On request from the Newton Highlands Area Council, the Newton Department of Public Works (DPW) held an Open House for residents to view the current version of the Newton Highlands Village Enhancement Project. The open house took place late in the afternoon of September 11 in the meeting room at…
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Perfect weather and a celebratory crowd came out for Upper Falls Village Day in 2025. See the gallery at https://photos.figcitynews.com/2025/2025-Upper-Falls-Village-Day
Newton Public Schools (NPS) marked the beginning of the 2025–26 school year with the formal launch of the NPS Family Engagement Center, created to strengthen connections between schools and families. At a press conference at the Education Center, Superintendent Anna Nolin introduced the initiative alongside Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and…
Many in the Newton community gathered early in the evening of September 11 at the Newton 9-11 Memorial to remember those connected with Newton who died in the attacks on September 11, 2001: Mark Bavis, Paige Farley-Hackel, Nicholas Humber, Aaron Jacobs, Stuart Todd Meltzer, Richard Barry Ross, Rahma Salie, and Amy…
The life of an author on a book tour is full of contradictions: It can be exciting yet isolating, as well as busy yet lonely. For multiple-award-winning TV journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan, it is also the inspiration for her newest thriller. Ryan, a Newton resident and well-known WHDH-TV reporter, spoke…
Fashion lovers, bargain hunters, and conscious consumers can mark their calendars for Fall into Something New to You – a sale of high-end, pre-loved women’s clothing and accessories – hosted by the Newton-based nonprofit ThreadED: Fashion for a Future. The event takes place September 18 (4PM-7PM) and September 19 and…
Repeal of Newton’s longstanding, controversial, four-month winter parking ban will be on the November ballot, and voter preference will be binding. The repeal measure has been before the City Council in various forms and has been denied each time. Two Newton residents — Jeremy Freudberg and Peter Klapes — had…
Ed. Note: During August, Fig City News conducted interviews with each of the 10 School Committee candidates who are running in competitive elections. This notice was sent to all candidates prior to the interviews. All interviews were completed before any were published. Relative to other candidates, you’re somewhat new to Newton. What…
Ed. Note: During August, Fig City News conducted interviews with each of the 10 School Committee candidates who are running in competitive elections. This notice was sent to all candidates prior to the interviews. All interviews were completed before any were published. Your campaign cites your background with Newton North Boosters and…
Christie Lee Gibson, one of the two candidates running for School Committee in the competitive Ward 1 race, sent an email to her supporters Sunday night, September 7, saying that she was withdrawing from the race. Her withdrawal leaves Arrianna Prioa without an active opponent in that race, meaning Ms. Proia…
Findlay Toone (NNHS 2025) has won a $26,000 scholarship from the Henry David Thoreau Foundation. One of eight Thoreau Scholars named this year in Massachusetts, she will enter Yale College this fall to pursue studies in ecology and ethology, to prepare for a career in biodiversity conservation. She has been…
Ed. Note: During August, Fig City News conducted interviews with each of the 10 School Committee candidates who are running in competitive elections. This notice was sent to all candidates prior to the interviews. All interviews were completed before any were published. You’re not the only candidate to have gone to NPS,…