Presented last Wednesday, the proposed budget for FY2024 has created – among many other things – a new topic for conversation. While the verdict of the override was released March 14, it’s the proposed new budget that, when implemented, will determine where and how funding is allocated as well as…
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Newton resident Erica Muhl began making history at Berklee College of Music twenty months ago, when she became its first woman president. Since then, the distinguished conductor-composer has continued to expand musical horizons for Berklee students and graduates. Her inauguration ceremony, long delated by Covid, took place on Tuesday morning…
Walnut Grille, a vegan and vegetarian restaurant located at 1203 Walnut Street in Newton Highlands, conducted its last day of business last Friday and will reopen in a few weeks under a new name, Shiva’s Kitchen, serving Indian cuisine. The exact date is yet to be determined. The Board of…
On April 5, the eve of Passover, the Walnut Street Minyan — an independent, traditional, egalitarian community of 109 households — will move into its newly renovated home at 858 Walnut Street, near Newton Four Corners. The community will hold its initial services in this new location on three consecutive…
Setti Warren, former Mayor of Newton, has been named Executive Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He had been serving in that role on an interim basis. Previously, he was Executive Director of the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.…
Two weeks after the general override proposal failed, Mayor Fuller announced her plan to help fill the expected budget gaps. The plan consists of the use of FY2022 Free Cash in a “financially responsible way,” changing the pension funding plan (via a request made yesterday to the Retirement Board) and…
250 people sign up to make public comment On March 28, the School Committee convened for a special meeting, as mandated by the City Charter, to conduct a public hearing regarding the petition for an Academic Principles Advisory Committee (APAC), as described in this article by Fig City News. The…
Forty Newton residents will be running this year’s Boston Marathon to raise money for charitable causes they care deeply about, and they seek your help. Fig City News makes it easy for you to support them and their causes. Listed below are links to each runner’s personalized fundraising page. For…
On Sunday March 26, the Newton South HS debate team won the Massachusetts state debate championship at the conclusion of the 3-day tournament. Fig City News interviewed their coach, Josh Cohen, a parent volunteer who has coached the team since 2014. Josh is also Chair of Debate for the Massachusetts…
At its March 29th meeting, the Newton Retirement Board included two budget funding presentations: one from Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and the other from City Council Board President Susan Albright and Ward 2 School Committee member Chris Brezski. Both presentations were in response to the March 14th failed operational override. Mayor…
The LigerBots, Newton’s dual-high-school robotics team, won the Silver medal at the FIRST Robotics League Greater Boston District Competition last weekend at Revere High School. With two alliance partners — the Lobstah Bots and the Crusaders — the LigerBots came from behind to win the Silver Medal and a place…
Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, and Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca arrived by the Green Line at Riverside Station to introduce the MBTA’s new General Manager, Phillip Eng. A small group of MBTA employees were on hand to greet their new boss. Mr. Eng, an engineer and former President…