NBA Street Fair delights residents
Pollard performs ‘Hound’
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By Ethan Lee
Hometown Weekly Contributor
From Friday, June 3, to Saturday, June 4, the Pollard and High Rock Drama Clubs captivated audiences with excellent performances of “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Presented in the Pollard Auditorium, the middle school actors and actresses delivered their very own student-run version of the Sherlock Holmes classic. The...
Home of the brave
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
It looked as though it could have been a scene from a Hollywood funeral. The weather was cool and clammy, with rain alternately spitting and pouring down. Attendees labored to stay dry and comfortable, shielding one another from the elements with umbrellas, raincoats and open arms. A somber feeling...
Farmers Market opens for season
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Just a few steps over the train tracks at Needham Center station, there is a welcome oasis waiting for passers-by. Children and their parents bounce from tent to tent, examining assorted goods and food items. Live music entertains the crowd. Friends converse and laugh.
Summer is upon us, and so...
Relay for Life raises funds
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On May 21 and 22, residents from Dedham, Needham and Wellesley participated in the annual Relay for Life, the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. This year, participants raised over $158,000 to support the efforts of the American Cancer Society, surpassing last year’s total by over $10,000....
Sky rockets in flight
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
“Whoa!”
“It went so high!”
“Heads up!”
These were only a few of the phrases repeatedly yelled at the Needham Cub Scout Pack 8’s annual Rocket Day this past Saturday, May 21, at Olin College.
“It’s a lot of fun,” said Jayson Layne, 9, who has attended Rocket Day...
Tourney still strong at 40
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
This Memorial Day weekend, Needhamites will partake in a number of traditions that wouldn't strike you as being especially out of the ordinary. There will be backyard barbecues, of course. Parades and homages to our servicemen and women. Families brought together to relax and laugh. There's another tradition, though...
Needhamites ‘kick it up a notch’
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Chef Emeril Lagasse is famous for coining the phrase “Kick it up a notch—BAM” in reference to food, but several Needham residents now can kick it up a notch, too, after attending the Herb Walk workshop hosted by the Needham Community Farm. On a visit from Scotland, former Farm Manager at...
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Annual Great Bear Run brings delight
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
As the runners, some as young as five or six, come down Harris Avenue, spectators line the side of the road. An announcer calls out names and words of encouragement over a PA system. Spectators cheer and shout from the sides of the street.
"Come on, come on!"
"Let's go!"...
Mitchell-Broadmeadow game a slam-dunk
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
The annual Mitchell-Broadmeadow basketball game was held on Friday, May 6, in front of a rapturous audience at the Needham High School gym. The game, which pits parents, staff and teachers from Mitchell School against their Broadmeadow counterparts, is a fundraiser for each school's parent-teacher council - not to...
Mullen wins Melick scholarship
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The Melick Foundation was created in 1997 to honor Dick Melick, who served as Needham's Town Moderator for thirty-five years. In 2010, the Melick Foundation established an annual scholarship for a Needham High School senior who is an active community volunteer and has helped further the tradition of civic and neighborly service in...
Needham student goes to NHD Nationals
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Sam Wolfield, a sophomore at Needham High School, exhibits the calm, studious demeanor of a scientist as he attempts to sum up his achievement. "It's a proud accomplishment," he says dryly, barely cracking a smile. Surely, he's just playing it cool. After all, Sam has recently learned he's been...
NHS student named Presidential Scholar
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
When Needham High School senior Dianne Lee called her family in the middle of the school day, it was difficult for her to contain herself. "I called home pretty much right after I found out and we screamed (quietly, because school was still in session)," she said.
It would have...
Needham students put on ‘Fortinbras’
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by Caroline Ahearn
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
This past weekend, the Needham High School Fine and Performing Arts Department presented its spring production of the play "Fortinbras" by Lee Blessing.
The witty play picks up where William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" left off, and centers around Young Fortinbras (Matthew Lorence), a modern man of action, who enters during the...
Byrd, Sockol win Melick Award
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Needham residents Cathy Byrd and Aaron “Ron” Sockol have been awarded 2016’s Melick Award on Monday, May 9. The Melick Award celebrates individuals whose generous spirit of volunteerism has contributed to the quality of life in the Needham community.
In addition to Byrd and Sockol, the Foundation honored Town Meeting members who had served...
Needham Rotary in Arbor Day partnership
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The Rotary Club of Needham partnered with Fourth Grade Foresters in celebration of Arbor Day, giving each fourth grade student in the Needham a Norway Spruce sapling to plant. A total of 547 trees were given out. Together these trees make up a unique forest - a forest planted by Needham fourth graders....
Ribbon cut on new rail trail
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
The grand opening of Needham’s Bay Colony Rail Trail (BCRT) went swimmingly on Sunday, May 1. The ribbon-cutting, which occurred on a section of the trail between Charles River Street and Fisher Street, was attended by a large handful of Needham residents and dignitaries who had braved light spitting...
Needham Library centennial highlights change
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
While children eagerly filed into a magic show in a room behind her, Ann MacFate, Director of the Needham Free Public Library, wistfully looked at a monitor displaying black and white photographs. One by one, she quietly reflected on their significance as they appeared and faded. On this, the...
Cash mob descends on Needham
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In the lead up to National Small Business Week, shoppers descended upon small shops and restaurants in Needham Center on Saturday morning, April 30, to shop and stimulate the local economy. The goal of the event was to draw attention to the value of supporting local merchants. The Cash Mob included former Red...
Election to break tie votes in Precinct C
In accordance with Section 9, Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1971 (Town Charter), a meeting of the town meeting members from Precinct C was held on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of electing two of seven write-in candidates receiving tie votes to fill two vacancies in the elected membership...
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