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What's New in Fig City News A new home screen. The app now opens to Today — a dashboard of everything happening in Newton at a glance: the weather (with tomorrow's outlook), Top Stories, today's community events, upcoming government meetings, food picks, and quick links to support local news. Make it yours: reorder or hide any section with Edit Home in Settings. Podcasts tab. Listen to Fig City News audio — including a "Play Today's News" briefing — right in the app, with background playback. Food Search, rebuilt. The Food tab is back and smarter: • Open now — filter to restaurants that are open at this moment, with weekly hours and an "Open until…" status on every listing. • Local, local chain, or regional — filter by ownership, just like the map on figcitynews.com. • Food around me — a map of nearby restaurants, starting with the 25 closest. • The results count shows how many spots are open right now. • The spin wheel is still there when you can't decide. My Local Eats. Check off Newton's locally owned restaurants as you try them and share your tally as a graphic. Easier to get around. A new menu bar at the top of every tab puts Trending, Newton 311, Support, Tips, and Settings one tap away. The government calendar now opens on This Week, and Community Events shows the week ahead. Note: restaurant hours are regular weekly schedules

What's New in Fig City News A new home screen. The app now opens to Today — a dashboard of everything happening in Newton at a glance: the weather (with tomorrow's outlook), Top Stories, today's community events, upcoming government meetings, food picks, and quick links to support local news. Make it yours: reorder or hide any section with Edit Home in Settings. Podcasts tab. Listen to Fig City News audio — including a "Play Today's News" briefing — right in the app, with background playback. Food Search, rebuilt. The Food tab is back and smarter: • Open now — filter to restaurants that are open at this moment, with weekly hours and an "Open until…" status on every listing. • Local, local chain, or regional — filter by ownership, just like the map on figcitynews.com. • Food around me — a map of nearby restaurants, starting with the 25 closest. • The results count shows how many spots are open right now. • The spin wheel is still there when you can't decide. My Local Eats. Check off Newton's locally owned restaurants as you try them and share your tally as a graphic. Easier to get around. A new menu bar at the top of every tab puts Trending, Newton 311, Support, Tips, and Settings one tap away. The government calendar now opens on This Week, and Community Events shows the week ahead. Note: restaurant hours are regular weekly schedules — holiday closures aren't reflected yet.

Enhanced User Interface.

App overhaul and restaurant updates.

bug fixes

Maintenance release

Enable embedded video.

Display article author in articles.

Fix bug filtering out some articles

Fix calendar bug

Add caption to featured images

Add display of featured image to article views.

improved interface to site back end.

Fix bugs when linking to other articles on the site and hard returns in some types of posts.

Fix display of articles with short images.

Better article formatting. Community events beyond the current week in Calendar.

Fixed article padding issue.

Fix option which aligns dark mode with system setting.

- Removed "Ask Fig City News..." Siri phrases to avoid conflicts with texting commands - Event reminders now show event name as title with date/time and location in the body - Added granular event reminder options: at event, 5 min, 15 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 1 day - Weather refreshes on every page visit and on pull-to-refresh - Weather refreshes when app returns from background - Morning briefing shows weather/events for delivery date (not schedule date) - Briefing content refreshes on app launch and background refresh - News feed auto-refreshes when returning to app (if data > 2 min old) - Removed individual article play buttons; audio only via main player

Widgets — Add Newton headlines, weather, community events, or government meetings to your home screen. Morning Snapshot — Wake up to a 7am notification with Newton's weather, today's top headline, and event count. Weather — Tap the weather icon for current conditions, hourly forecast, and 7-day outlook. No ads, no clutter. Notification controls — Choose exactly which alerts you want: morning briefings, weather alerts, newsletter reminders, government meetings, community events, trending articles, or breaking news. Newton 311 — Report potholes, graffiti, or missed pickups directly to the city. Dining upgrades — 160+ restaurants, now sortable by distance. Dark mode — Full support across all native screens.

Morning Briefing 7am notifications with Newton weather, top headline, and today's event count. Tap the weather in the News tab for details. Newsletter Reminders Get notified when our Monday (Government), Wednesday (News), and Thursday (Events) newsletters are published. Alerts for new news articles. Friday alert for trending article of the week. Event Reminders Set reminders for calendar events — get notified 1 hour, 1 day, or 1 week before any meeting or event. Home Screen Widgets Three widgets for your home screen: • Latest Stories – News headlines • Community Events – Upcoming events • Government Events – City meetings and hearings Newton 311 New tab to quickly access the city's 311 system for reporting potholes, graffiti, missed trash pickup, and more. Dark Mode Native screens (Dine, Calendar, About) now properly support dark mode. Nearby First Sort restaurants by distance in the Dine tab.

Morning Briefing Daily 7am notification with Newton weather, top headline, and today's event count. Tap the weather in the News tab for details. Newsletter Reminders Get notified when our Monday (Government), Wednesday (News), and Thursday (Events) newsletters are published. Event Reminders Set reminders for calendar events — get notified 1 hour, 1 day, or 1 week before any meeting or event. Home Screen Widgets Three widgets for your home screen: • Latest Stories – News headlines • Community Events – Upcoming events • Government Events – City meetings and hearings Newton 311 New tab to quickly access the city's 311 system for reporting potholes, graffiti, missed trash pickup, and more. Dark Mode Native screens (Dine, Calendar, About) now properly support dark mode. Nearby First Sort restaurants by distance in the Dine tab.

UX clean-up and some minor improvements.

Minor improvements and bug fixes.