Recent Developments Concerning Preservation of Webster Woods
Taking filed with Middlesex South Registry of Deeds
Book 73890, Page 239
December 24, 2019
Newton moves to seize Webster Woods from Boston College
Boston Globe, December 3, 2019
BC vows legal fight after Newton takes Webster Woods
Newton Tab, December 3, 2019
City Council Votes to Save Webster Woods
December 2, 2019
Webster Woods Update from Mayor Fuller
Green Newton, November 24, 2019
Boston College students fight school to preserve Newton’s Webster Woods
Newton Tab, November 22, 2019 (no longer available online)
CJBC and EcoPledge Call for BC to Preserve Webster Woods Property as Eminent Domain Case Moves Forward
The Gavel, Boston College, November 21, 2019
As Newton mayor pushes land taking, Boston College urges residents to oppose it
Boston Globe, November 20, 2019
Newton’s Mayor Fuller rebuts BC claims about Webster Woods land taking
Newton Tab, November 20, 2019
Mass Conservation Voters: Save Webster Woods
November 19, 2019
Court denies Boston College injunction request
November 12, 2019
Boston College files lawsuit alleging that Community Preservation Committee violated the state Open Meetings Law
November 6, 2019
BC’s lawsuit included the following statement: “BC…currently owns the HPP [Hammond Pond Parkway] Property which consists of 25 acres, of which the front 8 ½ are developed…The University has plans in progress and anticipates future development of the entire HPP Property.” [emphasis added]
Should Newton take Webster Woods from Boston College by eminent domain?
Boston Globe op-eds, October 24, 2019
Boston College letter to staff
October 16, 2019
University Briefs New Employees​ on Capital Construction
The Heights, October 14, 2019
Newton could spend nearly $16 million to take Webster Woods from Boston College
Boston Globe, October 7, 2019
Newton has compelling interest in preserving college-owned woods
Boston Globe, October 3, 2019
Newton passed up a chance to buy prized woodland. Now the mayor is starting a legal fight with Boston College to seize it.
Boston Globe, September 30, 2019
Newton Mayor To Update City On Plans To Save Webster Woods
Newton Patch, September 30, 2019
Mayor Fuller Proposes Action to Save Webster Woods
September 2019
BC will oppose Newton mayor’s plan to seize land at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway by eminent domain
September 2019
Newton Conservators position statement
July 2019
Road Salt Storage in Webster Woods
February 2019
Read about the recent restoration of land in Boston that was converted from open space to a parking lot decades ago.
Newton City Council appropriates CPA funds for planning Webster Woods acquisition
June to October, 2018
Mayor appoints Webster Woods Advisory Panel
April 2018
Newton Residents Work to Preserve Webster Woods
The Heights, Boston College, April 4, 2018
A tale of two woods in Newton
Newton Tab editorial, January 31, 2018 (No longer available online)
Newton officials push to preserve Webster Woods
January 26, 2018
Appraisal commissioned by City of Newton
August 3, 2017
Newton Conservators letter to Newton mayoral candidates
Responses from six of the seven candidates
Summer 2017
Explanation of the Conservators position
July 26, 2017
Friends of Webster Woods letter to Newton mayoral candidates
July 4, 2017
Newton mayor: BC open to preserving Webster Woods
Newton Tab, October 5, 2016
2015 Proposal for Land Sale to Boston College
Congregation Mishkan Tefila
Website
Facebook
Discussion thread on Village14.com website
BC to purchase 24-acre synagogue site in Newton
Boston Globe, August 4, 2015
Boston College and synagogue reach land sale agreement
Newton Tab, August 5, 2015
Boston College in talks to acquire big Chestnut Hill land parcel
Boston Business Journal, August 5, 2015
Commentary: Save Newton’s Webster Woods
Newton Tab, August 28, 2015 (No longer available online)
Letter from Newton Conservators President Beth Wilkinson to Mayor Setti Warren and Board of Aldermen
September 10, 2015
Letter from Newton Mayor Setti Warren
September 24, 2015
Newton moves to protect temple land as sale to BC nears
Boston Globe, October 7, 2015
Constructive Opportunities Present With New Land Purchase
Editorial in The Heights, Boston College student newspaper, October 19, 2015
Newton congregation votes to sell temple property to BC
Boston Globe, October 20, 2015
We Must Protect the Miracle of Webster Woods, by Ken Kimmell
Conservators Newsletter, January 2016
1968 City of Newton Eminent Domain Purchase of 33 Acres of Webster Woods
Board of Aldermen order of October 7, 1968, and deed recorded in Book 11588, page 645
1954 Land Sale from Metropolitan District Commission to Congregation Mishkan Tefila
MDC Votes to Sell Chestnut Hill Land to Roxbury Temple
Boston Globe, July 31, 1954
Deed of Sale
August 3, 1954
Site Plan
July 22, 1954 (Note that the plan is oriented with north at the bottom.)
Temple Counsel Criticizes Newton for Opposition to Land Purchase
Boston Globe, August 18, 1954
Court Backs Sale of Newton Land to Temple Tefila
Boston Globe, August 24, 1954
Temple Mishkan Tefila: a history 1858-1958
Newton Free Library N 296.65 T247T Compact Shelving
Congregation Mishkan Tefila, 1858-1983
Newton Free Library N 296.6 Congregation 1984 Compact Shelving
Newton Graphic
1954 articles on July 1, 8, 15, and 22; August 5, 12, 19, and 26; and September 30
Compilation by former Newton City Attorney Ouida Young
On microfilm at Newton Free Library
Newton Villager
Articles on July 22, August 19, and August 26, 1954
On microfilm at Newton Free Library
