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2025-26 Winter Playoff Preview

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Challenges Set for April Election

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Girls Hockey Defeats Norwood on Senior Night

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Local Teens Help Kids Craft Comic Creations

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Needham Boys Basketball Outlasts Walpole on Senior Night

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Temporary Train Horn Relief Set for Vote

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The Book Shop of Needham Celebrates Grand Opening

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School Administrators Announce New Literacy Program

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During Black History Month, Historians Encourage Us to Remember

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Schools Face Challenges in Town Budget
School Committee Schools

Schools Face Challenges in Town Budget

January 8, 2026 • Needham Town Manager Katie King explained why the budget for FY27 will face challenges. As the Needham School Department works its...

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Ashley Julier
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Fundraiser for Needham Family Exceeds $200,000
Giving Back Public Safety

Fundraiser for Needham Family Exceeds $200,000

January 7, 2026 • A GoFundMe campaign created to support a Needham family following a destructive house fire that resulted in the death of a...

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Cameron Morsberger
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The Dos and Don’ts of Public Records Requests
Municipal Services Select Board Town Boards

The Dos and Don’ts of Public Records Requests

January 5, 2026 • After a Select Board discussion about sharing public records, the Needham town clerk explained how her office handles those requests. The...

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Cameron Morsberger
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Echoes of Needham’s Past to Find Digital Home
Needham Council on Aging

Echoes of Needham’s Past to Find Digital Home

December 19, 2025 • Motivated by a student competition, a group of high schoolers aim to chronicle the lives of older Needhamites. When a group...

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Cameron Morsberger
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Quiet Zone Brings Golf Course Crossing to Fore
Municipal Services Public Works Transportation

Quiet Zone Brings Golf Course Crossing to Fore

December 18, 2025 • In what is already a fiscal and logistical challenge, one particular stretch of track may require a larger investment to make...

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Yuxiao Yuan
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Pollard Plan Prepped for MSBA Submission
Schools Town Growth

Pollard Plan Prepped for MSBA Submission

December 11, 2025 • The School Building Committee and the Permanent Public Building Committee spent the last few weeks preparing to embrace a preferred plan...

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Yuxiao Yuan
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