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Needham proclaims June 2025 as Pride Month
June 12, 2025By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor On Tuesday, May, 27, 2025 the Town Select Board adopted a proclamation to declare June 2025 as Pride Month in the town of Needham. According to the proclamation, “Now therefore, be it resolved that June 2025 be declared Pride... more...
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NHS celebrates Class of 2025
June 12, 2025By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter On Sunday June 1st, the chords of “Pomp and Circumstance” rang out from Memorial Hill as the Needham High School (NHS) class of 2025 gathered alongside friends, family, and loved ones to celebrate their graduation. To begin the ceremony,... more...
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Sensational animal and science show at NFPL
June 9, 2025by Elizabeth Connolly Hometown Weekly Reporter A very exciting animal and science show recently took place at the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL). Children and their caregivers gathered in the community room to meet the husband and wife duo that own Records and Burpee, a... more...
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Dressing Like Jane
June 9, 2025By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) hosted Karen Antonowicz of Spirits of Fashion, who presented a program on “Pride & Prejudice of Fashion: The Jane Austen Era.” Jane Austen lovers came out in force to learn about fashion in... more...
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Behind the Scenes of Masterpiece
May 8, 2025B y Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Friends of Needham Public Library sponsored a talk by Susanne Simpson, the Executive Producer of GBH’s popular series, Masterpiece. Simpson shared some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories and news about shows being developed. The Community Room was filled with... more...
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Artificial Intelligence: Uses and Detection
May 8, 2025By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Needham native and Boston University Journalism Senior Bella Gonzalez shared her research into the positive and negative effects of artificial intelligence (AI) and how to identify AI fakes, as she presented her evening program in the NFPL’s Community Room.... more...
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From Needham to NCAA glory
May 1, 2025By Paul Vozzella Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter Very few athletes can say they have reached the mountain top, and even fewer can say they did it in the final game of their career. Needhamite Will Dorion is one of those athletes. The standout basketball player... more...
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Rachel Revere’s side of the story
May 1, 2025By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Judith Kalaora, Artistic Director of History at Play, presented “Rendezvous with Rachel,” an historical play about Rachel Revere at the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL). Kalaora portrayed Rachel as she prepared to leave Boston weeks after her husband, Paul... more...