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Rockets Fall to Brookline in State Title Game

June 13, 2025
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Needham History: A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935

June 12, 2025
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Select Board Widens Envision Project Scope, Composition

June 11, 2025June 12, 2025
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Residents Have Say on ‘Large Houses’

June 11, 2025
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Back to the Finals Again as Needham Boys Volleyball Tops Natick

June 10, 2025June 11, 2025
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Remembering a Needham Legacy During Race Amity Day

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025
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Noodle Doodles Projects Opening Soon

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Red Coats Return

June 9, 2025
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Boys Volleyball Advances to State Semifinals with Win Over Taunton

June 7, 2025June 9, 2025
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Needham History: A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935
Local History Needham History Center and Museum

Needham History: A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935

Strolling thru the downtown on a spring afternoon in 1935. A Tour of Downtown Needham in 1935 In our wonderful collection of photos, we have...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
June 12, 2025
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Remembering a Needham Legacy During Race Amity Day
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Remembering a Needham Legacy During Race Amity Day

June 9, 2025 • Locals attended the annual Race Amity Day and joined in celebrating a memorial rededication several years in the making. Välkommen till...

Cameron Morsberger
June 9, 2025June 9, 2025
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Red Coats Return
Arts & Entertainment Local History Town Celebrations & Events

Red Coats Return

June 9, 2025 • In its second annual stop in Needham, a Revolutionary War reenactment troupe spoke with attendees about their military unit and fielded...

TNC/Needham Local
June 9, 2025
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Needham History: Gravel Quarries and the Murphy Tragedy
Local History Needham History Center and Museum

Needham History: Gravel Quarries and the Murphy Tragedy

Gravel was valuable, but digging it was dangerous. [caption id="attachment_141524" align="aligncenter" width="800"]The scene of the gravel pit accident that claimed the life of quarryman Patrick...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
June 5, 2025
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Needham History: The Oldest Photos of Needham
Local History Needham History Center and Museum

Needham History: The Oldest Photos of Needham

These are the ghosts of Needham's past. The Old Center, circa 1870. The image shows (right to left) the First Parish Church, Revere Hall, the...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
May 22, 2025
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Needham History: Smoking and Drinking in Town Meeting
Local History Needham History Center and Museum Town Meeting

Needham History: Smoking and Drinking in Town Meeting

Sorry TMMs - those days are gone. The First Parish Meeting House as it appeared in 1711, in a sketch by Timothy Newell Smith. The...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
May 8, 2025
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