Dangerous/Nuisance Dog Complaint Hearing will be held in person (City Hall, Room 204) on Monday, April 27 at 7PM. See agenda. Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, April 27 at 6PM. The agenda includes: Newton Free Library Board of Trustees…
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Highlights this week… City Council City Council will meet on Monday. The Reports Docket includes: The New Docket contains the following: Zoning & Planning Committee will meet Tuesday regarding: Finance and Public Safety & Transportation Committees will meet Tuesday regarding: Financial Audit Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday regarding special projects,…
We corrected Reflections program for disabled students to be relocated to Franklin Elementary (first paragraph after the heading “Limited playground accessibility”). The originally published version of this article incorrectly stated that the Williams playground did not appear on the City’s 2025 Capital Improvement Plan.
For the second year in a row, Emily Craven (NNHS ’22) has run the Boston Marathon to raise the funding that makes possible the Fig City News summer internship program, now in its fourth year. And once again, Emily has exceeded her goal. This year she has raised $10,300 —…
Grace Yang has won a Silver National Medal in the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her work, How to Find Belief. A junior at Newton South HS and a former Fig City News intern, Yang was recently named co-Editor-in-Chief of the Newton South HS Lion’s Roar newspaper. Sangeet…
Highlights this week: City Council City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Public Safety & Transportation Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been cancelled. Public Facilities Committee will meet Wednesday regarding: Programs & Services Committee will meet Wednesday regarding: School Committee School Committee is not scheduled to meet…
Join the Newton Free Library and WGBH for an Indie Lens Pop-Up! Hosted at the Library on Thursday, May 14 at 6:30pm, this event will feature a screening of the Independent Lens documentary The Grocery List Show, followed by a panel discussion about the many culinary traditions of Newton residents. Hosted by Top Chef…
City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Public Safety & Transportation Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 22 has been cancelled. See Meeting Cancellation Notice. Public Facilities Committee will meet in person (City Hall, Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, April 22 at 7PM. The agenda…
April Break is this week, and schools are closed. School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. School Councils are not meeting this week.
Newton Energy Commission will meet in person (City Hall, Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, April 22 at 7PM. The agenda includes: Newton Historical Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, April 23 at 7PM. The agenda includes: Sustainable Materials Management Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link)…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential project/proposal (see DRT Snapshot):
On April 13, the Justice Department announced that Mark Nacht of Waltham, MA, was arrested by the FBI in Albany, NY on April 10 for attempted enticement of a minor. On April 14, Newton Public Schools (NPS) informed the school community of the arrest, noting that Nacht was formerly an…