Elkus Manfredi Architects completes a new Newton headquarters for Global Partners, uniting employees in one modern space. From our own coverage: Finance Committee weighs housing trust funds amid parking dispute.
Newton's Finance Committee approved $1.9 million in Community Preservation Act funding for the Newton Affordable Housing Trust after rejecting a motion to hold the money.
The Newton Zoning and Planning Committee leaned toward extending the city's demolition-delay period to 24 months but split over keeping a waiver that shortens it. Chair polled members informally: three favored retaining a waiver for full demolitions, four opposed, one abstained.
Two Newton obituaries were published this week: Nardone, Eric L., and Page, Allison Beth. Eric L. Nardone, 61, was a lifelong Newton resident and Newton North High School graduate who died at home on October 23; his notice was posted through Joyce Funeral Home of Waltham.
The South Middlesex Registry of Deeds recorded 17 Newton property transfers between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, but only four carry a posted sale price so far, ranging from $728,000 to $3,250,000 with a median of $1,052,500 among those four.