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Needham History: Smoking and Drinking in Town Meeting
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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
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Needham History: True Bootlegger Tales!
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Needham History: True Bootlegger Tales!

Where there is a Will, there is always a Way. Cast of Characters: Norman MacKenzie (right) was Needham’s first chief of Police, serving from 1912...

Gloria Greis, Needham History Center and Museum
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