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CATH hosts Meteorologist Harvey Leonard

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...

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Taylor-Blenis yodels with seniors

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...

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Betty Leary celebrates 97 years

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...

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Steve Rudolph Trio rocks CATH 

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,...

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K9 unit visits Needham seniors

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff On January 15, members from the TSA K9 program came to the Needham Center at the Heights to show seniors the work they do every day while patrolling Logan Airport. It was the first time most members of the audience had met working dogs. Officer Randy Cabral took the time...
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Seniors sway to swing band

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff It’s not every day that people get a chance to get up and dance to real swing band. On Tuesday, June 25, visitors at the Needham Center at the Heights were ready to enjoy their rooftop deck and break out their grill, before inclement weather put a damper on...
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Seniors invited to intergenerational pool hall

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter [caption id="attachment_32090" align="alignright" width="225"]Daniel King keeps his eye on the ball during a game of ping pong. Daniel King keeps his eye on the ball during a game of ping pong.[/caption] Maybe the seniors were scared. On Tuesday night, the Needham Center...
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Line dancing provides stress-free exercise

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter While vacations and cold and flu season cut the number of dancers at Needham’s Center at the Heights, the enthusiasm did not seem diminished in any way as Hsiu-Hui Chen led her pupils through stretching exercises, “The Cupid Shuffle,” and a John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever”-inspired number...
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