January 19, 2025
Community News Hub for Newton, Massachusetts
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:
Minyan Darchei Shalom wishes you a Chag Kasher v’Sameach! We invite you to join us for traditional Passover services April 6, 7, 12, and 13. All are welcome. Services begin at 9:30AM each day at Temple Shalom (175 Temple Street, Newton). See darcheishalom.org for more details.
The Newton Conservators invite you and your kids to explore how early spring affects Cold Spring Park. We will let what catches participants’ eyes guide our walk! Early flowers and plants will be making themselves visible this time of year. Together, we will explore the trails along the swamp, woods,…
Newton Theatre Company will present In the Time of the Butterflies at Saint John’s Episcopal Church(96 Otis Street, Newtonville) on April 13, 14, 15 at 8PM and April 15 at 2PM. It’s a powerful, moving, poignant play about family, love, and sacrifice. The story follows four sisters as they live through the dictatorial…
Newton Nomadic Theater will present several nights of rollicking short-form theater and music. Come enjoy a grab bag of entertainment including short plays, improv, musical spoofs, Shakespeare, film scenes, and monologues. Tickets ($20) on sale for five performances at three venues: Twelve short pieces feature a great cast of actors: Stephen…
The Over 60s group at the First Unitarian Society in Newton will present a webinar, Aging with Wisdom, on Sunday, April 16, 12PM-1:30PM. Ms. Olivia Hoblitzelle, psychologist, author, and former Associative Director of Benson-Henry Mind/Body Institute will present, inviting participants into ancient wisdom and practical pointers in living, the cultivation…
On March 29, the Newton Public School District released a proposed school budget that includes removing strings and orchestra from the elementary schools. We support a strong music program that includes strings and orchestra in Newton’s elementary schools. The lifelong and transferable skills that playing a musical instrument cultivates in…
Tuesday’s School Committee meeting did not have a public comment period, and began with a typical update from Interim Superintendent Kathy Smith. After Dr. Smith spoke, Committee member Cove Davis (Ward 8) requested that the Superintendent address concerns in the community about low Advanced Placement Math test pass rates for…
The City Council will be meeting virtually (Zoom link) as a Committee of the Whole on Thursday, April 6 at 8AM. The agenda will be solely focused on the following: See Statement to the Retirement Board and Materials provided to the Mayor and the Retirement Board. .
First elected to Congress in 2020, Jake Auchincloss represents Newton and the rest of the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District, which stretches from Newton and Brookline to Fall River, Taunton, and Attleboro. Before he was elected to Congress, Rep. Auchincloss served in the Newton City Council. He lives in Newton with his wife…
