Grocery shoppers in the Boston area will soon have another option as a popular supermarket chain opens a new location.

Connection fees for Newton's water and sewer system could be going up with the Town Council scheduling a public hearing on the proposed increase and a possible final vote in late June. The fees ...

Newton's council scheduled a hearing on potential increases for new water and sewer hookups. The proposal would hike water fees by 9.4% and sewer hookups by 3.3%.

Nearly 60 towns and cities out of 177 have complied with the MBTA Communities Act – a law to increase multi-family housing near T stops.

NEWTON — The Town Council wants to update zoning rules to head off a trend of converting large homes to apartments and boarding houses. The proposed changes, which would limit the number of ...

Longtime Newton city councilor Deborah Crossley was ousted from the City Council over her efforts to rezone the village centers to allow more multifamily housing.

After years of arguing and planning, the Newton City Council passed zoning changes Monday night that will allow for denser multifamily housing in several key corridors of the city, potentially ...

Newton may not win any merit badges for the zoning changes its City Council approved Monday night, which appear to put the city just barely in compliance with a state law aimed at encouraging ...

Newton city councilors approved the city's biggest zoning update in 70 years to comply with the state's MBTA Communities Law.

The Newton City Council has voted to rezone six of the city’s villages to allow for more multifamily housing, a plan meant to comply with the MBTA Communities law, Greg Ryan reports.

The city has yet to vote on its plan that would create by right zoning for a minimum of 8,330 new housing units near its MBTA stops.

Massachusetts government officials include Newton as one of the 177 MBTA communities across the commonwealth. The city must adopt certain zoning ordinances by Dec. 31, 2023 to remain compliant with ...