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Keating, Topham address State House

Keating, Topham address State House
Needham veterans Tom Keating and Bill Topham, both veterans of Vietnam, were recently invited by Representative Denise Garlick and Senator Mike Rush to provide support and comments to the Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee at the Massachusetts State House on H.3206 – An Act relative to providing veteran survivor benefits. This bill was sponsored by Representative...
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Bates, Hardy schools recognized for achievement

Bates, Hardy schools recognized for achievement
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Two Wellesley elementary schools were recently honored by the Commonwealth for high academic achievement. Katharine Lee Bates Elementary and John D. Hardy elementary were named 2018 Massachusetts Schools of Recognition at a Statehouse ceremony on Friday, June 7. Bates and Hardy are among 57 schools across the state receiving this distinction, which recognizes...
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Meet Needham’s English big brother

Meet Needham’s English big brother
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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent Many towns in Massachusetts share names with with English towns. From Boston and Cambridge to Worcester and Salem, a great number of cities of the Commonwealth carry monikers that harken back to the area’s British colonial history. Needham is one of them. When the former section of...
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