Two-alarm fire rages in Needham
Raider hoop wins two in a row
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a tough 47-32 loss to arch-rival and undefeated Needham (7-0) at TD Garden in the Good Sports Invitational on January 8, the Wellesley High School boys varsity basketball team rebounded this past week with two consecutive wins over Brookline (75-64) on January 10, and Dedham (63-38) on...
Girls hoop, Fogarty battle Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham and Walpole High School varsity girls basketball teams met on Wednesday night for their lone meeting of 2016-2017. The Rockets (4-4) were able to contain Walpole’s most lethal offensive weapon, Kelly Fogarty (16 points), and gutted out a big 43-40 win over the Rebels (5-2) to...
Girls hoop back to .500 with big win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham and Walpole High School varsity girls basketball teams met on Wednesday night for their lone meeting of 2016-2017. The Rockets (4-4) were able to contain Walpole’s most lethal offensive weapon, Kelly Fogarty (16 points), and gutted out a big 43-40 win over the Rebels (5-2) to...
Toby Walker teaches history, music, passion
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Toby Walker is an incredibly dynamic performer. Telling his stories to the students at Needham High School, he exudes an energy rarely seen anywhere besides rock concerts. Relaying his tales of meeting sharecropper Jack Owens in Mississippi and the racial dynamics as recently as the 1990s, the audience was...
Needham VIPs help one another
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The children of Needham are overachievers in many ways. They undergo hours of community service to give back, dedicate huge portions of their days to sports teams or musical groups, and strive for perfection when it comes to academics. Since 2011, the Youth Services VIP Program has presented another...
Raiders and Rockets renew storied hockey rivalry
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham and Wellesley High School boys varsity ice hockey teams each exit the holiday break with the goal of competing for a Bay State Conference championship. Both teams know that in order to complete that goal, they must go through each other. Last Wednesday, the Raiders (3-1-0,...
Boosters Club holds 2016 Christmas Sale
By Ethan Lee
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Needham High School Boosters Club held the 2016 Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale between November 26 and December 22.
The Boosters Club is a parent-run organization that supports and promotes Needham High School athletics through several fundraising events throughout the school year. One of these annual events is the Christmas...
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High school hosts GBML
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By Ethan Lee
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On Wednesday, December 7, Needham High School hosted the Greater Boston Mathematics League (GBML), a mathematics competition involving schools across the state. The GBML, carried out over the span of the school year, consists of five different meets, of which the Needham High School edition was the third.
Held...
Hockey victorious in season-opener
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High School boys varsity ice hockey team opened up their 2016-2017 season on the road against Acton-Boxborough, and the Rockets returned to Needham victoriously after putting on an offensive showcase throughout the final two periods, netting seven unanswered goals in an 8-3 comeback victory.
“It feels good...
TOPSoccer participants get their kicks
The Needham TOPS program recently celebrated the completion of its fall session.
TOPS - The Outreach Program for Soccer - is a youth soccer training and placement program for athletes with disabilities. The program is focused on bringing soccer to members of the community with physical or mental disabilities. It is an extension of US Youth...
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Generations meet through pen pal program
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The divide between generations can be hard to bridge, especially when it comes to the very young and the older. However, the brilliant minds at Mitchell Elementary School and the Needham Council on Aging have come up with a plan to help bridge this gap and facilitate the transfer...
Wellesley’s Chryssicas leads football to Thanksgiving victory
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley and Needham High football teams renewed their historical rivalry with one another on Thursday morning in their annual Thanksgiving grudge match at Memorial Field in Needham. Running back Grant Chryssicas led the way for Wellesley with four touchdowns, as the Raiders (11-1) pulled out the 34-14...
Vintage Voices soar at COA
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
They say people don’t change. Whether that’s true or not, there is ample evidence to suggest that at least passions don’t wither. Every Tuesday, a group of 25 to 30 seniors gather at the Center at the Heights to sing. No experience or musical background is required, simply a...
Conductorless Orchestra to play Powers Hall
The Olin Conductorless Orchestra, the nation’s only collegiate ensemble to perform without a conductor, will offer a free public concert in Needham Saturday, December 17, from 8 – 10 p.m. The concert will take place in Powers Hall in Needham Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave.
The orchestra will perform music for the theater by Mozart, Gershwin...
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Ogbebor named RAY of Hope
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Erika Ogbebor is a junior at Needham High School. She was nominated by her supervisor at Charles River Center for her volunteer work with kids. She originally volunteered at the Charles River Center with her brother, but later began to work there on her own two days a week. She is a recreational...
Football falls in Turkey Bowl
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley and Needham High football teams renewed their historical rivalry with one another on Thursday morning in their annual Thanksgiving grudge match at Memorial Field in Needham. Running back Grant Chryssicas led the way for Wellesley with four touchdowns, as the Raiders (11-1) pulled out the 34-14...
Borromeo String Quartet enchants and wows
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Music always has been, and continues to be, a great equalizer. It doesn’t matter your age, background, education or socioeconomic status - liking a piece of music can bring people together. This was illustrated perfectly at the performance given by the Borromeo String Quartet in Needham Town Hall last...
Brady’s golden goal bests Wellesley
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley and Needham High boys varsity soccer teams renewed their historical rivalry with one another on Monday night under the lights at Memorial Field in the quarterfinal round of the 2016 MIAA One South State Tournament.
The sixth-seeded Rockets (11-3-7) got to the quarterfinals via a 4-1 victory...
Local voting civil amidst heated election
