Mayor requests $11.4M in tax hikes

Newton Mayor Setti Warren announced yesterday that he will ask voters for an estimated $11.4 million in property tax increases to fund three school building projects, replace a fire station, fix streets and sidewalks and hire more police and teachers.

Read more about it in the Globe, the TAB and Newton Patch.

The Chamber will be hosting a meeting with the mayor and the business community to discuss his proposal in the near future.