on a new commission that will be examining the compensation of Newton’s elected officials.
Newton-Needham Regional Chamber
Coke to stop manufacturing in Needham
The operators of the Coca-Cola facility in Needham announced plans to cease manufacturing operations at the site and covert the facility into a warehouse.
Newton-Needham Regional Chamber
Former Bookfair building gets new owner
Hammers, dust and broken pieces of wood are flying inside the building that served for a half-century as the home of The New England Mobile Book Fair. The bookstore itself moved last year to a storefront further down Needham Street, but the long warehouse-like space it once occupied has sat vacant.
Chuck Tanowitz
Help light up downtown Needham for the holidays
This December the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber becomes the keeper of the long-time town tradition of lighting up the Needham’s Town Common -- including the beloved Blue Tree -- throughout the holiday season.
Lise Elcock
Needham seeks $70 M tax hike for new police & fire stations
Needham voters will be asked to approve a $70 million property tax increase on Nov. 6 to replace the town’s outdated police and fire stations.
Newton-Needham Regional Chamber
Newton-Wellesley Hospital projects $16M loss if nurse ratio question passes
Newton-Wellesley Hospital is projecting significant negative impacts on its capability to provide safe, quality care to patients should proposed nurse staffing ratios pass on Nov. 6.
Newton-Needham Regional Chamber
Newton-Needham Chamber supports ‘Yes on 3’ to uphold transgender protections
The Newton-Needham Regional Chamber has joined a growing coalition of business organizations and employers supporting the “Yes on 3” ballot question campaign which seeks to uphold the state’s transgender nondiscrimination law.
Newton-Needham Regional Chamber
Proposed pot shop ban would mean lost revenue for Newton
A ballot referendum that would ban the sale of adult-use recreational marijuana in Newton would result in the loss of millions of dollars annually in local tax revenue, according to city projections.
Greg Reibman
