The Fig City News restaurant directory has grown from 147 entries in May 2023 to 160 today — a net gain of 13 restaurants. That gain is the result of at least seven closures and roughly 21 new additions over the past two and a half years. Closures and their…
Posts published in December 2025
A December 9 article on the recent Newton School Committee decision to align NPS’s graduation requirement with state guidance referenced an interim report from the Chair of the Massachusetts K-12 Graduation Council, Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, that offered an important insight: “Based on information issued by the state last…
When Newton North High School student Sean Choi first began to explore the world of architectural design, he was drawn to the idea of playing with physical space in a way that expresses emotion. “I originally came from an art background, where storytelling and expression were central to my work,…
Jill Mercurio will leave her position as Director of the Newton Free Library to take on the same position at the Brookline Free Library. She started in the Newton Free Library in 2011 as Supervisor of Youth Services and became Assistant Director in 2014 and Director in 2019. As Director,…
Highlights this week… City Council City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. School Committee School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. Boards and Commissions Council on Aging will meet on Tuesday regarding: Board of License Commissioners will meet on Friday in a special meeting to review Boston Marriott…
City Council is not scheduled to meet this week.
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
Council on Aging will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, December 23 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes: Board of License Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Friday, December 26 at 12PM in a special meeting to review Boston Marriott Hotel’s applications for one-day licenses for events in January. See…
The Traffic Council approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video). All approved items may be appealed through the close of business on December 31, 2025. Non-resident visitor parking permits/fee clarification along Hull Street and Elm Road (Ward 2)The Council approved updates to multiple sections of the…
As confirmed in the December 16 Zoom meeting of the Board of License Commissioners, several Newton establishments will lose their licenses to serve alcohol at the end of December because they failed to apply for renewals on time or satisfactorily complete their applications. As a result, their licenses will expire…