On Tuesday, February 25, the City of Newton held its first-ever Newton Civic Spotlight event at City Hall. The event, aimed at local middle and high school students, featured a resource fair showcasing local organizations as well as panel discussions exploring the nuances of local government and issues facing the…
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Last fall, Newton North High School (NNHS) athlete Sasha Selivan and two NNHS coaches, Roy Dow and Kristen Smith, were among those honored in the Boston Globe’s Fall 2024 All-Scholastic Awards featuring 39 Athletes of the Year and 38 Coaches of the Year. They recently shared reflections with Fig City News.…
Since 1988, the Newton-San Juan del Sur Sister City Project – founded by former City Councilor and School Board member Rodney Barker, with other Newtonians – has worked to establish a meaningful connection through activism with the city of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. The nonprofit organization has built and renovated over…
When Newton resident David Hedison moved from Boston to a house near the intersection of Waverley Avenue and Franklin Street, he started to notice that the area had an abnormally high rate of accidents. Hedison moved during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with Newton residents isolating at home, the volume of…
Hospitality Homes is a nonprofit arranger of short-term housing for out-of-town families and caregivers of patients at Boston medical facilities. For years, several Hospitality Homes hosts in Newton have welcomed and housed patients and their families, as Newton is particularly well located for access to Boston’s world-class medical facilities. Since…
In March 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, four Newton residents – Martha Bixby, Ranjani Paradise, Shalini Tendulkar, and Shreeda Vyas – saw an opportunity to help locals in need. They started the Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors mutual aid network, which, in 2021, became incorporated as the non-profit…
This fall, Newton South High School won prestigious recognition as a National Banner Unified Champion School by the Special Olympics of North America, marking the second time the school has earned the designation, which is awarded to select schools every four years. In a newsletter to the community, Newton South…
A controversial City plan to remove a beaver dam and hut from the Wells Avenue culvert has incentivized some to speak out. Since 2022, increased beaver activity in the area has sparked widespread flooding, resulting in devastating consequences for residents and local businesses. Mike Landau, Chairman of the 210 Nahanton…
Northland Development is proposing significant modifications to its Needham Street project, the company announced on August 15. Citing changes in the real estate market, Northland said it intends to replace all of its planned office space in the Saco-Pettee Mill with additional housing units, bringing the total number of units…
On August 15, Superintendent Anna Nolin and the Newton School Committee met for approximately three hours to finalize planning for the 2024-2025 school year and formally introduce new hires from the Superintendent’s office. All nine School Committee members, except Vice Chair Emily Prenner (Ward 5), were present at the meeting.…