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Hundreds attend public hearing on Envision project
By Jeanne Hopkins
More than 300 people packed Powers Hall Tuesday night, with another 85 joining online, for a Select Board public hearing on the Envision Needham Center project that has generated considerable […]
Town Meeting gets to yes . . . every time
By Peter O’Neil
Town Meeting spent three long nights debating issues as prosaic as the utensils distributed with takeout food and as existential as nuclear war. It completed its work May 12, having […]
Sit! Stay! Namaste! NHS student council offers puppy yoga
By Frederica Saylor Lalonde
If downward dog — or dogs in general — are your thing, the Needham High School student council has organized a fundraising event that should make your ears perk up. […]
New revolving fund approved, but not without concerns
By Peter O’Neil
Town Meeting does not often spend much time discussing revolving funds, but the budget-busting weight of the anticipated $300+ million Pollard Middle School project has some Town Meeting members and […]
Nuclear disarmament petition passes at Town Meeting
By Bob Baker
After last Monday’s Special Town Meeting, Moderator Michael Fee reconvened the attendees as Annual Town Meeting to address the one unfinished item from the annual warrant: a citizens’ petition on […]
Needham to hold ‘Conversations on Race’ at library
By Seth Bauer
A broad swath of Needham residents will gather at the Needham Free Public Library on Thursday, May 22, for conversations on race. Organizers range from high school students to town […]
NHA’s Penny Kirk to step down
By Peter O’Neil
Needham Housing Authority board member Penny Kirk has decided to step away from the board midway through her current five-year term. Kirk said her reasons are solely personal. “I’m going […]
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