Rausch cruises to reelection in State Senate race
By Peter O’Neil
State Sen. Becca Rausch easily overcame a somewhat ad hoc challenge from Franklin Republican Dashe Videira to earn a fourth term representing the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex District. With almost […]
Chestnut Street apartment plan earns Select Board support
By Peter O’Neil
One night after Town Meeting voted to bring the town into compliance with the state’s MBTA Community Law, the Select Board gave its support to a project within the proposed […]
BID Needham plans for the future
By Jeanne Hopkins
Long before the current fallout from Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy, the effects of its closure of Norwood Hospital in 2020 due to flooding took a toll on Beth Israel Deaconess […]
Roche Bros. to get new owners
By Seth Bauer
The Roche family, which operates 20 stores in Massachusetts including the only two traditional grocery stores in Needham, is selling a majority stake in the company to their primary wholesale […]
Space shot
By Jeanne Hopkins
Ready for your close-up? You’re invited — along with everyone else in town — to pose for a photo that will be sent into space. That is, to astronaut Sunita […]
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