Category Archive for "Needham"

Scouting for Food coming March 25

The Needham Scouts will be collecting food for the Needham Community Council Food Pantry on Saturday, March 25. Collection bags will be delivered to as many homes as possible. Residents are asked to have their bags outside their front doors by 8:00 a.m. so that the Scouts can pick them up, and to be as...

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For over 25 years, the Needham Education Foundation (NEF) has funded over 600 entertaining and educational programs that “make learning come alive” for Needham public school students. Now, they are soliciting innovative ideas from the town to enhance the learning experiences and school community of Needham students. The NEF is accepting applications for its Spring 2017...

The $2500 Melick Foundation Scholarship is available to any graduating Needham High School student or other Needham resident who is a graduating student at another high school. It is awarded to a student who has unselfishly engaged in civic activities and has helped friends, neighbors, or strangers as a volunteer in the community. The Melick...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff It's approaching noon on a half-day at Needham High School (NHS). One might expect to find legions of students queued at every exit, primed to escape into the midday sun and seize the remains of the afternoon. There is a very different reality at play, though, and it is most...

Needham residents crowd coyote presentation

By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent A high-pitched howl pierces the cold winter evening. Perhaps it is the call of the Eastern Coyote on the prowl as it searches for a mate. January through March is mating season for the Eastern Coyote, a canid native to North America and a relative of the grey wolf. Perhaps the...

The Needham Concert Society presents the Orion Ensemble in concert on Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m., at the First Baptist Church of Needham, 858 Great Plain Avenue in Needham. Admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, and students admitted free. Tickets are available at the door or by contacting the society. The program consists...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Needham’s Art in Bloom can officially be deemed a time-honored tradition within town after its ninth annual year. This year’s celebration, on March 3, 4, and 5, was a bounding success. Housed primarily within the Needham Library, 68 pairings of art and flowers were spread throughout the building. In...

Needham Community Council holds annual celebration

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Needham Community Council (NCC) has been around for 87 years. Throughout these many years, the NCC has done exceptional things for the community - everything from running Needham’s food pantry to offering English as a Second Language courses. For everything that the Council does, they take time on...

Exchange Club recognizes Youths of Month

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The Needham Exchange Club recognizes four 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. The first two Youths of the Month awards for 2017 were to Nisreen Ghogawala, the daughter of Zoher and Tasneem...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Trevor Pearson has been juggling professionally for over 16 years, which absolutely shows in his performance. His list of previous performances includes shows at Foxwoods, Gillette Stadium, throughout Cape Cod, and for the Boston Red Sox. This past Wednesday, Pearson performed at the Needham Public Library, offering his talents...

By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent The day he had been waiting for was here. That 1988 September morning, Eric Moskowitz bounded through the school yard and walked straight into his new fourth grade classroom at the John Eliot Elementary School in Needham. The year earlier, he’d walked to school every day with a neighbor who raved that Stephen...

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The Needham High School Robotics Club recently attended a competition at Waltham’s Gann Academy, where T-10 went undefeated in the seeding rounds before finishing in second place before the elimination rounds. They also won the highest award, the Inspire Award, qualifying them for state...

Needham Bank Great Hall Concert Series presents an Evening with Rockapella

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Rockapella has become one of the world’s most sophisticated, lasting, and imitated vocal groups around today. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more influential group out there in this new era of network television a cappella shows like NBC’s The Sing-Off, movies like Pitch Perfect, and innumerable college vocal groups that own the corner of cool...

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Stormy weather in February had townspeople scrambling to stock their pantries, procure sand and salt, and hunker down for a one-two punch of winter storms whipping through the Bay State. The first of the two storms began on the morning of Thursday, December 9, dropping over a foot of snow - beginning on the...

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Needham’s Art in Bloom, celebrating its ninth year exhibiting Needham High School student artwork with floral interpretations by the Beth Shalom Garden Club members and participants from the Needham and Kalmia Garden Clubs, was recently honored with an Exemplary Project Award from the Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education. The Foundation states that...

Needhamite Goody exhibits quilts at Arboretum

Needhamite Pamela Goody will be having a solo quilt show at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. It is the first quilt exhibit to be featured in the Arboretum’s Hunnewell Building, which serves as the visitor’s center. The exhibit will run through May 7. An artist demo and talk will be held on April 1...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter For the ninth year running, the Beth Shalom Garden Club is organizing Needham’s Art in Bloom. Modeled after the identically-titled annual springtime exhibit presented by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the goal was to create a community event that would engage people of all ages, interests and...

Needham resident publishes Native American book

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Many native New Englanders have a difficult time understanding other parts of the country, especially the ethnographic aspects. The concept of wide open spaces is hard to grasp when your neighbor lives less than 12 feet away from you. However, Susanna Hayes, born and raised in Michigan, and a...

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For over 25 years, the Needham Education Foundation (NEF) has funded over 600 entertaining and educational programs that "make learning come alive" for Needham public school students. Now, they are soliciting innovative ideas from the town to enhance the learning experiences and school community of Needham students. The NEF is accepting applications for its Spring 2017...

Historical Society throws Mardi Gras bash

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Every year since 2004, the Needham Historical Society has hosted an annual Winter Gala. This year, the theme was Mardi Gras, and the celebration was as extravagant and lively as ever. With over 150 tickets sold (which is more or less the capacity of the Historical Society’s building), the...

Category Archives: Needham

Scouting for Food coming March 25

NEF now accepting grant applications

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Melick Foundation scholarship available

Needham High makes a statement

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Needham residents crowd coyote presentation

Orion Ensemble to play Needham

Needham’s Art in Bloom wows

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Needham Community Council holds annual celebration

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Exchange Club recognizes Youths of Month

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Trevor the Juggler awes at library

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Educator Stephen Fortin looks back

Needham Robotics Club

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Needham Bank Great Hall Concert Series presents an Evening with Rockapella

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February snow blankets Needham

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Needham Art in Bloom receives award

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Needhamite Goody exhibits quilts at Arboretum

Art in Bloom gets rolling

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Needham resident publishes Native American book

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NEF now accepting grant applications

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Historical Society throws Mardi Gras bash

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