As of August 30, eighty-three Newton residents have signed up to walk a 5K, 10K, half marathon, or marathon in the 2023 Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk on October 1. The Walk seeks to raise $9 million for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Newton resident Anya Rhodes, age nine, will participate…
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Alex Andrew Bohm, a 57-year-old Newton resident, died Monday night at Brigham and Women’s Hospital due to serious injuries sustained in a cycling collision with a UPS truck at the intersection of Watertown Street and Bridge Street in Nonantum that evening. Newton Police responded at 5:24 PM. As reported by…
In the words of Peter Stavropoulos, “the drapes will be drawn” for the last time at Bigelow Cleaners at 4 PM on Thursday, August 31. The dry cleaner, located at 217 Sumner Street at the corner of Langley Road in Newton Center, has been owned and operated by brothers John…
The Newton Bluefish swim team completed its summer season with a perfect 10-0 record in the Summer Suburban League and topped that off by winning the league championship on August 12 in Dedham. The 197 team members all hail from Newton, with ages ranging from 6 to 18. Mary and…
Flash flooding hit Newton on Tuesday morning with water levels closing off Albemarle Road and covering car wheels in the new Newton Free Library parking lot. A city worker indicated there was a gate in the duck pond that was being opened to accelerate the drainage to Bullough’s pond from…
Ding’s Kitchen (at 10 Langley Road, Newton Centre) reopened on Saturday night after apparently satisfying health inspectors’ concerns through renovations. The reopening was announced with a sign on the front door last Thursday. Tuesday evening, patrons could be seen eating, and a new sign speaks of a promotion — from…
The Newton community came together Tuesday night for National Night Out, hosted by the Newton Police Department at Captain John Ryan Memorial Park, adjacent to Police Headquarters. Newton Police Lt. Amanda Henrickson explained, “The night is a national community outreach initiative all around the country where police departments all choose…
As of July 24th, at least 202 Newton cyclists are slated to ride in the 44th Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) on the weekend of August 5-6 to raise funds for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In this event, the PMC hopes to raise a record-breaking $70 million for cancer research and patient…
Here’s a slideshow of photos from the first evening of the 88th annual Festa in Nonantum. And here are photos from other evenings and the finale from other Fig City News photographers.
At age 16, Erik Weihenmayer came to the Carroll Center for the Blind on Centre Street to learn to adapt to the total loss of sight he had recently experienced due to a rare disease. In that program, he had his first exposure to rock climbing on a trip to North Conway, NH. Seventeen years later, he would become the first blind person to summit Everest.