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11/11/2025

🇺🇸 Happy Veterans Day to all who served! Today and every day, we honor your service and are humbled by the sacrifices you have made for your country. 🇺🇸

NewTV will be closed today, November 11th, in observance of the holiday. We will reopen tomorrow, November 12th at 10:00AM, for our normal business hours.

The City of Newton will hold a Veterans Day observance and ceremony at the American Legion Post 440 on November 11th, beginning with a donation drive at 10:00AM. The ceremony will begin at 11:00AM. Seth Bai, Director of Veterans Services, sat down at our news desk to make a special announcement about the Veterans Day observance in Newton. Click here for more info: https://newtv.org/news-2/story-6

10/31/2025

Wishing you a very spooky and very safe Halloween! 👻 Have fun, and don't eat too many sweets and treats! 🍬

10/28/2025

Let us hit refresh every 5 seconds, so you don't have to. 🦎🦎🦎

Watch NewTV's Decision 2025 LIVE Election Night broadcast for up-to-the-minute election standings, field correspondents broadcasting live around Newton, and in-studio interviews with community leaders.

Just 1 week to go! Join us next Tuesday, November 4th at 7:30PM on our Government cable channel (Comcast 9 | RCN 614 | Verizon 33), or live streaming on our website: https://newtv.org/decision2025

10/27/2025

✅ YEA or ❌ NAY??

The Overnight Winter Parking Ban Repeal ballot question is a hot-button issue for many Newtonians. If you're still undecided on how to vote, we have a few resources that can help you to make an informed decision:

✅ Repeal the Ban (Vote Yes) - Newton News Interview with Peter Klapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Flmb1ILW0

❌ Keep the Ban (Vote No) - Newton News Interview with Anne Goldbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYHTzWHMxdQ

🗣️ Overnight Winter Parking Ban Repeal Ballot Question Forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCbyqE1wEgM

Election Day is NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th! Make sure to check out our Decision 2025 webpage for all of the resources you need to make an informed and educated decision for the future of Newton. https://newtv.org/decision2025

10/23/2025

Our SUV was re-wrapped with some new branding, and it looks great! 🚙 Naturally, all the guys had to congregate to give it a once over as soon as we brought it back. The Dad Energy™️ is strong. (And half of them aren't even dads!)

10/22/2025

You may remember last week when we posted photos of reporter Charlie Johnson from Fig City News interviewing our intern Gina Dacey. Well...

Fig City published the story this week (on Community Media Day, no less!) and we are excited to share it with you. 📰 Johnson took a careful, in-depth look at what we do here at NewTV from the perspective of our staff, former interns, and other community leaders, and eloquently presented just how essential NewTV is to Newton's past ⏮️, present ▶️, and future ⏭️

Thank you to Charlie and Fig City News for this fantastic article! It is definitely worth a read (plus you get to see more pictures of our awesome Studio and Control Room!)🎥

https://figcitynews.com/2025/10/newtv-newtons-award-winning-community-media-center-faces-uncertainty-amid-shifting-funding-but-sees-opportunities-on-the-horizon/

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 th...

10/21/2025

Happy Community Media Day! 📺 🎉

Community Media Day is a day to appreciate and celebrate all that community media centers do for our cities, towns, and neighborhoods.

For over 30 years, NewTV has been serving the Newton community by proudly providing:
🗣️ A platform to exercise your First Amendment right to free speech
🏛️ A source of transparent, unedited government coverage
🎤 A guarantee of high quality, fact based journalism with integrity

NewTV is critical to keeping the citizens of Newton informed: From elections and government meetings, to civic events and locally created content. You have probably watched something on NewTV without ever realizing it was NewTV!

Consider making a donation to help us continue serving our community for years to come! Scan the QR code at the end of our video, or visit https://newtv.org/donate

Send a message to learn more

09/18/2025

ICYMI: Decision 2025 is officially underway! Last night, NewTV's Government Channel aired the first Candidate Forum leading up to the November 4th municipal election. 🗳️

⭐ TONIGHT at 7:00PM, the Candidate Forum for Ward 4 Councilor-at-Large will premiere on our Government Channel (Comcast 9 | RCN 614 | Verizon 33). The candidates for this Councilor-at-Large seat are:
🔴 John Chaimanis
🔴 Cyrus Dahmubed
🔴 Joshua Krintzman (incumbent)
You an also watch the forum on our Decision 2025 webpage beginning at 8:00PM: https://www.newtv.org/decision2025/councilor-at-large

⭐ If you missed last night's forum focused on the contested Ward Councilor seat for Ward 5, highlighting candidates Julie Irish and Garrett Miller, you can watch it on-demand on our website: https://www.newtv.org/decision2025/ward-councilor

09/17/2025

Tonight on Newton News, News Director Jenn Adams interviews Peter Klapes in our studio. 🎤 Peter is an NSHS alum and one of the leaders of the campaign to repeal Newton's Winter Parking Ban via ballot measure in the upcoming municipal election. 🗳️ In the interview, Peter discusses his reasons for introducing the measure and what voting "Yes" to the initiative will mean for Newtonians.

📺 Watch Jenn's interview with Peter on all NewTV cable channels TONIGHT, September 17 at 6:00PM.
▶️ All Newton News content will be available on YouTube beginning at 6:30PM after the television broadcast: https://youtube.com/

09/11/2025

NewTV prides itself on making sure the Newton community and beyond has access to:
🔴 A platform to protect First Amendment rights.
🔴 Transparent, unedited local government coverage.
🔴 High-quality journalism with integrity.

For more than 30 years, we've been doing just that. By supporting our inaugural Future Forward Gala, you'll not only remember the important work we have done, you'll help us to celebrate the important work we've yet to do. Help us to ensure NewTV will be here to serve our community for another 3 decades! (and then some)

🌟The evening will feature a cocktail hour, a sit-down dinner, a live performance by Boston music legend Livingston Taylor, and a tribute to Newton's outgoing Mayor Ruthanne Fuller.🌟

Make an indelible mark on the future history of local media... join us Tuesday, September 30th at 6:00PM at the Newton Marriott. Visit https://newtv.org/future-forward-gala for information and tickets.

The Future Forward Gala is generously sponsored by our friends at: The Village Bank, Northland Investment Corporation, Mark Development LLC, Commodore Builders, and Benchmark Senior Living.

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