19+ hour, 59+ min ago  (784+ words) Newman Elementary fourth-graders Ayansh Srivastava and Arunavya Satyam, together with Anay Kumar, a second-grader from Andover, make up "Bay State Brains" " a team of AI solution-seekers whose "Lost and Found" app won the 2026 Presidential AI Challenge State Championships. "It was…...

20+ hour ago  (575+ words) needhamobserver. com This year's Planning Board Election offers two candidates " Oscar Mertz and Gary Lesanto " with deep planning/building backgrounds that complement each other but do not greatly overlap. Lesanto began as a single-family home builder and expanded into commercial…...

20+ hour, 1+ min ago  (1096+ words) The three candidates running for the two available seats on the Select Board will be making their final efforts to reach voters over the weekend ahead of the April 14 town elections. The sole incumbent, Cathy Dowd, has served on the…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago  (258+ words) As election day draws closer, School Committee incumbents Matt Spengler and Michael Greis hope to defend their seats against challenger Lauren Soper. Soper's focus primarily lies with ensuring consistency across NPS classrooms, auditing the use of technology in school and…...

19+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1073+ words) In the coming weeks, roughly 900 kids will take to the town's diamonds for Needham Baseball & Softball's spring programs " diamonds whose upkeep has been a source of discontent for user groups." "This is part of our last-ditch effort to find more…...

19+ hour, 58+ min ago  (920+ words) Saying "It's time to get this show on the road," the owner of the former Muzi property at 557 Highland Ave. previewed the broad outlines of a mixed-use proposal that could produce as many 500 units of senior-directed housing at the nearly…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (876+ words) The Observer interviewed both candidates for this story." Role of the Planning Board: Vision or implementation? Both candidates said a planning board has to be both a big-picture committee and a careful reviewer of individual projects." "The Charles River [ the…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (14+ words) Planning Board votes to support zoning change for 888 Great Plain Ave. Needham Observer...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (730+ words) A hush fell over the room as Anne Nydam, Needham's inaugural poet laureate, recited "Home, Needham 2025" at a Select Board meeting last year. She described the poem as a tribute to the town and to Kate Fitzpatrick, the former town…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (898+ words) Two of the five positions on the Select Board are being contested in the April 14 town elections. With long-term incumbent Marianne Cooley opting to step aside, there is guaranteed to be at least one new member on the board. Incumbent…...