Residents Remember Loved Ones at Day of the Dead Celebration
November 10, 2025 • Members of Needham’s Hispanic community hosted the cultural holiday at an event at the Needham Free Public Library on Saturday. Growing...
State Disabilities Commission Spotlights Experiences, Resources
November 6, 2025 • Attendees coalesced around common issues and flawed systems at the commission’s inaugural Meeting the Moment community meeting at Needham Town Hall...
Needham History: What’s in a Name?
Names come and go, but Nellie is eternal TJ Crossman’s store, in the Moseley Block, circa 1885. The store also extended around the corner on...
Rausch, Needham Resident Push for Domestic Violence Legislation
October 29, 2025 • The bill, An Act addressing staged suicides, aims to strengthen law enforcement training and procedures around potential domestic violence deaths. It...
Needham History: Who Doesn’t Love a Wall?
A problem, but also a solution The old center at Central Avenue and Nehoiden Street, circa 1870 (looking northeast from what is now Dwight Rd.)....
Town Meeting Approves Stephen Palmer Appropriation
October 22, 2025 • In a hand-count vote on Monday, Special Town Meeting approved a funding appropriation to facilitate the transition of the apartment building’s...