Community Combats Mental Health Crisis with Festival
September 29, 2025 • In what felt like a precursor to this weekend’s Harvest Fair, about forty local organizations and businesses spread out across Greene’s...
Needham Hispanas Find Connection through Language, Culture
September 29, 2025 • During Hispanic Heritage Month, community members share the significance that their culture has in their lives and work. When she first...
Needham History: The Town Forest
The view... the peace and quiet... the model train! From the top of High Rock, looking east toward Needham Center, circa 1900. The Town Forest...
Needham History: The Revere-Adjacent Blake & Sons Bell
Not *quite* Revere, but oh-so-close! The Parker School on Charles River Street. The bell was purchased for the tower, and served as both a school...
Exhibit Demonstrates “An Eye for Detail”
September 11, 2025 • The Needham History Center and Museum hosted an event launching an exhibit featuring the work of four local photographers. Photography captures...
Needham History: Some Account of Parish Visits
Rev. West had his work cut out for him. A sketch of the First Parish Meeting House, by Timothy Newell Smith. Some Account of Pastoral...