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Needham History: A Picture is Worth…

June 19, 2025
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School Committee Approves High School Attendance Policy

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Third Needham Schools Employee Charged with Child Pornography

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Needham ‘No Kings’ Rally Draws Hundreds

June 16, 2025
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Rockets Fall to Brookline in State Title Game

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Needham History: A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935

June 12, 2025
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Needham History: A Picture is Worth…
Local History Needham History Center and Museum Town Growth

Needham History: A Picture is Worth…

How quickly it transformed our town. Reservoir Street (formerly part of the Circumferential Highway) looking north before Route 128 was built, circa 1953. The first...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
June 19, 2025
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Needham History: A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935
Local History Needham History Center and Museum

Needham History: A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935

Strolling thru the downtown on a spring afternoon in 1935. A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935 In our wonderful collection of photos, we have...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
June 12, 2025
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Remembering a Needham Legacy During Race Amity Day
Green Needham Local History Needham History Center and Museum Town Celebrations & Events

Remembering a Needham Legacy During Race Amity Day

June 9, 2025 • Locals attended the annual Race Amity Day and joined in celebrating a memorial rededication several years in the making. Välkommen till...

Cameron Morsberger
June 9, 2025June 16, 2025
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Needham History: Gravel Quarries and the Murphy Tragedy
Local History Needham History Center and Museum

Needham History: Gravel Quarries and the Murphy Tragedy

Gravel was valuable, but digging it was dangerous. [caption id="attachment_141524" align="aligncenter" width="800"]The scene of the gravel pit accident that claimed the life of quarryman Patrick...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
June 5, 2025
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Needham History: The Oldest Photos of Needham
Local History Needham History Center and Museum

Needham History: The Oldest Photos of Needham

These are the ghosts of Needham's past. The Old Center, circa 1870. The image shows (right to left) the First Parish Church, Revere Hall, the...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
May 22, 2025
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Needham History: Smoking and Drinking in Town Meeting
Local History Needham History Center and Museum Town Meeting

Needham History: Smoking and Drinking in Town Meeting

Sorry TMMs - those days are gone. The First Parish Meeting House as it appeared in 1711, in a sketch by Timothy Newell Smith. The...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
May 8, 2025
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