Nissen, D’Addesio win Melick Awards
Needham High Speech and Debate excels
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Xenophobia. Term limits in Washington. “My Year of Saying Yes to Everything.”
These were some of the topics Needham High School students broached in the past year on Needham High’s Speech and Debate team.
Throughout the 2017-2018 school year, the Speech and Debate team fiercely contended in about 20 interscholastic competitions,...
Needhamites attend TMAC meeting
By Matt Liberman
Hometown Weekly Intern
In a town where 27 percent of the population is below 18 years old, safety on the roads is paramount.
On June 13 the Needham Traffic Management Advisory Committee (TMAC) discussed a new town-wide traffic study that will begin the week after July 4. Originally focused just on school zones, the...
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Farm share program up and running
Residents are already taking of advantage of the community supported agriculture program that the Needham Community Farm recently kicked off.
Tuesday was the first day of the program that allows consumers to subscribe to the harvest. The Needham Community Farm, a local nonprofit whose mission is to educate the community on sustainable growing and nutrition, while also...
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Needham High graduates turn their tassels
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
No amount of rain could have dampened the day as Needham High School’s seniors prepared for their graduation. With their family and friends watching from the stands of Boston College’s Conte Forum, the students met their teachers and faculty on the floor of the arena, where a banner reading...
Save the Children hosting Cokie Roberts
Save the Children’s Boston Leadership Council is set to present an evening focusing on the promise of education for children of war and conflict on Friday, November 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown Harvard Club. The evening will feature Cokie Roberts, Emmy award winning journalist and senior analyst for NPR and ABC News, and...
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Conner Jahn is May RAY of Hope
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Conner Jahn has been named the May 2018 RAY of Hope recipient by Needham Youth & Family Services.
Conner is a senior at Needham High School. He was nominated by Karen Mullen for the work he does in SALSA (Students for Life without Substance Abuse). “I have known Conner Jahn for three years. Conner...
James Delaney remembered with bridge dedication
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On May 29, members of the community gathered at the top of Needham’s PTC parking garage overlooking the Kendrick Street Bridge. Within an hour’s time, the bridge would officially have a new name: the James J. Delaney II, USMC Veterans Memorial Bridge.
“Jim was a longtime Needham resident,” Bill Topham,...
HOPE Blooms fundraiser a success
On Saturday, May 5, Circle of Hope held its second annual spring fundraiser, HOPE Blooms, to raise money to support their work on behalf of homeless individuals and families in Boston and Metro West. One hundred and forty guests came together to welcome spring and celebrate a record-breaking year of support for the homeless children,...
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CATH celebrates health with music
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If you’ve ever felt your spirits lifted or your stress melt away after listening to a song, then you’re probably already aware that music has many health and wellness advantages.
The Golden Tones, a chorus comprised of retirement-aged men and women, aim to reap the benefits of music and...
Needham raises a flag for veterans
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
It’s not uncommon to see a few cars parked along the sides of the roads inside St. Mary’s Cemetery in Needham. Many buried in the cemetery are regularly visited by their loved ones, but on May 23, St. Mary’s saw an influx of visitors, and they were not at...
Frequent tiny flyers return to feed
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By Ilene Hoffman
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Imagine you weigh less than a nickel (five grams), are 3.5 inches long, and flap your arms 60 to 80 times per second. You travel about 1,000 miles a year from Massachusetts to Mexico and Central America to breed. What are you?
A ruby-throated hummingbird.
The ruby-throated hummingbirds are among...
Chamber recognized for energy saving efforts
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The Newton-Needham Regional Chamber has received an award of excellence at the Massachusetts State House. The chamber was celebrated on May 1 for the Newton-Needham Business Energy $avers (NNBE$) program which has helped hundreds of local businesses take advantage of over $3 million to fund energy upgrades.
“I am delighted to have the opportunity...
Cassie Bailey, Youth of the Year
The Needham Exchange Club provides recognition to four very accomplished graduating high school seniors in its Youth of the Month and Youth of the Year programs. Additionally, its scholarship program provides recognition and financial assistance for graduating seniors. Of these, Cassie Bailey was chosen to be the Club’s Youth of the Year. Cassie was also...
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Needham Garden Club studies tulip history
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“We know them as spring flowering bulbs,” said Ila Cox, a plant lover and gardener. She pointed to a vase on the table inside of the Needham Free Public Library’s Community Room, where members of the Needham Garden Club met for their monthly meeting.
Springing out of the vase were...
Needham author releases ‘She’s Not You’
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
One wouldn’t think a small town on the tip of Cape Cod could hold so many secrets and mysteries. However, Needham-based author Judi Getch Brodman created a world in which an isolated fishing village became the setting for possible murders, resurgent visions, and disturbing stalking in her debut novel “She’s Not...
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Youth & Family Services awards seniors
Needham High School Assistant Principle Alison Coubrough-Argentieri joined Needham Youth & Family Services to honor graduating high school seniors who currently volunteer in either the Peer Tutor or VIP Mentoring Program. Seniors were honored at a ceremony in the Needham Town Hall on May 10.
Award recipients included: Cassie Bailey, Jeff Barbieri, Isabel Barnet, Gloria Bond,...
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Farmers Market opening May 27
The 2018 Needham Farmers Market will open Sunday, May 27. The planning committee has been meeting all winter long, working with brand new and returning vendors and coordinating events and activities to make the Market a community-wide, family fun place to be on Sunday afternoons in Needham. The Market thrives in its central location on...
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Needham Open Studios celebrates twentieth year
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham just seems to exude talent.
For their twentieth anniversary, Needham Open Studios featured the works of over 45 amazing artists that community members could visit and support.
“I think that there’s so much talent in the community,” said Marilyn Brier, creator of Harmony Jewels by Marilyn. She set up...
Eliot School hosts Multicultural Night
On Saturday, April 28, Needham’s John Eliot Elementary School hosted it’s first annual Multicultural Night & Potluck. More than 25 Eliot families worked together to plan this celebration of the many cultures represented at Eliot, which included informative table displays (representing Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Texas, Latvia, Ireland, Australia, Portugal, Jewish Culture, China, Ghana, Cabo...
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