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A first-time candidate, Kazakoff-Eigen challenged incumbent Maria Greenberg. (Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)

JJ Kazakoff-Eigen Drops Out of Ward 1 City Council Race

Laney McAden • September 16, 2025
Jonathan “JJ” Kazakoff-Eigen announced Monday that he is suspending his campaign, leaving Ward 1 incumbent Maria Greenberg with an unopposed track to the Ward 1 Newton City Council seat.
Current School Committee Ward 2 chair Chris Brezski announced in June that he would not be seeking reelection and endorsed Swain for his seat. (Photo Courtesy of Linda Swain)

Linda Swain Runs for Newton School Committee Ward 2 Seat, Pledging Budget Efficiency and Student Support

Sophia Gallon • September 14, 2025
Swain plans to advocate for a more efficient NPS budget—one that would ease the challenges the district faces in providing each student with the best education possible.
As a parent to two current NPS students, Fisher expressed her delight in discovering that Newton’s reputation as a center of education matches reality. (Photo Courtesy of Christine Fisher for School Committee)

Christine Fisher Brings an Optimized, Tech-First Approach to School Committee Run

Laney McAden • September 14, 2025
Candidate Christine Fisher believes that a focus on resource optimization and commitment to student outcomes make her the ideal candidate for the seat. 
Cecchinelli is competing with City Council President Marc Laredo for the mayoral seat.

Al Cecchinelli Brings a Personal Touch in Third Mayoral Run

Genevieve Morrison • September 7, 2025
Cecchinelli felt called to the mayoral race because of change. As he sees it, recent reforms like upzoning, housing development, and bike lanes on Washington Street are pushing the city in a direction he doesn’t recognize.
(Jonathan Kazakoff-Eigen is running for the Ward 1 City Council ward seat in this year's local election / Courtesy photo)

JJ Kazakoff-Eigan on Budgets, Buses and Building Relationships in Ward 1 Council Seat Run

Carina Murphy • September 7, 2025
When Jonathan “JJ” Kazakoff-Eigen moved to a house in Ward 1 Newton 13 years ago with his wife and first child, he initially considered it a “starter home.”
(City Councilor Maria Greenberg, shown here with her husband, Mark, her son, Matteo, and her dog, Lily, is running unopposed for a fifth term / Courtesy Photo)

Maria Greenberg on Green Space, Housing and a Run for a Fifth Term on City Council

Carina Murphy • September 7, 2025
As Ward 1 City Councilor, Maria Greenberg has formed a lot of connections with residents and business owners and feels those relationships allow for a more focused, responsive government.
The developer’s petition seeks to install a storm line running from Chapin Road to her property at the end of Homer Street.

Newton Calls for Engineering Peer Review to Help Resolve Homer Street Drain Debate

Genevieve Morrison • September 5, 2025
Newton is calling in a peer review of a drain extension project on 132 Homer St., the latest action by the city in a months-long battle between the developer and neighbors of the Newton Centre property.
The request included the demolition of the existing building on site, as well as a parking relief design. (Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)

City Council Approves Single-Family Attached Homes at Watertown Street Intersection

Laney McAden • September 3, 2025
Newton City Council allowed the construction of three single-family attached homes at 790 Watertown St. in Newtonville, following debate over traffic safety implications at the council’s meeting.
Election 2025: Local Duo Looks to Repeal Newton’s Winter Parking Ban

Election 2025: Local Duo Looks to Repeal Newton’s Winter Parking Ban

Carina Murphy • July 10, 2025
As most Newton residents soak up the sun in the recent heat wave, Jeremy Freudberg and Peter Klapes have their sights set on the future—to snowstorms, freezing temperatures, and the rules that come with them. As co-leaders of the campaign to repeal Newton’s winter parking ban, they’ve rallied support for a repeal measure that will appear on the November ballot.
Newton has more than $23 million in “free cash” or unspent money left over from past years’ budgets. (Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)

Newton Allocates $2 Million in “Free Cash” to Health Insurance, Citing Rising Costs

Genevieve Morrison • May 3, 2025
The City of Newton’s Finance Committee voted to allocate $2 million in “free cash” to pay for increases in health insurance costs next year.
The approved budget will be presented to city leadership in a meeting on Thursday. (Genevieve Morrison / Heights Editor)

Newton Residents Ask Mayor Fuller to Fund Schools at Budget Hearing

Matthew Antonecchia • April 16, 2025
Several Newton Public Schools parents offered public comment as the weeks-long, contentious budgetary negotiations continued.
Micheroni said she quickly recognized the message was a mistake. (Kaitlin Meeks / Heights Archives)

“It Is Time For You To Leave the United States”: Newton Citizen and Immigration Lawyer Ordered To Self-Deport

Genevieve Morrison • April 15, 2025
In an apparent mistake, the Department of Homeland Security told a Newton lawyer, a U.S. citizen, she had one week to self-deport.
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