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Greis presents lecture on women’s suffrage

A newspaper clipping from the now-discontinued Needham Chronicle that covered the first days of women registering for voting. Women had a higher turnout then men did during that first year.

By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff

On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment giving women...

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Needham celebrates Pansy Day

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Anyone who wanted to enter the History Center & Museum in Needham on Saturday, April 13, would have had to walk between an aisle of multicolored pansies - a vibrant variety of flowers in blue, purple, red, and yellow. Some sat in hanging buckets, waiting to be bought...
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A new take on Needham history

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter While it’s impossible to change history, you may have noticed that the Needham History Center and Museum is making some adjustments. After erasing “Historical Society” from their name and replacing it with a more welcoming one several months ago, the Needham History Center and Museum has since been working...
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History Center celebrates a creepy Christmas

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Andy Williams’ famous song, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” is one we hear often during the holiday season. Most of us listen to the lyric, “There’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of old glories of Christmases long, long ago,” without thinking much of it. Jeff Belanger, a...
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