Hundreds of girls from middle and senior high schools across Middlesex County filled the Newton War Memorial Auditorium on Thursday morning, November 13, for the Empowering Girls Conference produced by Marian Ryan, Middlesex County District Attorney and Massachusetts’ sole woman district attorney, who has produced the conferences since 2015. This…
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Richard Fletcher, a lifelong educator, coach, and devoted family man, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2025, at the age of 83. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1941, to Lilian (née Blake) and John C. Fletcher, Richard embodied the values of hard work, community, and kindness that defined…
Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S., moved to Newton with her family in 2021 when she joined the faculty at Harvard. In her recent TEDx New England talk and her new book, Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times, she has focused on the…
The results of this municipal election bring several newcomers to office: seven on the City Council and six on the School Committee. Here are links to the Fig City News reports of interviews with each of them, conducted before the election. City Council School Committee
Setti Warren was that rare liberal politician who made it a point to befriend the Newton Republicans, to make us feel part of Newton, for which we were grateful. When he first ran for Mayor we gave him our tacit support. He was, after all, a veteran who had just…
I am an NPS parent of three/ I will be voting for Cyrus, Ward 4 counselor-at-large. My oldest, a senior was at home with some friends when Cyrus came to visit, and I had the privilege of seeing him genuinely interested in hearing about the concerns impacting young people. I…
Meet, greet and socialize within the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies on Wednesday, November 19 from 1-2:30PM at the Cooper Center (20 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands). At each meeting, a different theme/current event is discussed or a fun activity is organized. The gathering is for 18+, intergenerational, queer and allies. Bring your…
John Chaimanis and his family are simultaneously a muti-generational Newton family, and a second-generation American family. He and his wife have three students attending Newton Public Schools, and are deeply invested in ensuring our schools succeed. John practices the ideas behind servant leadership; he knows that elected officials work for…
Setti David Warren, Newton’s 30th mayor, died unexpectedly on Sunday, November 2nd at the family’s Beaumont Avenue home. He was fifty-five years old. There has been no official determination of the cause of his death. At the time of his death, Mr. Warren was the Director of the Institute of…
Meet, greet and socialize within the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies on Wednesday, December 17 from 1-2:30PM at the new Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville). At each meeting, a different theme/current event is discussed or a fun activity is organized. The gathering is for 18+, intergenerational, queer and allies. Bring…