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(Michael Weber)The Grand Ballroom at the Sheraton Needham after its upgrade.Sleeping beauties
After hunkering down at corporate headquarters during the Great Recession, the American business traveler has hit the road again. And hotel operators and investors are betting big that demand for rooms will soar along the highways west of Boston in Newton, Needham and Waltham, shelling out tens of millions on everything from spiffy new décor to high-tech upgrades. Boston Globe, 3/4/12
- Photo gallery Highlights of the hotel renovations
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Needham has restaurants for all tastes
Settled amidst what could conceivably be called "restaurant row" on Great Plain Avenue, Masala Art provides a full introduction to Indian food and spices for the adventurous suburbanite. Boston Globe, 2/9/12
Occupy suburbia at the threshold
Organizers in the suburbs around Boston say that the end of the encampment at Dewey Square completes one phase of the Occupy movement, but also marks the beginning of another. Boston Globe, 12/14/11
- Photo Gallery 'Occupiers' come to suburbs
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(Derek McLean for Boston.com)Menorahs through the years
On Wednesday night, Needham's Chabad Jewish Center welcomed residents to its annual menorah lighting on the Town Common. The center's menorah has a different theme each year. Click through gallery to see past menorahs. Boston Globe, 12/22/11
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Needham celebrates 300 years
(Dan Adams for Boston.com)Needham celebrated the 300th anniversary of its founding Saturday, Nov. 5, with an elaborate ceremony re-dedicating its recently renovated Town Hall. This 15,000-piece Lego replica of the building and adjoining Town Common was constructed with the help of Olin College.
(Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe)The Goldfarbs shared a recent family night dinner with friends. Dinner Project brings families closer
The motto in Sally Goldfarb’s Needham home is: “Sunday night. 6 p.m. No excuses.’’ Sunday is family dinner night and it is non-negotiable. Boston Globe, 9/22/11
- Photo gallery Scenes from a recent family dinner night
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)John Frederick Arens in his Allston studio with some of his avante-garde works. For Needham priest and artist, a call to create
John Frederick Arens, a teacher and chaplain at St. Sebastian's School, is a cutting-edge artist. His studio is stuffed from floor to ceiling with paintings of every size. Boston Globe, 8/10/11
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(Dan Adams for Boston.com)Bowlaway is back
The Needham Bowlaway celebrated its grand reopening Aug. 6, with half-price games and children's activities. View, and add your own, pictures of the event.
Boston Globe, 8/8/11
(Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globe)Summer Math for All founder Christine Moynihan helps 14-year-old Lisa Peters (left) and Kristina Baldwin, 13, with math activities in Holliston. School's out, but math is in
There are a wide variety of math programs available during the summer for a price. And demand, at least anecdotally, appears to be on the rise. Boston Globe, 8/1/11
- Photo gallery Keeping skills fresh
(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)Rob Merlino samples the fare at Dog Gone Ron’s in Needham last Thursday. A hot dog a day is his quest
Without regard for his fat or salt intake, Rob Merlino, a 47-year-old father of five from Natick, is celebrating National Hot Dog Month by chowing down one frank a day, every day, throughout July. Boston Globe, 7/28/11
- Photo gallery On the trail
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Relief, revelry over bin Laden's deathDorothy Grodberg, whose 41-year-old daughter, Lisa Fenn Gordenstein, a Needham mother of two small children, died in the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, said she had been waiting for this day for 10 years. Boston Globe, 05/1/2011
At left, Grodberg with a photo of her daughter.
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(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)Using a tool, and skill, undercut by digital technology, Scorby's Camera lab manager Leon Kostrichkin checks a roll of black-and-white photos. Camera shop falls victim to digital technology
When’s the last time you brought a roll of film to the store for processing? If you can’t remember, you’ll begin to understand why Scorby’s Camera will soon close its doors after more than a half-century in Needham Center. 4/20/11
- Photo gallery Final frames of a Needham icon
- Photo gallery Lewis's time with the stars
Olin grad makes Monopoly film
It may be the world’s most popular board game, played by more than a billion people over the last 75 years. Its makers say you can buy it in 111 countries and 43 languages, and nowadays, of course, it’s available on video. Boston Globe, 3/30/11
Prosecutor: Shooting justified
Two years ago, Nicholas Burdett traveled to Miami Beach with his girlfriend to celebrate his 25th birthday. After a fight with her over a tattoo he wanted to get, Burdett left their hotel room and was later shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy on Miami Beach. Boston Globe, 3/16/11
- Needham man fatally shot in Miami Beach
- Family hires expert to investigate Burdett death
- At funeral, Burdett remembered fondly
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Imogene and Kenneth Fish in their home at the North Hill retirement community. Below, the couple at their wedding in 1958.
What makes love last?
Be kind. Listen. Spend time together. And also apart. That’s the wisdom on making marriage work, from those who know: couples, including Kenneth and Imogene Fish of Needham, who have been married 50 years or longer. Boston Globe, 2/7/11
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(Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)A holy night celebrated
View photos of the Christmas Pageant at the Congregational Church of Needham on Christmas Eve. Above, cast members -- including Abby Chandler, 10, playing a dove, Lily Brewer, 7, and Sophie Horton, 10 , playing cows -- get pumped up before the performance. Boston Globe, 1/3/11