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Historical Society demonstrates ‘Beautiful and Bizarre’

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Needham has a rich and varied history, much of which even those who grew up here don’t know much about. One of the most unusual and interesting pieces of this history is the story of William Emerson Baker and his estate at Ridge Hill. One hundred and twenty years...
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‘Beautiful and Bizarre’ to be screened at Needham Town Hall

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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...

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