Residents in the vicinity of the Needham Golf Club are in line to receive an early holiday present in the form of a ...

Approximately one quarter of this fall’s 24-page Town Meeting warrant is the text of a proposed bylaw that attempts to slow ...

As coins went the way of the dashboard ashtrays in which they were collected and parking meters added pay-by-phone options, ...

Design schematics for a new Pollard auditorium, inspired by Weymouth's Chapman Middle School auditorium./ Credit: Town of Needham, HMFH Architects Plans to include a 750-seat auditorium in the new ...

Preliminary numbers suggest enrollment in Needham’s public schools may be trending down, most notably among the town’s kindergarteners. As of Sept. 1, 5,281 students were enrolled in kindergarten ...

These renderings of the proposed Chabad Center on Central Ave. were created by a design firm for the abutters as a visual to show the Planning Board the view from their property./ Credit: DIG Group ...

NHA Commission Chair Reg Foster joined Lt. Gov. Kim Dirscoll in the Linden Community Room to announce $41 million in state funding to renovate the NHA facilites./ Credit: Needham Observer After nearly ...

Acclaimed actor and singer Lauren Ambrose will open the 13th season of the Needham Bank Great Hall Concert Series with a special, one-night-only evening of music and storytelling at 7:30 p.m. on ...

Apparently you can take the Handels out of Needham. Left to right: Sam Handel, Lauren Ambrose, Bonnie Handel and Moe Handel. Credit: Courtesy of Sam Handel and Lauren Ambrose It would be big news that ...

There was little drama in the two Congressional races on Tuesday’s Needham ballot, as U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Fourth District U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss both registered landslide margins of victory in ...

A guitar leans against the wall of Matthew DeMarrais’ nondescript metal office at the Needham Recycling and Transfer Station. On a desk behind him is a typewriter of the sort Ernest Hemingway used for ...

Red Wing Bay at Fisher Street is one of the prettiest Charles River access points in town./ Credit: Needham Observer The Charles River in Needham is having quite a summer. Blue-green algae and toxic ...