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Needham schools rank #1 with MCAS assessment
By Frederica Saylor Lalonde
After four years of piloting a new math curriculum, one year of piloting literacy curricula and almost five years since the beginning of the pandemic, district educators and administrators were […]
Accelerated Stephen Palmer plan passes Town Meeting
By Peter O’Neil
A comfortable majority of Town Meeting members voted Oct. 20 to approve a Select Board plan that accelerates the removal of tenants from the Stephen Palmer apartments out of concern […]
Town clerk’s new letter opener gets stamp of approval
By Frederica Saylor Lalonde
Down a narrow hallway on the lower level of town hall there is a vault — picture “The Italian Job” or “Ocean’s Eleven.” When the combination is spun and the heavy […]
Pollard project offers Needham chance to prioritize performing arts
By Kay Matipa
The Needham Public School system is recognized for its award-winning performing arts programs, with students regularly securing gold and silver in regional competitions. Its three existing facilities for the performing […]
Needham scientist awarded for ‘computer vision’
By Seth Bauer
Around Needham, Anne Carpenter may be recognized with a wave by her neighbors. Professionally, though, the Ph.D. biologist and computational scientist has been receiving much wider recognition — honors and […]
All Town Meeting articles pass
By Peter O’Neil
Town Meeting members were not in a particularly chatty mood at Special Town Meeting Oct. 20. With the exception of the lengthy dissection of the town’s management of the wind […]
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