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Needham History: What Will History Say About Us?
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Needham History: What Will History Say About Us?

And the present? That’s up to us now. Free Soil and Free Men! A broadside announcing a meeting in Needham’s Town Hall to elect Free...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
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Needham Advocate, Storyteller Named Commonwealth Heroine
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Needham Advocate, Storyteller Named Commonwealth Heroine

June 3, 2024 • Rinaz Mala and 121 other Massachusetts women will receive the recognition at the State House later this month. Rinaz Mala is...

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Cameron Morsberger
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Learning (and Teaching) How Needham Runs…
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Learning (and Teaching) How Needham Runs…

June 22, 2023 • As part of the Greater Boston Project, students decided to create an internship to give high school students the chance to...

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NHS Stages ‘Radium Girls’
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NHS Stages ‘Radium Girls’

May 18, 2023 • Students put on a production of Radium Girls, which is about factory workers fighting for safer working conditions. Live theater and...

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A Sweet Note for Plugged In
Community Organizations Giving Back Plugged In Band Program

A Sweet Note for Plugged In

March 16, 2023 • An alum of the Plugged In Band Program nominated the organization for recognition by the Team Lewis Foundation. It was a...

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Ban on Plastic Bags Being Proposed this Spring
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Ban on Plastic Bags Being Proposed this Spring

March 9, 2023 • Some Needham residents would like town meeting members to vote for a by-law that would prohibit stores from providing single-use plastic...

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