The Foxtail Legacy is a tale of the legacies we all are heir to — family history, family dynamics, family culture, and genetics. And it is that last category that at the beginning and end of the novel is pivotal in defining who should be and is “family.” All heirs…
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Avi Fidler of Newton Upper Falls graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of the Arts in Philadelphia with a BFA in Acting and a concentration in stage combat. A 2019 graduate of Newton South, Fidler is currently a resident of Philadelphia. Fidler performed a monologue in The Newton Theatre Company’s The…
On January 6, 2002, the Boston Globe’s special reporting unit for investigative and accountability journalism, Spotlight, published the first of two articles. The series began with the story of Father John Geoghan, a Catholic priest in the Greater Boston Area who was accused of sexually abusing over 130 boys and…
Diana Rodriguez, one of Nancy Hanson’s longtime exercise class students, decided to organize a vigil and walk in remembrance of the much-beloved teacher who was allegedly murdered by her husband nearly two weeks ago. “Nancy was so sweet,” Dr. Rodriguez said, explaining that she wanted people to focus on Nancy’s…
The following graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison this spring: The following students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2023 semester at Dickinson College:
From a couch in band member Zach’s dimly lit basement to the Boston Calling stage, the Greater Boston-based soul pop band, Couch, is on the rise. Last Saturday, July 22nd, Couch closed out the 8th annual Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts at Newton’s Hyde Playground. Many of the audience…
In the beginning, Joy Gong never wanted to start fencing. At the age of just seven, she was scared of the coach, and the daunting threat of being poked by a blade made it all the more nerve racking. Her father Ron explained the long negotiation process of getting his…
Josephine McNeil, Co-Founder and Executive Director of CAN-DO has received a 2023 Community Advocacy Award and award grant from the Eastern Bank Foundation for CAN-DO’s role in helping low and very low income residents of Newton access affordable housing and get access to the services they need to achieve more financial security and housing…
Last week, we introduced the first two of our four Fig City News high-school summer interns. We are now pleased to introduce our other two interns, who are starting this week. They both have a lot to offer Fig City News and the Newton community, and we look forward to their help.
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.