Alan Lobovits is a first-time candidate for one of the two Ward 6 At-Large seats on the City Council and spoke recently with Fig City News. The retired pediatrician and longtime Newton Highlands resident is running because he became increasingly aware and concerned about the impact of Village Center Zoning…
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After a lengthy debate, the City Council rejected Mayor Fuller’s proposal to establish an Operations Booster Stabilization Fund — a fund designed to help pay for a portion of the annual general fund appropriations for the City’s pension system. As the Mayor explained in August, the fund would hold $20,500,000…
Echoing the October 4 decision of the Newton City Council’s Public Safety and Transportation Committee, the City Council voted 21-3 to reject a citizens’ petition to repeal Newton’s winter parking ban. Council President Susan Albright, Councilor Andrea Kelly, and Councilor Holly Ryan cast the dissenting votes. The petition, initiated by…
In its meeting on October 16, the City Council voted to give the developers of the Crafts Street Proposal for Elder Housing with Services a one-year extension to exercise their special permit instead of the two years requested. Mark Development, in partnership with SRG Senior Living received approval last November…
The forecasted almost-gale-force winds stayed away. The sun came out periodically. And the crowds again gathered in Newton Centre Green & Parking Lot for a terrific Newton Harvest Fair. Fig City News offered Fig Newton cookies to our booth visitors — and most importantly, in bulk to the Newton Neighbors “Drive for Five” Food Drive. Of their five requested items, we had no beans/rice, soaps, pasta, or cooking oil, but we did have individually wrapped snacks!
Over 2,000 participated in this year’s Paddy’s Road Race! According race results, the top finishers were…
- Women’s 1st Place: Hallie Armstrong, 2nd Place: Sally Dupiere (of Newton), 3rd Place: Erica Morin (of Newton), 4th Place: Jessica Chao (Newton).
- Men’s 1st Place: Alex Kramer, 2nd Place: Finn Myatt, 3rd Place: Kennan Billings (of West Newton), 4th Place: Matt Drummon.
The Centre Street Food Pantry began with a handful of volunteers responding to a few people coming to the doors of Trinity Parish in Newton Centre seeking food. The Church provided a room to stock some food, and after the group incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization in 2010, it…
Feast & Fettle delivers freshly made meals — a varying selection of entrees, vegetables, soups and salads, and baked goods – to about 8,000 families in New England. After starting seven years ago in Rhode Island, the company expanded its delivery service into Massachusetts, and on October 11, it opened…
The October 11 School Committee meeting began with the School Committee chair making a statement regarding the recent events in “Israel and Palestine,” and shared information about the concurrent Interrupting Antisemitism and Hate in Our Community event occurring at City Hall. Following public comment, the meeting’s regular agenda commenced. A…
In an email sent out to the Newton Public Schools community on Thursday, October 12, Superintendent Anna Nolin said that “Out of an abundance of caution, the Newton Public Schools will have a significantly increased police presence at school buildings, as well as increased local patrols across the city on…
Two different signs have become visible across Newton, representing two points of view about the City’s proposed rezoning plan. Save Our Villages Two months ago, signs saying “Save Our Villages” began appearing on Newton lawns. An anonymous Newton resident who opposes the City’s proposed rezoning plan ordered and paid for the…
Cows haven’t been seen roaming the Garden City since the 17th century — at least not until one recently showed up outside Bill Joyce’s Newtonville home. At the corner of Newtonville Avenue and Harvard Street, the colorful bovine beast stands on a patch of grass, gazing at passersby. Named “Commit,”…