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Temporary Train Horn Relief Set for Vote

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Survey on Town Center Faces Continued Resistance

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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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Girls Basketball Drops Close One Against Braintree

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Girls Get Split Results Against Framingham

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Anti-ICE Protestors Demonstrate in Needham Center

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MLK Day Ceremony Spotlights Local Students, Artists
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MLK Day Ceremony Spotlights Local Students, Artists

January 21, 2026 • On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Needham community channeled its tributes to the late civil rights activist through the...

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Cameron Morsberger
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Poems, Reflective Prose at Juneteenth Observance
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Poems, Reflective Prose at Juneteenth Observance

June 19, 2025 • Needham residents recognized the day of hope and freedom at an intimate ceremony on the Town Common Thursday morning. One-hundred-sixty years...

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Cameron Morsberger
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Needham ‘No Kings’ Rally Draws Hundreds
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Needham ‘No Kings’ Rally Draws Hundreds

June 16, 2025 • Chants echoed through the Town Center Saturday afternoon as an estimated 1,000 people protested the Trump administration in one of many...

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Select Board Comment on Henry Settlement
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Select Board Comment on Henry Settlement

May 25, 2023 • Select Board Chair, Marianne Cooley, shared a statement regarding the settlement agreement the Town of Needham made with Marvin Henry, who...

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Yuxiao Yuan
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