Trevor the Juggler awes at library
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
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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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Art in Bloom gets rolling
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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...
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...
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...
Diabetes presentation coming to library
Dr. Qi Sun, a faculty member at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, will present a talk, "Type 2 Diabetes: Are Food Choices A Key to Prevention?", in the Community Room at the Needham Free Public Library on February 12 at 2 p.m. The talk is free and open to...
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Historical Society demonstrates ‘Beautiful and Bizarre’
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham has a rich and varied history, much of which even those who grew up here don’t know much about. One of the most unusual and interesting pieces of this history is the story of William Emerson Baker and his estate at Ridge Hill. One hundred and twenty years...
Kate Findlen wins Good Person Award
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On January 23, Needham Youth Services hosted the eleventh Patrick C. Forde Good Person Memorial Award Ceremony. Honored this year was Kate Findlen, a pillar of service and strength in the community. This award was started after Patrick Forde, a Needham resident and community activist, passed away unexpectedly in...
NHS students on ‘High School Quiz Show’
By Ethan Lee
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Think fast!
The Needham High School Quiz Bowl Team travelled to WGBH studios on Saturday, January 21 for their first round matchup between Brookline High School in the channel’s eighth edition of “High School Quiz Show.” Results of the tie are classified until it is aired on WGBH 2 and WGBX...
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Needhamite Goody exhibits quilts at Arboretum
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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 from Feb. 10 through May 7, with an opening reception on Saturday,...
Inauguration protest held in Needham
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Friday, January 20, the 45th President of the United States was sworn into office. The election leading up to Donald Trump’s victory was one of the most divisive in US history. However, President Trump’s inauguration did not mark the end of these strong feelings. All across the country,...
Children STEAM forward at Needham Library
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Children in Grades 1-6 have been STEAMing away in the new STEAM Powered Creation Station at the Needham Free Public Library. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math, and is being taught in Needham elementary schools. The Needham Free Public Library partnered with Olin College, The Needham Science Center and Needham...
Two-alarm fire rages in Needham
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A two-alarm conflagration on 7 Sutton Road last Tuesday, January 17, had local fire departments and television news crews scrambling to the scene.
The fire took place around 1:30 p.m. on Sutton Road, which runs between Webster St. and Rt. 135., and necessitated the assistance of firefighters from Dedham, Newton, Wellesley and Westwood in...
Toby Walker teaches history, music, passion
