Volunteering for VITA is an opportunity to help your neighbors receive the tax credits many of them are entitled to — such as the Earned Income Tax credit. VITA — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program — is an IRS-sponsored program that offers free tax help to people with low to…
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Come and hear the wonderful musicians of the First Unitarian Universalist Society in concert on Sunday, February 11 at 2PM in the FUUSN Sanctuary (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). This year’s concert is a fundraiser for the UU Urban Ministry. Musicians include renowned pianist Lois Shapiro, Paul Antonucci and Debra Minard, and…
Congratulations to the eight recruits of the Newton Fire Department who recently graduated from fire academies and will become Probationary Firefighters starting Sunday, January 28:
Pathway to Possible is launching a new support, education, and advocacy program for family members, friends, and community caregivers with its Family Series. All are invited to a free Listening Session on January 18, 6:30-7:30PM — P2P’s main offices (1301 Centre Street, Newton) — to engage with other mission-connected families and share thoughts…
“Twilight and evening bell, / And after that the dark! / And may there be no sadness of farewell, / When I embark,” are just some of the moving lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, “Crossing the Bar.” Later set to music, the song is one of many soothing and…
Since 1999, the students of Brown Middle School have organized a gift drive for the families of Brookview House in Dorchester. Each year, students collect gifts, load them onto a box truck, and send them to Brookview, where they are given to the caretakers to wrap and gift to Brookview families. King Movers…
Recent honors, appointments, and arrivals for people who live or work in Newton…
Fig City News board member Tamirirashe Gambiza will run the 128th Boston Marathon to raise funds for Fig City News. He aims to raise $5,000 to expand our payments to local reporters and student interns. You can donate here and then join Fig City fans along the route cheering Tami…
“The reason grief can be so hard is because it can feel so isolating,” Julia Ong reflected while discussing the 2021 death of her younger child, Avery. Even before their daughter died, the Newton resident and her husband, Jordan Bray, experienced the crushing weight of grief upon learning the baby’s…
A local nonprofit marking its fifth anniversary this year has been living up to its name since its inception. Welcome Home, located in West Newton, “strives to provide families experiencing hardship with basic household items they need to live with dignity,” according to its website. Each week, the dedicated volunteers…