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…
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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,…
On August 28, 2025, the West Newton Cinema Foundation invited the community to the theatre for a day of free movies and a party — with birthday cake! — to celebrate the first anniversary of the nonprofit foundation’s acquisition of the West Newton Cinema (WNC). WNC Theatre Manager Jesse Cerrotti…
Thanks to terrific fundraising by our Boston Marathon runner, Emily Craven, and a generous grant from Rotary Club of Newton, Fig City News hired five student interns this summer: Theo Younkin and Chloe Yu returned from last summer, joined this summer by Chloe Carrano, James Garrett, and Andrew Petrilla. Theo…
Newton’s Neighborhood Area Councils function as an all-purpose solution for a plethora of problems. From discussion about new development projects to debate about how to best use and protect an area’s historic spaces, you can bet that any hyper-local happening will be brought to the table. There are four Area…
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 biography shows experience in education, theater, and currently work…