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Dear Friends, Great news – Newton’s Traffic Council approved a 20 MPH Safety Zone around Albemarle last week. This is a first step toward safer movement for everyone in the area. THANK YOU, Friends of Albemarle, for taking action and signing the petition! Next Monday Meeting Update: Traffic Calming at Albemarle  There’s an online meeting this Monday and weContinue reading “Traffic Meeting – Monday 4/3 – 6pm”

Dear Friends,  Welcome to the spring newsletter of Friends of Albemarle!  When sports teams and forsythia pop out on the field, and Avery Woods gets leafy once again…it must be spring. Spring! Well, this is one action-packed spring at Albemarle, and I’m not talking sports.  We’ve got updates on redesign of the fields and the pool, both of which will beContinue reading “Field Notes: Spring 2022”

Monday March 21: 7pm  Albemarle Master Plan and Gath PoolParks & Recreation Commission Meeting  Near the beginning of the meeting, PRC will present updated information on the Albemarle Master Plan as well as the connected option of the new Gath Pool designs. This includes a splash pad where the tennis courts currently stand and two pools that connect to each other. PublicContinue reading “Fields & Pool: Planning Sessions”

Your perspective is vital to planning a future vision for Albemarle (fields and park; see definition below). The link below takes you to a survey on your use of Albemarle Park. Please take 10-15 minutes to share insight into your priorities for this important open space in Newton. https://forms.gle/YSsFfChFSNGo6jpA9 Deadline: Sunday March 13 Details Who created the survey?Continue reading “Take the Survey!”

The Parks and Recreation Commission will be holding an in-person meeting to conduct a site visit for the purpose of evaluating the appropriateness to allow for a light system to be installed on Murphy Field, within Albemarle Park.  The light system proposal can be viewed here:  https://www.newtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/79913/637783526331030000 The DRAFT meeting minutes of the public hearing in January, (theContinue reading “Lights at Murphy? Site Visit Announcement From Parks, Rec and Culture”

A few headlines in March: Our friends at Bike Newton are circulating a petition for stronger support of bike-friendly infrastructure in Newton. The pandemic has brought out a passion for cycling in many people, and there are many reasons to make this environmentally-friendly, healthy, fun activity a daily habit. But for that to happen, itContinue reading “March, Merch, Mobility, Members”

I wasn’t exactly surprised when I realized that our first 200 members represented all 8 wards (multiple times over) — but it confirmed what we all know. Albemarle is a treasured city asset. It hasn’t always been acknowledged as such, but it is dear to this neighborhood and to the Newton community overall. We needContinue reading “All Eight Wards”

It’s nice to think about parks. Parks are democratic. Everyone can use them. And there are so many different ways to enjoy them. Especially at Albemarle, with its big swaths of green open space. Model planes cross that blue sky when my husband and children have a free afternoon, and my son had both hisContinue reading “Ready, Set, Launch, Hooray!”