NBA Street Fair delights residents
Girls tennis makes playoff run
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham girls tennis team made a valiant playoff run over the weekend, winning their preliminary round on Friday before dropping a difficult road match in Barnstable to end their season on Sunday.
Despite the team's seniors having prom the night before, the Rockets were able to take care of...
Pollard performs ‘Hound’
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By Ethan Lee
Hometown Weekly Contributor
From Friday, June 3, to Saturday, June 4, the Pollard and High Rock Drama Clubs captivated audiences with excellent performances of “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Presented in the Pollard Auditorium, the middle school actors and actresses delivered their very own student-run version of the Sherlock Holmes classic. The...
Farmers Market opens for season
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Just a few steps over the train tracks at Needham Center station, there is a welcome oasis waiting for passers-by. Children and their parents bounce from tent to tent, examining assorted goods and food items. Live music entertains the crowd. Friends converse and laugh.
Summer is upon us, and so...
Relay for Life raises funds
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On May 21 and 22, residents from Dedham, Needham and Wellesley participated in the annual Relay for Life, the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. This year, participants raised over $158,000 to support the efforts of the American Cancer Society, surpassing last year’s total by over $10,000....
Great Bear Run results
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Over 1400 runners and walkers from 68 towns from age 11 months old to 77 years young gathered on Sunday, May 15 for the 26th annual running of the Needham Youth Track Club’s Great Bear Run at Pollard School.
Dan Vassallo of Peabody doubled by capturing the 5K run in 15:21 and...
Sky rockets in flight
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
“Whoa!”
“It went so high!”
“Heads up!”
These were only a few of the phrases repeatedly yelled at the Needham Cub Scout Pack 8’s annual Rocket Day this past Saturday, May 21, at Olin College.
“It’s a lot of fun,” said Jayson Layne, 9, who has attended Rocket Day...
Tourney still strong at 40
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
This Memorial Day weekend, Needhamites will partake in a number of traditions that wouldn't strike you as being especially out of the ordinary. There will be backyard barbecues, of course. Parades and homages to our servicemen and women. Families brought together to relax and laugh. There's another tradition, though...
Needhamites ‘kick it up a notch’
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Chef Emeril Lagasse is famous for coining the phrase “Kick it up a notch—BAM” in reference to food, but several Needham residents now can kick it up a notch, too, after attending the Herb Walk workshop hosted by the Needham Community Farm. On a visit from Scotland, former Farm Manager at...
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Needham scoops prizes at BSC meet
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham boys and girls track teams converged on Braintree last week for the annual Bay State Conference track meet.
Among the highlights for Needham:
• Senior Sarah Armstrong won the two mile run with a time of 10:52.71, beating her nearest competition by nearly 47 seconds.
• The girls 4x400 meter...
Gardens at Elm Bank celebrates 20th anniversary
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Twilight, swing dancing, local food and drink, all set within a beautiful garden estate. It’s the 20th Anniversary of the Gardens at Elm Bank, and the entire community is invited to celebrate during our special Twilight Garden Party on June 2 from 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Open to members, friends, and newcomers,...
Mitchell-Broadmeadow game a slam-dunk
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
The annual Mitchell-Broadmeadow basketball game was held on Friday, May 6, in front of a rapturous audience at the Needham High School gym. The game, which pits parents, staff and teachers from Mitchell School against their Broadmeadow counterparts, is a fundraiser for each school's parent-teacher council - not to...
Needham student goes to NHD Nationals
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Sam Wolfield, a sophomore at Needham High School, exhibits the calm, studious demeanor of a scientist as he attempts to sum up his achievement. "It's a proud accomplishment," he says dryly, barely cracking a smile. Surely, he's just playing it cool. After all, Sam has recently learned he's been...
NHS student named Presidential Scholar
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
When Needham High School senior Dianne Lee called her family in the middle of the school day, it was difficult for her to contain herself. "I called home pretty much right after I found out and we screamed (quietly, because school was still in session)," she said.
It would have...
Needham students put on ‘Fortinbras’
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by Caroline Ahearn
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
This past weekend, the Needham High School Fine and Performing Arts Department presented its spring production of the play "Fortinbras" by Lee Blessing.
The witty play picks up where William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" left off, and centers around Young Fortinbras (Matthew Lorence), a modern man of action, who enters during the...
Byrd, Sockol win Melick Award
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Needham residents Cathy Byrd and Aaron “Ron” Sockol have been awarded 2016’s Melick Award on Monday, May 9. The Melick Award celebrates individuals whose generous spirit of volunteerism has contributed to the quality of life in the Needham community.
In addition to Byrd and Sockol, the Foundation honored Town Meeting members who had served...
Needham High School students run marathon
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Six Needham High School students ran the Providence Marathon last Sunday as part of Dreamfar, a Massachusetts nonprofit that offers marathon training for high school students. Joyce Anglo, Roisin Chatterton, Elsa Konieczynski, Lindsay McKeown, Allie Partridge, and Sarah Partridge took to the pavement prepared, following a 30-week training program. Injured but with them...
Needham Rotary in Arbor Day partnership
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The Rotary Club of Needham partnered with Fourth Grade Foresters in celebration of Arbor Day, giving each fourth grade student in the Needham a Norway Spruce sapling to plant. A total of 547 trees were given out. Together these trees make up a unique forest - a forest planted by Needham fourth graders....
Needham Bulldog runs marathon
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18-year-old Needham resident Patrick Caron ran his first Boston Marathon in 2:46:59 and raised over $3,000 for The Boston Bulldogs Running Club. The Bulldogs is a co-ed 501(c)3 non-profit running club established to reach out to all those who are adversely affected by addiction - those who are battling addiction and in recovery,...
Needham resident lobbys for Alzheimer’s research
