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🌱 Patch AM: First Look At Newton Crossing As Development Prepares For Leasing

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Morning Newton! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • New West Newton apartments with public brook access near leasing launch
  • Will Newton tighten rules on teardowns and luxury home replacements?

Also on today's calendar: Saturday Night Pokemon & TCG Shpw and 17 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 80, low: 48.
  • Saturday: Some sun, then clouds; cooler, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• First Look At Newton Crossing As Development Prepares For Leasing (patch.com) — Newton residents are getting a detailed first look at Newton Crossing, a 292-unit mixed-use development on Washington Street that's preparing to start leasing this fall near the West Newton commuter rail station. The project will include extensive amenities, public access to Cheesecake Brook, and 73 income-restricted apartments, following its approval under Chapter 40B and a housing lottery held earlier this summer.
   

• Zoning & Planning examines home demolitions and replacements (figcitynews.com) — Newton's Zoning & Planning Committee is reviewing data showing hundreds of smaller, older homes—many under 2,000 square feet—being demolished and replaced with houses more than twice their size, often selling around $4 million. Councilors are weighing whether to tighten demolition rules, revisit zoning, and possibly change the city's demolition-delay process, decisions that could shape future housing options in neighborhoods like Waban, Newton Centre, and West Newton.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Has anyone in newton centre seen a black and white kitten?
    It was coming to our porch but once I set up a trap I haven't seen it since. Hoping someone else is feeding it or successfully trapped it. (Nextdoor Mid Newton Centre)
  • Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Newton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Watertown

  • LETTER: A Post Office in Watertown Square? (watertownmanews.com)
  • A Conversation with Curators & Directors from Innovative Art Institutions Coming to Library (watertownmanews.com)
  • Home Taste in Watertown Is Closed, Is Apparently Being Rebranded (blogspot.com)

Waltham

  • Spend An Evening At This Waltham, Massachusetts Forge Making Your Own Bottle Opener (takingthekids.com)

Cambridge

  • Cambridge Fire Hosting Community CPR And AED Training (patch.com)

Ok Newton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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