Category Archive for "Needham"

Temple Aliyah-Cappella Concert a success

Shir Appeal of Tufts University was one of three collegiate Jewish a cappella groups who sang at the Temple Aliyah-Cappella concert on December 2. The concert, which also featured Kol Echad from Boston University and Manginah from Brandeis University, raised more than $2,100 to benefit the Jewish community in Puerto Rico for rebuilding following the...

Tom Keating, Vietnam Veteran and longtime Needham resident, has been named Outstanding Community Service Chairman 2017 by the National Headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). The National Recognition Award was presented to him last night by VFW Post 2498 Commander Rob Meltzer, who read the citation praising Keating for “the many outstanding contributions...

Every December, the Exchange Club collects and donates holiday gifts to children in need. Both the Needham Community Council and the Walker Home receive and distribute these gifts. Each Exchange Club member takes home holiday gift bags to be filled with gifts for children in need. The gifts are suggested based on a list for each...

Local painter gives printmaking demonstration

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Needham Art Association, open to all artists in and around Needham, hosts monthly events to inspire and promote the arts within the community. For the month of December, the NAA hosted oil painter Carolyn Letvin on December 5 to perform a demonstration. “It’s kind of like painting with mayonnaise,”...

New course engineers interest in sustainability

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Seventeen students from Olin College of Engineering have spent the semester studying the lifecycle of clothing in Professor Caitrin Lynch’s new “Dirt to Shirt” course. The students, all in their first year of college, have learned to look at their clothes through a different lens and consider the future...

BID-Needham breaks ground on new facility

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Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham (BID–Needham) recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new, 37,000 square foot state-of-the-art Outpatient Clinical Center. Nearly 100 community members and leaders, physicians, nurses and staff celebrated the occasion together, led by BID-Needham President and CEO John Fogarty, Chair of the Board of Trustees Stephen E. Vanourny, and State...

Pitman-Brown exhibiting art at Broadmoor

Artist Paula Pitman-Brown will present an exhibition of her art, "Animals/People - Environments Urban and Natural," through January 30 at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick. The exhibition is open to the public Tuesdays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays, Sundays, and Monday holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. An opening is...

Pollard Middle School receives $3.4K grant

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Students that refrain from eating breakfast before school lose two hours of productivity per day, reported a recent study. Officials from Pollard Middle School aim to increase the amount of students participating in school breakfast, an effort that caught the eye of New England Dairy & Food Council. Pollard’s school nutrition department was...

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The FIRST Lego League Team Robo PlatyPi qualified for the Robotics State Championships, taking place on December 16. The six 5th graders from Broadmeadow and Eliot Elementary Schools spent the last 14 weeks engineering a robot and writing code to complete multiple missions in addition to researching water usage issues, developing a solution, and...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Over the summer, 10-year-old Emma Perkin was hard at work. The voracious reader spent 9,590 minutes (which translates to 160 hours and 38 minutes) reading, tracking all of her time at the library and online. The Needham Free Public Library recognized her dedication to reading and entered Emma into the...

Needham K of C raises Fisher House funds

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The Needham Knights of Columbus raised nearly $2000 for the Fisher House in West Roxbury and the K of C scholarship fund at its annual trivia contest fundraiser with celebrity emcee Mike Riley of WBZ-FM 98.5 The Sports Hub....

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Throughout the day, Needham families enjoyed mingling with local merchants while creating holiday crafts and participating in children’s activities. As the sun set, though, the festivities were moved outside to the town common, where Needhamites awaited December’s most anticipated town event: the lighting of the Blue Tree. [caption id="attachment_23399" align="alignright"...

The Needham Education Foundation (NEF) announced the recipients of 16 grants totaling $35,664 in the fall small grants cycle at the Needham School Committee meeting on Tuesday, November 21. Awarded grants include: Playaways and digital magazines for the high school library, a giant floor map for Pollard, ukuleles for the Eliot School, an author panel...

Songs in Hebrew, Yiddish and English filled Temple Aliyah's sanctuary on Saturday evening, November 18, as the community celebrated the installation of its new cantor, Jamie Gloth. Cantor Gloth performed solos, duos with colleagues, and sang with the Temple Aliyah Chorus. A native of Akron, Ohio, Cantor Gloth previously served as cantor for Conservative congregations...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter On Monday, November 20, Representative Denise Garlick invited the community to join the discussion on substance abuse prevention, support, and recovery, and on mental health. Accompanied by a diverse panel of professionals, Rep. Garlick shared three authentic stories that broached the issue with the hope of informing the community...

The annual Norfolk Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Christmas Tree sale is back for Christmas 2017, 45 years after the first Christmas Tree Sale was held in 1972. The Christmas Tree Sale will be held through December 21. For sale will be Nova Scotia balsams of various sizes - from four feet to 12 feet - as...

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On Thursday, Nov. 9, the NHS Spanish Club and Dance Team hosted a “Zumbathon.” The proceeds from the event (over $700 as of November 9) will go to the Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Fund of Vamonos Tours....

Needham Flag Football League (NFFL) will be kicking off a coed NFL Flag Football League in September 2018 for grades K-8. Games will be played in Needham on Sundays. Space will be limited and registration will open on December 4. For more information, visit www.needhamflagfootball.com....

Present-Van Broekhoven displaying artwork

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Nancy Present-Van Broekhoven and Mi Herzog share a love of watercolor painting and a love of travel. They built on these combined interests in a show of their paintings in November at Broadmoor, Mass Audubon's Wildlife Sanctuary, 280 Eliot Street in South Natick. The Show, called "From Here to There, Travels in Watercolor"...

Category Archives: Needham

Temple Aliyah-Cappella Concert a success

Needham’s Keating recognized by VFW

Exchange Club spreads giving spirit

Local painter gives printmaking demonstration

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New course engineers interest in sustainability

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BID-Needham breaks ground on new facility

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Pitman-Brown exhibiting art at Broadmoor

Pollard Middle School receives $3.4K grant

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Team Robo PlatyPi headed to states

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Needham student scores Bruins jersey

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Needham K of C raises Fisher House funds

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Blue Tree lighting kicks off holidays

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NEF awards $35,664 in fall grants

Temple Aliyah welcomes new cantor

Exchange Club spreads giving spirit

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A conversation of substance

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Christmas Tree Sale in full swing

Zumbathon raises PR hurricane funds

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Flag football registration open in Dec.

Present-Van Broekhoven displaying artwork

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