Connecting with Their Roles
May 3, 2024 • Actors will channel their ancestry in the retelling of the classic play. More than 300 years ago, fears of witchcraft shook...
Spring into the Season
March 25, 2024 • Needham Local takes a look at upcoming events and annual traditions that mark the start of spring in Needham. Needham Community...
Needham’s ‘Pansy King’ Honored with Mural
March 15, 2024 • Denys Zirngiebel lived an accomplished life in Needham, but many better know his famous family: painters N. C. Wyeth and Andrew...
Local Author Pens Novel on Infamous Needham Bank Robbery
February 6, 2024 When Robert W. Wallace drives down Great Plain Avenue, past a 90-year-old crime scene, the hairs on the back of his neck...
‘Bad Blood’: 135 years of Needham-Wellesley Football Rivalry
November 20, 2023 • Thanksgiving and football go hand-in-hand in communities across America, but the pairing is notably and historically special to Needham and Wellesley....
Needham History: The Dedham Avenue Reservoir
Once we finally decided we needed it, demand grew fast. Excavating and grading the Reservoir basin. The pumping house is in the background. These photos...
