Five Newton students are currently on tour in Mexico with the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO): Newton North violinist Takahiro Higuchi, Newton South violist Olivia Hong and cellist Steven Hu, The Winsor School violinist Isabella Lai, and New England Conservatory cellist Hayden Ren. They are among the 120 students, ages…
Posts published in June 2025
Newton Community Education (NCE), the community programming organization under the Newton Public Schools (NPS), provided a generally positive financial status update to the School Committee on Monday, June 16. NCE had previously informed the School Committee of a pending insolvency in an October 31, 2024 memorandum, which cited reduced enrollment…
Two additional candidates for Newton School Committee have confirmed to Fig City News they intend to run, and as of this writing Fig City News is awaiting similar confirmation from an additional candidate who has filed with the Newton Elections Commission. Linda Swain will run, presently unopposed, from Ward 2…
I want to say thank you to everyone who came to the peaceful “No Kings” demonstration last Saturday in Newton Centre against authoritarianism in America. It was wonderful to be part of a large, intergenerational group of neighbors, to purchase items from the bake sale set up by some entrepreneurial…
We updated What’s Up in Newton – Week of 6/15/2025 and Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 6/15/2025 to include the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting.
Highlights this week… City Council City Council will meet on Monday and is expected to vote on (see Reports Docket): The New Docket includes: Land Use will meet on Tuesday regarding requests to: Programs and Services will meet on Wednesday regarding: Public Facilities will meet on Wednesday regarding requests for discussions: Public Safety…
City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 16 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket. The meeting will be broadcast on NewTV (Comcast9, RCN 13, 614(HD), Verizon 33) and NewTV’s Youtube channel. Land Use will meet in person (Council Chamber) and…
School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 16 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes:
Library Board of Trustees Development Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 16 at 10AM. The agenda includes the following: [UPDATED] Newton Parks & Recreation Commission will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 16 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Board…
Development Review Team (DRT) is scheduled to meet this week regarding these potential projects/proposals (see DRT Snapshot):