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Needham Company Earns FDA Approval for Rare Disease Treatment
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Needham Company Earns FDA Approval for Rare Disease Treatment

October 13, 2025 • After more than 10 years of work developing the drug, Stealth BioTherapeutics looks to bring Forzinity to Barth syndrome patients. In...

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Needham Shows MCAS Improvement, Rivals Pre-pandemic Scores
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Needham Shows MCAS Improvement, Rivals Pre-pandemic Scores

October 1, 2025 • The MCAS scores, published Monday, reveal Needham Public Schools students are making strides. While scores across the state continue to fall...

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Despite Threats Against Science, Olin College Holds Strong
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Despite Threats Against Science, Olin College Holds Strong

May 19, 2025 • During the engineering college’s 20th commencement ceremony, speakers made reference to turbulent times and how Olin’s strength lies in its specificity...

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‘Nature Magic’: Tree Science Brought to Life at Broadmeadow
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‘Nature Magic’: Tree Science Brought to Life at Broadmeadow

May 5, 2025 • Young students received hands-on instruction on trees for an Arbor Day celebration at Broadmeadow Elementary last week. Second graders started their...

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Needham History: Needham’s Naturalist
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Needham History: Needham’s Naturalist

Still climbing trees at the age of 67 "Lapland Longspur," a detail from Timothy Otis Fuller's 1912 journal. The 1912 journal is by far the...

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Inspiring Scientific Wonder through Children’s Show
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Inspiring Scientific Wonder through Children’s Show

April 21, 2025 • A Needham resident and NHS graduate earned a Children’s and Family Emmy Award for her work on an educational children’s show....

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