When Emily Craven, a 20-year-old student at the University of Vermont, isn’t training for the 129th Boston Marathon, she takes on another challenging endeavor, organizing the Fig City News Shamrock 5k. The five-kilometer run will be held on Sunday, March 16, at 9AM and goes twice around Jamaica Pond plus…
Posts published in March 2025
On March 10, the Newton City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee met in a working session to discuss amending the City’s ADU Ordinance. Newton’s long-standing debate over the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs, was recently reignited with the passage of the Healy Administration’s Affordable Housing Act in August…
Susannah Heschel — the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College — will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on March 12 at 1PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Prof. Heschel’s scholarship…
Holi is the Indian festival of Colors, and everyone is invited to celebrate by throwing colors in the air and creating a vibrant canvas with family and friends. Newton Holi will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 12PM to 1PM at Newton City Hall. Holi is a celebration of diversity,…
The Newton Piano Summit returns with free performances on March 15 and 16, 3PM-5PM, at Second Church (60 Highland Street, West Newton). This program is supported in part by grants from the Village Bank, Advance Auto, Newton Cultural Council, Newton Community Pride, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Charles River Foundation, and generous private donors.
The All Newton Music School will present a free concert, Six Violins, Six Centuries on Saturday, March 15 at 4PM at 321 Chestnut Street, West Newton. Free tickets are required and are available online. In this unconventional violin recital, Julie McKenzie will explore the history, evolution, and repertoire of the violin,…
Emily Craven — who is running the Boston Marathon to help fund the Fig City News summer internship program — is also organizing the Fig City News Shamrock 5K for the same purpose. The race is twice around Jamaica Pond plus 0.1 mile to the finish, for a total of…
As winter weather continues, many people are looking forward to the arrival of spring. Haiku Newton invites all to put those thoughts on paper, in the form of Haiku poems, and submit them to its fourth annual contest. The themes for the 2025 contest are Regeneration, Renewal, and Revisioning. Hint:…
We updated Newton high school journalists win New England honors to include comments by Savannah Bond and Mia Lahav. We updated Newton South Jazz educator Lisa Linde and Jazz Ensemble receive national recognition to include information about the Jazz Ensemble’s success on March 5 at the regional Massachusetts Association for…
Newton’s state senator and three state representatives have received their leadership positions and committee assignments for the current State House term. State Senator Cynthia Creem (Brookline, Newton and Wellesley) will continue as: Office phone: 617-722-1639. Email: Cynthia.Creem@masenate.gov State Rep. John Lawn (10th Middlesex) will continue as: Office phone: 617-722-2430. Email:…