Olin’s living watercolors
The snow must go on in Needham
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
New Englanders love to brag about how tough they are due to the nature of their harrowing winters. This past winter found many Needhamites unable to brag about their super-human ability to shovel or withstand freezing temperatures, instead offering up unusually mild days, including a few inconceivably balmy days...
Relay For Life officially kicks off
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Relay For Life has become an institution in Needham, Wellesley and Dedham. This past Sunday, Relay held its Kickoff Event at Kings Bowling in Dedham. Open to anyone and everyone, the event was held to encourage more teams to sign up, to provide a bit of fun for those...
Gilbert to play Homegrown Coffeehouse
Vance Gilbert will play at the Homegrown Coffeehouse on Saturday, March 25, at 8:00 p.m.
An electrifying songwriter and a fearless, compelling performer, Gilbert presents his music with deep humanism and bravery, stunning artistry and soul, and unbridled joy. His tunes are pop-catchy, his lyrics are superbly crafted, his guitar playing is fluid and lyrical, and...
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Bearcats win March Madness Tournament
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The 2017 Needham Basketball Association’s (NBA) Annual March Madness Tournament for 3rd/4th Graders finished up on March 19 with the Bearcats facing the Jayhawks in the Finals. It was a hard-fought game, but the Bearcats were able to hold off a late surge and win 36-28 to culminate an undefeated season....
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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NEF now accepting grant applications
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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...
Melick Foundation scholarship available
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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Needham High makes a statement
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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...
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Orion Ensemble to play Needham
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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Needham’s Art in Bloom wows
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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...
Trevor the Juggler awes at library
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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...
Educator Stephen Fortin looks back
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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Needham Robotics Club
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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...
February snow blankets Needham
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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...
Needham Art in Bloom receives award
