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Solarize Mass Plus Needham program extended

Solarize Mass Plus Needham program extended

The Town of Needham has announced that the Solarize Mass Plus Needham program will be extended to the end of May. The program is a cooperative effort between the state, the Town of Needham, and local volunteers spreading the word on the environmental and economic benefits of having a Solar PV system on...

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BOH approves facial covering emergency order

BOH approves facial covering emergency order

Starting Friday, May 1, individuals will be required to wear face coverings in local businesses, work sites, government buildings, and common areas of residential and commercial buildings. This includes a fabric mask, scarf, or bandanna that covers both nose and mouth.

Needham has 217 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 33...

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Select Board postpones election, delays town meeting

The Select Board has voted to move the Annual Town Election, originally scheduled for April 14, to May 26, in order to accommodate social distancing guidelines and adhere to the governor’s orders limiting any gathering of more than 10 people.

The Select Board also voted to...

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Needham launches COVID-19 website

The Town of Needham has launched a new COVID-19 website, dedicated to providing up-to-date information and resources to the Needham community during the global coronavirus outbreak.

The new website includes daily updates from Needham Public Health, Monday through Friday; frequently asked questions; online tools; and links to important information and...

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Pool league a huge hit with Walpole COA

Pool league a huge hit with Walpole COA
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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter While the Walpole COA has an absurd number of activities for seniors, ranging from Zumba and tap dancing to mahjongg and dominos, perhaps the most popular activity is playing pool on one of two tables on the top floor of the Walpole Co-Operative Bank South Street Center. In fact,...
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Pregame bonfire fires up Rockets

Pregame bonfire fires up Rockets
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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Maybe the pregame bonfire Needham High School held to motivate their athletes had the Rockets a little too fired up before they played Wellesley for the Gorman Cup, leading to the heated exchanges that resulted in the game being called early. While the game didn’t go the way the...
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APWA recognizes Elliot Street Bridge restoration

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff When people drive over bridges, they tend to avoid thinking about their structural safety. But every engineer knows that every bridge needs a tune-up here and there to ensure its safety. The Elliot Street has been driven over by thousands over the last 162 years since its creation, which has made...
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Donovan, Needham soccer eye redemption

Donovan, Needham soccer eye redemption
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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor By Needham’s lofty standards, the 2018 season concluded in about the toughest way imaginable: losing to arch rival Wellesley in penalty kicks on their home field in the South quarterfinals in the midst of a monsoon. In 2019, Needham will hope to rebound, and it starts at the...
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Launching Scholars gives kids leg up

Launching Scholars gives kids leg up
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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Doing math in the summer and staying past the bell to do even more math during the school year, all in hopes of eventually learning calculus, is such a nightmare to most students that when a group of kids from an impoverished LA high school did it, they...
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Kalmia Garden Club awards scholarships

Kalmia Garden Club awards scholarships
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The Kalmia Garden Club awarded scholarships to Noah Ramos of Needham High School and William Humberstone of Norfolk Agricultural High School in Walpole. Both students are Needham residents interested in horticulture and related fields. Noah Ramos will be attending UMass Amherst in the fall, majoring in the Animal Science program. He will be working at...
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Circle of Hope receives generous grant

Circle of Hope has announced it has received a $12,000 grant from the MAXIMUS Foundation. The grant will support Circle of Hope’s mission to promote health and dignity for homeless individuals and families in Boston and MetroWest by providing clothing, toiletries, linens, shoes, and coats. Circle of Hope is based in Needham and makes eight to...
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Local girls dominate lacrosse All-Scholastics

Local girls dominate lacrosse All-Scholastics
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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Needham, Walpole, Westwood and Wellesley have all had incredible success in girls lacrosse over the last decade. The 2019 season was no different, as all four of these Division I powers made long tournament runs. Needham, Westwood, and reigning Division I champ Wellesley put together long tournament runs,...
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Street Fair entertains Needhamites

Street Fair entertains Needhamites
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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff With the sun up in an unwavering blue sky, members of the Needham and Natick communities came to Needham town common on Saturday, June 2, to enjoy the Needham Street Fair. Hosted by the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber, the Street Fair shined a bright light on local businesses, transforming the...
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Thank you for Responding to Hate with Love

Dear friends and neighbors, On Thursday, May 16th our home and Chabad Jewish Center was targeted in a despicable hate crime. The response to it by our friends and neighbors has been love. We are extremely grateful to the first responders, the Needham police department and all of the state and federal law enforcement agencies for their...
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Needham girls track looks to postseason

Needham girls track looks to postseason
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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Needham and Natick faced off in a track meet on Wednesday, but the Rockets were looking to use the event to give some of their younger talent an opportunity to shine, more so than to dominate the event. “We’re going cross conference and we just decided ahead of time...
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Donato tosses gem as Rebels down Rockets

Donato tosses gem as Rebels down Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Two of the Bay State Conference’s elite met on Thursday afternoon at Bird Middle School as reigning Division I state champ Needham traveled to square off against Walpole, a team coming off their first Super Eight trip in program history last spring. Coming off of a tough 2-0...
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Lady-Rockets stun Raiders in Reilly finals

Lady-Rockets stun Raiders in Reilly finals
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In the finals of the Reilly Winter Classic on February 18, the Needham and Wellesley High girls varsity basketball teams played one of the most remarkable girls basketball games in recent memory. Both teams have played against each other since sixth-grade MetroWest and in AAU, so there is a tremendous rivalry between these...
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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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Needham smokes out underage tobacco use

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent On July 1, stores in Needham will no longer be able to sell mint, menthol, and wintergreen flavored tobacco products and vape products. The restriction is the result of an effort to reduce the underage use of tobacco products. Needham previously banned other flavors of smoking products. However, prior legislation...
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