By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham High School PTC recently hosted their 41st annual Artisan Craft Fair and Bake sale. This event, which lasted from 9 am to 3 pm, was held in the Needham High School (NHS) gyms A & B.
Over 100 local vendors...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Westwood resident and author Mimi Baird was welcomed to the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) this past Sunday, October 3rd to discuss her first book “He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird.” This program was sponsored by the Friends...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Report
Wayne R. Peterson, the former Director of the Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program at Mass Audubon, spoke at the Needham Free Public Library about how the bird species resident in Massachusetts have changed over time. The changes he described were...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham held its second annual Multicultural Festival where countless people packed the Needham High School cafeteria to experience all the cultures within Needham and learn about their customs and traditions.
14 different countries were in attendance sharing their...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Bierman Autism Center of Needham hosted their annual sensory friendly trunk or treat this past Saturday, October 26 in the Bierman parking lot. This event is a celebration for the amazing special needs community, carefully crafted to accommodate everyone in attendance.
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Indian cook Sandhya demonstrated how to make both channa masala and sandesh at the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL). With detailed explanations of the steps and descriptions of the ingredients, Sandhya, of Cooking with Sandhya, brought attendees along to her homeland...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham Free Public Library loves to fill the afternoons of half-days with fun crafts and activities for children of all ages. Unfortunately with fall being cold and flu season, sometimes they have to adapt at the last minute. The most...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham Police Department (NPD) held their second annual Open House for all community members to come and enjoy. This event was from 10 am to 1 pm and located right at the police station.
As attendees entered...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) hosted a body balm event to teach attendees to make their very own all natural body balms.
This free event was sponsored by the Library Foundation of Needham (LFN) and hosted Kulina...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Charles River Center (CRC) recently held their 14th Annual 5K Run/1 Mile Walk at the end of last month. The weather could not have been more perfect for this event, hosting cloudy skies and a cool 68 degrees.
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Members of the Needham Council On Aging (COA) gathered together at The Center at the Heights (CATH) to partake in an Art Appreciation event. Ran by Michele Marram, this hands-on presentation focused on American painter and printmaker Wayne Thiebaud.
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Hosting cloudy skies and a cool 68 degrees, Needhamites gathered at Greene’s Field for the annual Needham Harvest Fair. This event is presented by the Town of Needham and the Charles River Regional Chamber (CRRC), in conjunction with the Needham Farmers...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Center at the Heights in Needham (CATH) always has something going on to get local seniors involved. Recently they hosted an ice cream social sponsored by Wingate, a local senior living community.
This ice cream social brought...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
This month, thirty women will be fighting for a cure, literally, in the annual Haymakers for Hope Belles of the Brawl charity boxing event. Among these thirty brave fighters is Needham resident Holly Khachadoorian-Elia.
On Thursday, October 10th...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Stu Carpenter is a favorite guest at the Center at the Heights (CATH) in Needham. He has been invited several times to discuss his life in the car business and share stories of classic automobiles.
His most recent...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With the fall season upon us, the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL), in sponsorship with the Library Foundation of Needham (LFN), hosted their first event that is part of the LFN Fall Author Series. For this discussion, Babson Professor Jennifer Tosti-Kharas...
by Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Great Plain Squares have been dancing regularly in Needham since 1973. Dancers love participating in the club to learn square dancing calls, get some exercise, and enjoy spending social time with a group of welcoming, friendly people.
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While Friday the Thirteenth isn’t a national holiday, it’s celebrated by everyone in the horror community. The Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline takes the pseudo-holiday pretty seriously and teamed up with the Rocky Woods Reservation for the 10th year to bring...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The opening reception of Michael Bogdanow’s “Imaginary Worlds” art exhibition was held on Sunday, September 9, at the Gorse Mill Studios in Needham. The affable Bogdanow discussed the themes of his internationally recognized work and its progression. In the exhibition, his...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Indian Community of Needham (ICON) came together to celebrate India’s 78th Independence Day. Also known as India Day, this day marks the end of the British rule that happened in 1947 which was brought about by the Indian Independence Act...
