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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Needham sisters to receive Joslin award
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Ten-year-old Mia Allen of Needham is a multi-talented fourth grader at Lexington Montessori School who juggles a heavy schedule of activities – including community theater, soccer, dance and choir – and doesn’t let her type 1 diabetes hold her back. Mia is a patient at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, where her mom,...
NEC students wow CATH seniors
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Four times a year, students from the New England Conservatory (NEC) make their way to Needham’s Center at the Heights (CATH) to perform for the town’s seniors. It’s a valuable partnership for all involved, and the NEC’s visit on April 25 was one to which the seniors were very...
Needham High feminists ‘GEC’ together
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every Wednesday, students in Needham High School’s Gender Equality Club (GEC) meet before the start of school for a discussion. Throughout Needham High, the club aims to educate their peers about feminism and advocate for gender equality.
To get more involved in their mission to achieve worldwide gender equality, the...
Donson, Yogel exhibiting at Open Studios
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More than forty local artists will open their doors for Needham Open Studios during the weekend of May 5-6; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Visitors to this free event can meet artists, tour studios, and browse and purchase original artwork at fifteen locations throughout...
BSO Chamber Players coming to Needham
On Saturday night, May 12, The Great Hall Performance Foundation will welcome the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players to Needham. One of the world’s most distinguished chamber music ensembles sponsored by a major symphony orchestra and made up of principal players from that orchestra, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players include first-chair string and wind players...
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Josh Steinberg is RAY of Hope
Needham Youth & Family Services has recognized Josh Steinberg as their March 2018 RAY of Hope.
Josh is a senior at Needham High School. He was nominated by his sister, Becki Steinberg. Josh was diagnosed with severe OCD at age 11 and, after undergoing several years of intensive treatment, is now able to manage his symptoms...
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Needham speakers excel at states
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The Needham Speech and Debate team put an exclamation point on the regular season with a third-place finish at the Massachusetts Speech and Congress Championships on April 7 at Acton-Boxborough High School.
Sophomore Annie Stein paced several award-winners by earning the state championship in Declamation with her performance of Shonda Rhimses’s “My Year...
Piano students volunteer at nursing homes
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Over the course of the year, piano students of Mia DeMeis have volunteered to perform for the residents of four nursing homes in Needham....
Girls Who Code finish program
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Girls Who Code has been holding weekly meetings at the Needham Library since back in September. The group has now reached the end of its course, having held its last meeting on April 12. The website that the girls designed/coded is live at choose-a-book.glitch.me. ...
Artists unite for seascape demonstration
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As eastern Massachusetts residents, we have the privilege of living just a short drive away from picturesque beaches. However, just because the ocean is close by, that doesn’t mean that the Wellesley Society of Artists and Needham Art Association would pass up the opportunity to see seascape oil paintings.
The...
NHS sophomore Ghogawala attends Advocacy Summit
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Sameena Ghogawala, a sophomore at Needham High School, participated in the 2018 Advocacy Summit organized by Save the Children Action Network (SCAN). From March 18-20, she travelled to Washington D.C. and joined 232 advocates from 30 states to tell members of Congress to invest in kids, to fund early childhood education, global maternal...
Students STA involved in community
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every year at Needham’s Pollard Middle School, the eighth grade students participate in a day that revolves around the community: Students Take Action Day, or STA (pronounced “stay”) Day for short.
Throughout the year, the eighth graders must participate in donating six hours of their time to community service. While...
Needham celebrates annual Pansy Day
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After a long winter, spring weather is finally making an entrance. Trees are budding, peepers are peeping, birds are chirping, and, of course, pansies are blooming. Years ago, the Town of Needham declared the pansy to be the town’s official flower, and each April, the Needham History Center and...
A new take on Needham history
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While it’s impossible to change history, you may have noticed that the Needham History Center and Museum is making some adjustments. After erasing “Historical Society” from their name and replacing it with a more welcoming one several months ago, the Needham History Center and Museum has since been working...
Salvation Army recognized for employment practices
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, The Salvation Army was honored at the Statehouse in Boston for choosing to diversify their workforce by employing residents of the Commonwealth, who have a psychiatric disability, with the support of Elliot House, a “Clubhouse” employment and recovery center funded by the Department of Mental Health (DMH). The event was...
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