By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham Community Theatre is hard at work preparing its next performance, “Forbidden Broadway: The Farce Awakens,” which will be presented on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m.
The comedic revue is directed by...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham Education Foundation’s annual Spelling Bee was held this past Sunday in the Needham High gym and once again the event was filled with eager teams of spellers from all grade levels, local businesses, teacher and school officials, community organizations, and residents looking to prove that...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham High seniors Jeremy Sutherland and Emily Oakes were honored at the February meeting of the Needham Exchange Club as the organization’s Youths of the Month.
The program recognizes local high school seniors who have dedicated themselves to community service. The Exchange Club honors...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Tuesday, March 8, the Needham Board of Selectmen held a public hearing concerning the town’s food truck regulations, which have been tightened in recent years.
Residents and several food truck owners spoke at the meeting about the desire to bring those trucks into...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham Exchange Club recently honored Babs and Bob Moss with its prestigious Book of Golden Deeds Award, which honors “unsung heroes” in the community who “quietly provide volunteer services.”
Ordinarily, the award is given to an individual but this year the Exchange Club decided...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham Historical Society will screen the premier of “Beautiful & Bizarre: William Baker’s Ridge Hill Farms,” a documentary film that “examines the visionary and eccentric personality that produced one of the country’s first amusement parks,” which was located in Needham.
The free screening will...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
When Bridget Akinc moved to the Boston area almost 20 years ago, it became a dream to run in the Boston Marathon. That dream will be fulfilled in April when the Needham resident joins thousands of other runners at the starting line in Hopkinton...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
During the months of February and March, Needham High students will be taking part in a collaborative art installation with visiting artist Jodi Colella, as part of the school’s Own Your Peace initiative.
Students will write messages on strips of fabric about how...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Outside the temperatures were hovering in the mid-30s, but inside the Needham Library on Saturday afternoon spring had sprung thanks to the eighth annual Needham Art in Bloom display organized by the Beth Shalom Garden Club.
Scattered over both floors of the library were nearly...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Sunday afternoon, 15 teams of Needham community members competed at the high school to find out who knew more about local, state, and federal government in the annual League of Women Voters Civics Bee.
The winning team was “The Library’s Congress,” which included Sandra...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The voters of Needham took to the polls on Super Tuesday to voice their opinions for who should be the presidential nominee for the Republicans and Democrats heading into this fall’s national election.
With more than 7,500 voters casting ballots, former Secretary of...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Saturday, March 19 at 8 a.m., Needham Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will be collecting bags of food to be delivered to the Needham Community Council Food Pantry for the annual Scouting for Food collection.
The bags will be passed out...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The saxophone quartet Asylum Quartet kicked off the second half of the 2015-16 Great Hall Concert Series with a performance on Saturday night that included Needham student musicians.
The concert packed Powers Hall on the second floor of Needham Town Hall and the ensemble showcased...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Last Friday night, Needham High’s French Club held its annual “La Soiree de la Francophone” (French Night), featuring food, performances by student groups, and more all focused on French and francophone culture.
The event was also a fundraiser for WATERisLIFE, a nonprofit organization that promotes education and tools for...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Saturday, Needham High robotics team T-10 (T minus 10) took on 32 other teams from across the state at Natick High in the Massachusetts FTC State Robotics Competition. T-10 earned the Connect Award, which means that it is one of seven teams to be moving...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham resident Ryan Mckee has signed on to run in this April’s Boston Marathon as part of the RUN to End Alzheimer’s team, which supports the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
McKee has a deep connection with the association and the fight to end...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Pollard Middle School eighth grader Anthony Walsh was recently notified that he is eligible to compete in the semifinal of the 28th annual Massachusetts National Geographic State Bee to be held at Elms College in Chicopee on Friday, April 1.
Walsh was named the school...
Now in its eighth year, the award-winning Needham Art in Bloom will return to the Needham Public Library on Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and on Sunday, March 6 from 1-4 p.m.
There will be more than 50 mixed-media pieces of artwork by talented Needham...
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High Fine and Performing Arts Department has announced that the musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” will be its next production opening on Friday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. and with additional shows on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 20 at...
