In the 1950s, a cowboy had declared his love of Fig Newtons to commercial viewers, but this mascot had a more direct relationship with the product. So actor James Harder donned a plump fig costume ...

Fig Newtons haven't always been known as a cookie, and were instead branded as a "cake" by Nabisco, all the way up until the 1980s. One lighthearted commercial from this decade sought to poke fun ...

Reporter Arthur Myers disputes the claim made by the Middlesex County dog officer that Newton has one of the highest dog populations of any city ...