Needham Art Groups to Host Demonstration
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The Wellesley Society of Artists, Inc. (WSA) and the Needham Art Association (NAA) are jointly sponsoring an art demonstration by noted artist, Robert Noreika.
Mr. Noreika will demonstrate a painting from start to finish, done in watercolor, on Thursday, May 5 at the Wakelin Room of the Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington Street, Wellesley.
Refreshments...
Needham Library to Celebrate 100th Anniversary
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As part of its 100th anniversary celebration of providing library services to the people of Needham at the corner of Highland and Rosemary on April 30, the Needham Library is asking its users, “Why do you love your library?” Is it the staff, the collections, the building, the open space, or some...
Chamber’s Cove Dedication
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
A dedication ceremony was held last week to officially dedicate a memorial at Rosemary Lake in honor of long-time Needham High hockey coach John Chambers.
A plaque was installed and the area was officially named “Chamber’s Cove” in honor of Chambers. The plaque sits on the site of Chambers’ first...
Needham resident lobbys for Alzheimer’s research
Needham Tenacre student stand out in writing contest
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Six Tenacre fifth graders—five Wellesley residents and one Needham resident—were honored for their essays in the 2016 Will McDonough Writing Contest. The Tenacre students were chosen from among thousands of entries across the state.
In the fifth grade category, Tenacre’s Eli Helzberg (Wellesley) won first place, and Jack Abbrecht (Wellesley) won second place. Louis...
Tree Falls Onto Needham Home
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
A large tree came crashing down onto a home in Needham last Thursday.
The tree fell onto a single-family home at 62 Noyes Street during a period of heavy rain and strong wind in the afternoon.
The home, which dates back to 1877, is currently up for sale, and...
Needham DPW Begins Flushing Hydrants
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
You've seen them around town or perhaps at the end of your street. The "FIRE HYDRANT FLUSHING" signs are like the crocuses of the public works world, heralding the start of every spring with their appearance. Perhaps you've taken them for granted for years, knowing only that they exist,...
As Seasons Change, Residents Return to Charles River Peninsula
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
"This is sort of a hidden place," Molly Ladd said as she calmly escorted a legion of leashed dogs into the back of her SUV. "Not many people know about it." Ms. Ladd, a visitor from Brighton, was one of a small handful of people who had stopped by...
Needham Library to Celebrate Location’s 100th Anniversary
Needham Churches Taking Part in Walk Away Homelessness Event
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By Josh Perry
Hometown Weekly Staff
Family Promise MetroWest will host its seventh annual 5K Walk Away Homelessness on Saturday, April 9 beginning and ending at the Natick Common. The walk starts at 8:45 a.m. and there will be events running until 11.
Among the local residents taking part in this annual event that raises...
Needham’s T-10 Competes at Super Regionals
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By Josh Perry
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High robotics team T-10 (T minus 10) competed last weekend in the Super Regional East FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) competition at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pa.
The Needham team competed against 72 other groups of high schoolers from across the Eastern U.S. to earn 24...
Needham Town-Wide Cleanup on Saturday
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham Park and Recreation and the Needham Department of Public Works Park and Forestry Division will hold the annual Town-Wide Cleanup on Saturday, April 2 from 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Supplies will be provided to participants from 8:30-11 a.m. at the Public Services Administration...
Needham High senior is March RAY of Hope
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Amanda Lombard is a senior at Needham High and was nominated by Tracy Murphy, the Director of Volunteer Services at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.
“At BID- Needham our mission requires a positive patient experience to remain the primary objective. Amanda’s volunteer work at the hospital has proven to be...
Hoops in the Heights benefits Needham schools
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For the sixth consecutive year, teachers and parents from Eliot and Hillside Elementary Schools met at Needham High on Friday, March 18 for an exciting game of basketball to raise money for each school’s PTC.
The gym was filled to capacity with Hillside and Eliot families decked out in...
Needham mom hosting Kids Party for JDRF
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
For the second year in a row, Needham resident Jana Brinkhaus has organized a Kids Dance Party at the Needham Village Club, 83 Morton St., which will be held on Friday, April 8 from 6-9 p.m.
There will be an interactive DJ, dinner,...
Needham man running for Nashoba Learning Group
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham resident Patrick Sheehan has signed on to run in this spring’s Boston Marathon to support the Nashoba Learning Group, Inc. where his son Declan has been a student since he was 4 years old.
Declan has autism and in a note on his fundraising page, Patrick...
Needham Gives Back benefits Cradles to Crayon
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On Saturday, April 2, residents of Needham and surrounding towns will gather in the Needham High cafeteria to create a mock warehouse for the day to organize, sort and pack donations to benefit Cradles to Crayons.
This will be the eighth annual Needham Gives Back event that, according to a press...
Needham High finance class visits local bank
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Adam Cole, a math teacher at Needham High, brought two Personal Finance classes of Needham High seniors to Needham Bank for a lesson in banking.
John Whittaker and Erica McLaughlin from Needham Bank spent time talking with the students about how banks work, the different account types, the basics...
Needham High student takes third at Poetry Out Loud
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham High sophomore Ben Cohen competed in the annual Poetry Out Loud competition for the second year in a row and took third place in the state at the Old South Meeting House in Boston on March 13.
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition...
