Newton Community Farm (NCF) is hosting a Fall Family Party with music, stories, a scavenger hunt, art, and more. The event will take place on October 14, 9:30AM-12PM at Newton Community Farm (303 Nahanton Street, Oak Hill). Registration is required, but the event is free. Adults must stay with their…
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Newton Athletes Unlimited is presenting Paddy’s Road Race – The Shillelagh Shuffle on October 15, starting at Paddy’s Public House (95 Elm Street, West Newton). It’s Newton’s famous fall road race thats run each October. Registration is required by October 11 for all three races, which will take place at…
Cold Spring Park now has nine new wayfinding signposts to guide hikers on a stroll and — in emergencies — to speed the arrival of help. After two years of planning and preparation, the signposts were installed by a team led by Life Scout Owen Serra as his Eagle Scout…
A crowd gathered inside Fire Department Headquarters at 1164 Centre Street on Monday, to honor the eight Newton residents who were killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. To ensure the tragedy isn’t forgotten – especially in Newton, where eight victims lived – a local nonprofit created the…
Transportation Advisory Group will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, September 13 at 4PM. The agenda includes the following: Youth Commission will meet in person (Newton Free Library) on Wednesday, September 13 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Community Education Commission will meet in person (NNHS International Cafe)…
A virtual community meeting will be held on September 14 at 6PM (Zoom link) regarding a proposal by Family Aid to convert the former Chetwynde Nursing Home, located at 1650 Washington Street, into a long-term family shelter providing housing and services (see Fig City News article). Representatives from FamilyAid, Massachusetts…
Strong Focus on Improving Data and Performance Tracking On August 31, newly hired Newton Public Schools Superintendent Anna Nolin met with Adam Bernstein (NPS parent and Fig City’s NPS writer) and Bella Ishanyan (Fig City student intern, Newton South High School senior, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the school’s Lion’s Roar newspaper).…
Notice from the Newton Public Schools: The Newton Public Schools will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, all Newton schools will offer healthy meals every school day. The Massachusetts legislature has provided funding to make meals available at no…
Enrollment is open for the fall term of the bilingual Huaxin Chinese school at the Greater Boston Chinese School (GBCCA). The term starts on Sunday, September 10, classes begin at 9AM. The school is located at 437 Cherry Street (West Newton) and welcomes students from pre-K to adults who are interested…
Summer Eats is providing free, healthy meals to anyone under the age of 18 every weekday (Mondays through Fridays) through September 1, 11:30AM-1:30PM for lunches and 2:30PM-3:30PM for snacks, at the West Suburban YMCA (276 Church Street, Newton Corner). For more information, contact Keri Wood at [email protected].