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Planning Board votes to support zoning change for 888 Great Plain Ave.
By Peter O’Neil
The Planning Board set aside its discomfit over being by-passed in the process by a citizens’ petition and voted to support a set of zoning changes for the property at […]
Select Board candidates weigh in on issues
By Peter O’Neil and Daniel Barbarisi
Two of the five positions on the Select Board are being contested in the April 14 town elections. With long-term incumbent Marianne Cooley opting to step aside, there is guaranteed […]
Draft tree bylaw presented
By Bob Baker
In a little more than a year, less time than it takes a sapling to fully take root, the Tree Preservation Planning Committee has agreed on most of the specifics […]
Public health department awarded national accreditation
By Kay Matipa
After 10 years of effort, and 10 binders-worth of paperwork, Needham’s public health department secured national accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board on Feb. 12. This stamp of approval […]
Remembering Patrick Haskell
By Jeanne Hopkins
Patrick Haskell, who ran the family-owned Haskell Insurance Agency in Needham for decades, died March 26 along with his wife, Margaret Rimmler, in a helicopter crash in Kauai, Hawaii. The […]
Former teachers convicted of pornography charges
By Jeanne Hopkins
Two of the three cases of Needham school-related staff who were charged with child pornography in 2025 have been resolved. Michael Ciccolella, a former social studies teacher at Needham’s High […]
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