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Video of Spotted Lanternfly Presentation
If you missed the invasive Spotted Lanternfly program by Josh Bruckner of the Mass. Dept. of Agricultural Resources at the Newton Free Library last week, you can watch Ted Kuklinski’s
Sign Up for Our Fall Webinars
Newton Conservators is pleased to present its first ever online webinar series. In past years, we welcomed you to fall walks in Newton’s open spaces. With continuing concerns for social
Annual Meeting with Sam Jaffe of the Caterpillar Lab
The 59th Annual Meeting of the Newton Conservators (originally scheduled for May 6) will be held virtually on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7 pm. The meeting will feature the
Crisis Farming: Covid and Newton’s Farm
Oct. 20 Online Event The 2020 growing season at Newton Community Farm has been a year like no other. With pandemic quarantining, social distancing, growing food insecurity, and increased focus
Update on Crystal Lake from the Public Works Department
The Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Cultural departments have been working with the Crystal Lake Conservancy to study and monitor the watershed inputs and water quality of Crystal Lake
Kennard Park Sculpture Trail
From September 12 through November 26, 2020, the Kennard Park Sculpture Trail II will be free and open to the public following COVID Guidelines. The event has been extended from
Cold Spring Park trail improved!
Cold Spring Park has a new look! As of now (Tuesday morning 4/21), the trail from the Beacon Street parking lot to Duncklee Street has been restored to its original
Places to go . . .
Are you looking for something to do with your kids? Being out in nature, sharing open space with all the plants and animals that live there, can help to entertain
Grant Helps Upper Falls Greenway
The MassWorks Infrastructure Grant Program awarded a $396,500 grant on February 20, 2020 to the City of Newton for design and engineering work that will jumpstart an extension of the
Parkland No Longer Being Considered for NewCAL Site
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller wrote the following in her January 7, 2020, newsletter: We spent much of the fall of 2019 on the challenging task of finding site options for our
Second Meeting for Newton’s Open Space and Recreation Plan
Every six years, the City of Newton updates its Open Space and Recreation Plan and evaluates its open space and recreation priorities. This is the public’s opportunity to influence the
Webster Woods Saved!
On December 24, 2019, the City of Newton filed legal papers at the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds to take ownership of 17 acres of Webster Woods, as authorized by
