By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham Council on Aging (COA) members gathered at The Center at the Heights (CATH) to enjoy a pancake breakfast served by members of Avenue Church. This event is a part of an ongoing initiative that Avenue Church has started in which they serve members of...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Seniors were given a musical treat this past Wednesday as classical and jazz pianist, Mark West, came to perform at the Center at The Heights (CATH) in Needham. Professionally performing and also teaching for years, West played an array of songs during one of his...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
On Wednesday, the Center at the Heights (CATH) welcomed Red Sox Hall of Famer, former catcher, and sports broadcaster Bob "Monty" Montgomery, along with WCVB sports reporter Mike Dowling. Dowling conducted an interview with Montgomery, retracing various aspects of his career before, during, and after...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Seniors gathered in the game room at The Center at The Heights (CATH) last Thursday to watch the opening day game for the Boston Red Sox.
COA staff members passed out peanuts, popcorn, cracker jacks, and soda out to the seniors, with...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Boston local meteorologist, Harvey Leonard has recently retired and is off-air. Beginning as Harvey Moskowicz, Leonard used his middle name on air and has been referred to as Harvey Leonard since. A year...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
January 30th is National Yodeling Day. To celebrate, seniors at the Center for the Heights warmed up their voices and prepared for a concert and yodeling lesson with professional yodeler, dancer and instructor, Andy Taylor-Blenis.
Traditionally from a dance background, Taylor-Blenis found...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham’s Center at the Heights celebrated an extra-special birthday on Tuesday, January 31.
The first of February marked Needham resident Elizabeth “Betty” Leary’s 97th birthday. Leary, surrounded by friends and family at the CATH, enjoyed a celebration as spectacular as she is...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Seniors gathered together at the Needham Center at The Heights this past Wednesday, January 11, to enjoy some covered renditions of their favorite tunes from their younger years, performed by the Steve Rudolph Trio. The Trio’s repertoire consisted of popular tunes from the 1940s, 1950s,...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Betty Hood has been teaching ballroom dance for over twenty years. Working primarily from her studio at home, Hood makes time to teach local community groups the art of dance — namely, the Needham seniors at the Center at the Heights.
She...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly
Photos by Lauren Schiavone
Needham seniors recently shared an afternoon cooking class at the Center for the Heights (CATH) on Tuesday, October 11. The afternoon provided the opportunity for those in attendance to learn a simple vegetarian meal that contains multiple servings —...
