The Fig City iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and MacOS (silicon) has been updated to version 1.4 with improved look, feel, and functionality, along with adding several new features: Newton Restaurants In addition to letting you “spin” to be presented randomly with one of 126 restaurants in Newton, you…
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iPhone and iPad users have a new way to keep up with happenings in Newton. The Fig City News app, now available in the Apple iOS app store, brings all of the content of Fig City News — and more — to your device launch screen with a native iPhone/iPad interface.
Newton Centre iOS developer Jared Prior created the app for Fig City News. It currently runs on iOS 15.6 or later. An Android version is planned.
Current features include: News, Dine, Calendar, and Notifications:
Fig City News launched on June 27, 2022 with the premiere issues of both Fig City Local Government Meetings & Reports (covering City Hall) and Fig City News (offering local news and community announcements). In the half-year since, these were our most-viewed news stories:
Fig City News, Inc., a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation, has been awarded Federal tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3). This means that donations, grants, and gifts to Fig City News are tax-deductible. This designation is retroactive to October 13, so all donations made since Fig…
Board members of the Newton News Foundation — Burton Glass, Aaron Goldman, Matt Hills, Joe Hunter, Rhanna Kidwell, Anne Larner, and Alan Schlesinger — announced on December 15 that the foundation’s online news service, Newton Beacon, will launch in mid-January — at first with limited scope focused on Mayor Fuller’s…
On November 4th, Jenn Adams marked her 20th anniversary as News Director at NewTV, Newton’s Community Media Channel (now celebrating 30 years serving the Newton community since 1992). She and her staff of interns have covered local elections, community events, Newton School Committee meetings, Newton City Council meetings (when she…
Last week, local news media in Newton was the focus of discussion on Ken Parker’s Common Ground show on NewTV. Participants were Aaron Goldman representing the upcoming Newton Beacon and Amy Sangiolo and Bruce Henderson of Fig City News. You can watch the show on NewTV’s Vimeo.