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Fig City News has published a free Special Print Edition to inform voters before the 2025 municipal election. Below are listed the 88 local shops, banks, and community facilities across the city where you can pick up a copy. (If any need restocking, email [email protected].) This 16-page voter’s guide contains:…
For more than three decades, NewTV has served as Newton’s hub for civic storytelling through its public, education, and government (PEG) channels and weekly Newton News. Executive Director Bob Kelly told Fig City News that NewTV is adapting its funding system to account for consumers “cutting the cord” on cable…
On April 21, Emily Craven (NNHS ‘22) ran the 129th Boston Marathon to raise money for the third annual Fig City News summer internship program. Before the day of the Marathon, she had raised a total of $7530, exceeding her goal of $7500. This included proceeds from the five-kilometer “Shamrock”…
NewTV will host its Future Forward Gala on September 30, 6PM-10PM, at the Boston Marriott Newton (2345 Commonwealth Avenue) to celebrate and support its success into the future. It’s “an event that’s all about looking ahead” — to “keep the New in NewTV.” The evening will feature: Tickets are available…
On April 21, Emily Craven (NNHS ’22) ran the 129th Boston Marathon to raise funds for the Fig City News summer internship program, now in its third year. By the day before, Emily had raised a total of $7530, exceeding her long-ago-set goal of $7,500. Many, many thanks to Emily — and to…
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…
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…
Six Newton high school seniors are among the 17 seniors honored by the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA) to be its first ever NESPA All New England High School Journalism staff. No other New England school district had more than two students so recognized. To be considered, students submitted…
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…
The Newton Free Library will present a book talk where Historian Hasia Diner will discuss her most recent book, Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America, which discusses how Irish-Americans helped Jewish immigrants to integrate into American society. It will take place on Thursday, February…
The Newton Free Library will host a Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon, where participants can celebrate African American history and help transcribe historical documents from the Library of Congress collection. This event is part of Douglass Day, a collaborative program in partnership with the Library of Congress and its By the People crowdsourcing project.…