Last Friday, April 29th, Taylor Swift released her new album, The Tortured Poets’ Department. In celebration, Newton micropress Tandeta Books organized two community events hosted by Newton Centre businesses. The first was a tasting of two drinks mentioned in Swift’s music — champagne and screwtop rosé — at The Cork…
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On April 16, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller presented the City’s FY2025 budget to the City Council (see text of her speech and NewTV video). She told the City Council, “Tonight I present to you a stable, strong, sustainable — and hefty budget — for the City of Newton’s next fiscal year,…
On April 15, Tami Gambiza ran his first Boston Marathon, raising funds for Fig City News. Already connected in Newton as treasurer of Fig City News and trustee of Newton’s Affordable Housing Trust, on Patriots’ Day he joined the community of people who have run the Boston Marathon. His story:…
Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston filed a federal discrimination lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Thursday on behalf of TrailblazHers Run Co. The lawsuit is directed against “the BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CITY OF NEWTON, and JOHN F. CARMICHAEL JR., Chief of Police of the…
Nearly four months after the City’s initial Washington Street Pilot proposal, the Newton Planning Department, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture, and the project consultants presented the updated project design, now 75% completed. The design focuses on Washington Street from Lowell Avenue to Chestnut…
In a public meeting on April 10, the MBTA presented a conceptual design for an accessible, single-platform commuter rail station in Newtonville. The design features a station platform placed between the tracks to accommodate trains in both directions. A bridge built over the track would be high enough to accommodate…
Living to 102 by making other people happy… A New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner in Newton… And new appointments at Charles River Watershed Association.
This year, at least 53 residents ran the 128th Boston Marathon to raise money for charitable causes they care deeply about. Fig City News has made it easy for you to support them and their causes. Listed below are links to each runner’s personalized fundraising page. For more information and inspiration, see this document from…
The April 4 School Committee meeting contained only two significant agenda items: approval of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget for Newton Public Schools (NPS) and discussion of busing services provided to some Newton private-school students. Superintendent Anna Nolin began the meeting with her regular Superintendent’s update, which included acknowledging feedback…
For the last 18 months, the Newton Police Department (NPD) has been working to become fully accredited through the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (MPAC). If all goes well, the final step will be an On-Site Assessment for Accelerated Accreditation over April 23-24. During the On-Site Assessment, a facilitator from MPAC…