CPA Turns Five in Newton

This year, Newton passed the five-year mark in its experience with the Community Preservation Act. The CPA was adopted by the voters in 2001. A lot has been accomplished since

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President Hagar

President’s 2006 Annual Report

Welcome to the forty-fifth annual meeting of the Newton Conservators! I want to thank all of you members and friends who are attending tonight’s dinner. Special thanks to Aldermen Vern

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2006 Conservators Annual Dinner Meeting

Smith, Wolff Tell Conservators: Greenway Healing City Twenty five years is a long time to pursue a vision. The vision for the Rose Kennedy Greenway has always been to replace

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A Snapping Turtle, Not a Rock

The Unusual Rock… is a Snapping Turtle Close-up of its head More information on snapping turtles The turtle was spotted in the pond at Houghton Garden

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An Unusual Rock?

… or something else entirely?

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Preserving Echo Bridge

As part of our planning for the aqueducts in Newton, we cannot omit Echo Bridge. This distinctive viaduct carried water for decades across the Charles River in Newton Upper Falls

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Newton Community Farm Acquisition

Conservators Seek to Acquire Angino Farm March 2004 When it rains, it pours-and fortunately, the availability of Community Preservation funds makes the Newton Conservators, working in close coordination with city

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Preserving the Dell

Awtrey Dell is a hollow that occupies several acres in Newton Corner. The Hyde Brook starts there at a spring and heads downstream through the hollow. A few hundred years

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Kesseler Woods Acquisition

The Kesseler Woods Story An Inside Look at How this Minor Miracle Came to Pass September 2003 Remarkably, the City of Newton has prevailed in its effort to acquire the

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Christmas Bird Count 2005

The 2005 Christmas Bird Count in Newton was held on December 18th. Ten determined birders were out from 4:00 AM to 6:30AM looking for owls, and spotted seven Eastern Screech

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Robert Gould Shaw II

The first edition of the Conservators Walking Guide incorrectly stated that the land now constituting the Helen Heyn Riverway was once owned by Col. Robert Gould Shaw, a famed Civil

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