After preparing to perform at the top five concert halls in Europe, June 15-25, the six high-school members of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO) from Newton have returned, and four have shared their thoughts on the trip with Fig City News. Claire Lee, a violinist in the BPYO, feels…
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The City of Newton has partnered with GoGo Technologies to provide residents with subsidized rides via services such as Lyft and Uber. This new transportation service, known as GoGo Newton, started on July 1, 2024. The City’s previous transportation service, Newton in Motion, or NewMo, will consequently be unavailable after…
On June 25, Acting Chief George McMains and the Newton Police Department (NPD) announced their upcoming summer community policing initiative called Operation Safe Sidewalks: an increase in foot and bicycle patrols in village squares, neighborhoods, and parks. “It’s officers out, walking through neighborhoods, parks, village squares, just out, walking through…
The Newton Farmers’ Market at Cold Spring Park (1200 Beacon Street) is open on Tuesdays, 1:30PM to 6PM through October 15. The vendors — friendly and engaging — offer a wide range of high quality products. This week we learned that of all the balsamic vinegars offered there, the most…
In what looks increasingly like it will achieve a “Hollywood ending,” the nonprofit West Newton Cinema Foundation announced it has raised sufficient funds to purchase and save the West Newton Cinema, in preparation for its restoration as “a hub of enjoyment and community, where mainstream, classic, independent, and otherwise unconventional…
On Thursday, June 27, the Zoning and Planning Committee met with Newton’s Planning Board to discuss changes to the Zoning Code. The Committee unanimously approved a change proposed by the Planning Department to remove the rarely used Fast Food Establishments language from the Zoning Code. Restaurants are required to get…
Tess DeJesus, a graduate of Newton North High School, has been selected by the Charles River Regional Chamber to receive one of four scholarships awarded this year to students in the Chamber’s four communities who are continuing their education in accredited programs. DeJesus was selected in part for her skill…
Except for Thursday night on Albemarle Field, it will be a quiet week. The highlights: Other This week’s road construction schedule.
Two years ago, on June 27, 2022, we published the first issue of Fig City News, reporting on — (this will sound familiar) — BERDO, West Newton Armory housing, the Commonwealth Avenue Carriageway Project, Village Center Zoning, a project on Crafts Street, the first meeting of the Newton Affordable Housing…
Brezski memo sparks School Committee debate on future of small schools. The June 24 regular School Committee meeting, the last one for this school year, did not coast into the summer but ran almost four hours across several topics widely followed in the community. The public comment period included three…