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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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Damren, Goss, Curran backboning Wesleyan hockey
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Wesleyan University is building something special with their women’s hockey program, and three local athletes have helped backbone the Cardinals this 2018-2019 season as Wesleyan fights for a spot in the NESCAC Tournament.
Westwood native and junior forward Allie Damren, Wellesley native and senior defenseman Sarah Goss,...
History presented through postcards
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
There are lots of ways to learn about a culture by examining the remnants of its past. But while most people understand historians’ interest in things like clay pots and arrowheads, on Tuesday afternoon, Wellesley Historical Archivist Allen Ludlow taught a crowded room inside of the Needham History...
Outstanding ‘Little Mermaid’ presented in Needham
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By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Needham Community Theatre presented a top-notch production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” from November 16–25 at the Newman Elementary School Auditorium in Needham. The audience was indeed fortunate to see this fantastic production, which offered outstanding singing and acting, in addition to exciting sound and lighting effects.
Rockets outlast Raiders in instant classic
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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The historic cemeteries of Hometown Weekly
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
To many, cemeteries can be haunting places, where constant reminders of mortality loom.
To others, cemeteries are places of history, like outdoor museums of sorts, free to those who choose to take a walk around them.
Different styles of engravings gives clues about how our ancestors approached death....
Haeberlein advances Raiders to state finals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018 season has served as the perfect revenge tour for the Wellesley High boys varsity soccer team, as the Raiders ousted two of their biggest rivals, Needham and Weymouth, en route to the Division I South title.
With the South title clinched and their eyes set on a...
Temple Aliyah welcomes Craig Breslow
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By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Just weeks after the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, it was only fitting that a former Sox champion would come to Needham to speak at Temple Aliyah’s annual Men’s Club dinner.
On Wednesday, November 14, Temple Aliyah welcomed former Red Sox reliever and Jewish baseball player Craig...
Griffin, Porkers roll on senior night
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole High School varsity field hockey team is in the midst of yet another dominant season, as the Porkers entered Thursday’s senior night contest and regular season finale with Milton still unbeaten in conference play.
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Register of Deeds informs seniors
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By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday, October 17, the Council of Aging hosted a talk at the Center at the Heights featuring Norfolk County Register of Deeds William O'Donnell.
Around 36 Needham residents visited the senior center for their monthly breakfast and lecturer.
O'Donnell explained why it is important for his office to speak...
Needham girls volleyball outlasts Walpole
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By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham girls volleyball team defeated Walpole in five sets at Needham High School on Thursday, Oct. 4. to improve to 8-1 on the season. This was the second time this season that Walpole lost to Needham in five sets.
Needham began the game with the momentum, winning the first...
Chefs cook with instant pot
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By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday, September 26, Powisset Farm hosted a small cooking class for residents in the area. At around 7:00 p.m., seven members strolled into the kitchen area of the farm to learn how to use an instant pot.
The members of the class were excited to learn about the...
Needham Junior Football battles Brockton
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Needham hosted Brockton for a full lineup of games on Saturday for week three. The Junior Rockets went 1-3 in the competitive divisions, with C squad picking up its first victory of the season. For week four, Needham will host rival Walpole at Memorial Park.
B Squad (7th Grade) – Brockton 18, Needham 6...
A dash of Rosemary in Needham
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
In late August of 2016, Hometown Weekly arrived at Rosemary Pool to take in the scene.
"So many pools are holes in the ground, surrounded by concrete with an asphalt parking lot – could be anywhere," Patty Carey, director of Needham Park and Recreation, told the paper at the time....
Needleman riding in Hub on Wheels
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On Sunday, September 16, Needham local Howard Needleman will be peddling through the city of Boston in this year's Hub on Wheels, a citywide bike ride that benefits the Boston Children's Hospital and sponsored by Education First.
Howard is the top fundraiser for the third consecutive year, having raised over $5,300 to date this...
Needham Pink Barbarians raise cancer funds
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Needham residents Doug Fox and Dina Hannigan will be leading the Pink Barbarian team in the Jimmy Fund Marathon Walk on September 23. The Pink Barbarians, arriving from across the country, will march the 26.6 mile Boston Marathon route in full armor to help fund cutting-edge care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The...
Needham mom commits to protecting transgender rights
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
This fall, Massachusetts’s voters will head to their designated polling location to fulfill their civic duty and submit their completed ballot.
While most will be curious to see the results of the election on November 6, Needham’s Tracy McKay will be particularly anxious to discover the results to...
Medfield’s Mayer releases healthy cookbook
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
Cooking and baking can be therapeutic for many people. However, when taking on a new diet, some ingredients must be eliminated. Heather Mayer Irvine’s new book, “The Runner's World Vegetarian Cookbook,” tackles this issue, providing healthier alternatives to some classic dishes.
For example, the red velvet brownies found in the dessert...
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Hamilton, Raider field hockey ready up
