Last day of school will be Monday, June 23 for K-12 students and Tuesday, June 24 for teachers. School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. Countryside Elementary School Project will hold an online update (Zoom link) on Monday, June 24 at 6PM. Representatives from Public Buildings, CTA Construction, and…
Posts published in June 2025
Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 23 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Fair and Affordable Housing Partnership will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, June 24 at 5PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Retirement Board…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential projects/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):
Ed. Note: The author is the Ward 8 representative on the School Committee. Fig City News previously reported that he will not be seeking re-election in this November’s election. Background All too often when a doctor sees a patient with high cholesterol or blood pressure, the result is prescribing something…
We updated Community grieves the loss of the Goldstein Family to include a link to Newton Theatre Company’s video of the event, published June 19.
Five Newton students are currently on tour in Mexico with the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO): Newton North violinist Takahiro Higuchi, Newton South violist Olivia Hong and cellist Steven Hu, The Winsor School violinist Isabella Lai, and New England Conservatory cellist Hayden Ren. They are among the 120 students, ages…
Newton Community Education (NCE), the community programming organization under the Newton Public Schools (NPS), provided a generally positive financial status update to the School Committee on Monday, June 16. NCE had previously informed the School Committee of a pending insolvency in an October 31, 2024 memorandum, which cited reduced enrollment…
Two additional candidates for Newton School Committee have confirmed to Fig City News they intend to run, and as of this writing Fig City News is awaiting similar confirmation from an additional candidate who has filed with the Newton Elections Commission. Linda Swain will run, presently unopposed, from Ward 2…
I want to say thank you to everyone who came to the peaceful “No Kings” demonstration last Saturday in Newton Centre against authoritarianism in America. It was wonderful to be part of a large, intergenerational group of neighbors, to purchase items from the bake sale set up by some entrepreneurial…
We updated What’s Up in Newton – Week of 6/15/2025 and Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 6/15/2025 to include the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting.
Highlights this week… City Council City Council will meet on Monday and is expected to vote on (see Reports Docket): The New Docket includes: Land Use will meet on Tuesday regarding requests to: Programs and Services will meet on Wednesday regarding: Public Facilities will meet on Wednesday regarding requests for discussions: Public Safety…
City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 16 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket. The meeting will be broadcast on NewTV (Comcast9, RCN 13, 614(HD), Verizon 33) and NewTV’s Youtube channel. Land Use will meet in person (Council Chamber) and…