The battle-torn blog, Village14.com, has provided such great information, opinion, connection, entertainment, and mystery over the years, but it will soon be shutting down. Village Chieftain Jerry Reilly has called a gathering to bid the blog goodbye. All are invited to gather on July 13, 6:30PM-9PM, upstairs at Paddy’s (95…
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The Alliance for Community Media Hometown Media has honored NewTV with an award for Best Voter Education Piece by an Access Center, Professional. NewTV won this award for its Newton News interview with Mayor Ruthanne Fuller regarding the override ballot questions in March. NewTV credits Streaming Media Specialist Eugene Foygelman and Newton…
The Lion’s Roar — Newton South High School’s award-winning newspaper — has its June issue out, Volume 40-2, The Programmed Brain, with these lead articles: And here is the Lion’s Roar Graduation Issue.
Which Newton village has the most Japanese restaurants? A month after its launch, the Fig City News app now offers a database of 139 places to eat in Newton. You can filter the list by village, by type of cuisine, and by your tagged favorites. And you can search by…
The Fig City News Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce Henderson as the Editor of Fig City News, a free, online community news hub for Newton, Massachusetts. Founded and managed by resident volunteers, Fig City News aims to serve as a knowledgeable, fair, and trusted…
The Lion’s Roar — Newton South High School’s award-winning newspaper — has its April issue out, Volume XXXX Issue 1, with these lead articles: Bella Ishanyan, a junior at Newton South High School, is Editor-in-Chief of the Lion’s Roar.
The Fig City iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and MacOS (silicon) has been updated to version 1.4 with improved look, feel, and functionality, along with adding several new features: Newton Restaurants In addition to letting you “spin” to be presented randomly with one of 126 restaurants in Newton, you…
iPhone and iPad users have a new way to keep up with happenings in Newton. The Fig City News app, now available in the Apple iOS app store, brings all of the content of Fig City News — and more — to your device launch screen with a native iPhone/iPad interface.
Newton Centre iOS developer Jared Prior created the app for Fig City News. It currently runs on iOS 15.6 or later. An Android version is planned.
Current features include: News, Dine, Calendar, and Notifications:
The Lion’s Roar — Newton South High School’s award-winning newspaper — has its February issue out, Volume XXXIX Issue 6, with these lead articles: This marks the final issue for the current senior staff — Emily Schwartz, Eva Shimkus, Sarah Feinberg, Julian Phillips, and Sarah Wei. The senior staff for Volume XXXX will be…
Fig City News launched on June 27, 2022 with the premiere issues of both Fig City Local Government Meetings & Reports (covering City Hall) and Fig City News (offering local news and community announcements). In the half-year since, these were our most-viewed news stories: