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Warner Field to Serve as Construction Zone for Four Years During Pollard School Rebuild

NEEDHAM — April 13, 2026 — Needham's Park and Recreation Commission learned Monday that Warner Field will be offline as a playing surface from approximately spring 2028 through spring 2032 to support the Pollard Middle School rebuilding project. Hank Half of the town's Building Design and Construction Department,

Warner Field to Serve as Construction Zone for Four Years During Pollard School Rebuild

NEEDHAM — April 13, 2026 — Needham's Park and Recreation Commission learned Monday that Warner Field will be offline as a playing surface from approximately spring 2028 through spring 2032 to support the Pollard Middle School rebuilding project. Hank Half of the town's Building Design and Construction Department,

Needham COA board approves minutes, moves officer election ahead of member's surgery

NEEDHAM — April 9, 2026 — Needham's Council on Aging received a three-year program report on an embedded social work initiative at the town's food pantry and approved moving its officer election to May. Social worker Isabel Dick presented data from her weekly Wednesday office hours at

Needham Conservation Commission Votes to Trial Hybrid Meetings Starting in August

NEEDHAM — April 9, 2026 — Needham Conservation Commission votes to trial hybrid meetings starting August 13. The commission voted 7-0 at its April 9 meeting to adopt a hybrid in-person and remote format on a trial basis for six meetings beginning August 13, 2026, after years of fully remote

Needham Tree Panel Flags $40,000 Staffing Cost, Enforcement Gaps in Draft Bylaw

NEEDHAM — April 8, 2026 — Needham's Tree Preservation Planning Committee identified unresolved legal and staffing questions that must be answered before its draft tree preservation bylaw can advance to October Town Meeting. Town Manager Katie King presented a memo estimating that implementing the bylaw would require a part-time

Needham Finance Committee Recommends $4 Million Broadmeadow Stormwater Project for Town Meeting

NEEDHAM — April 8, 2026 — Needham Finance Committee endorses $4 million stormwater project, splits on disc golf study at lengthy warrant review. The committee voted unanimously April 8 to recommend a $4 million appropriation to convert the frequently flooded Broadmeadow Field into a vegetated water-storage basin, funded through $3.25

Needham Planning Board closes hearing on data center's conversion to self-storage

NEEDHAM — April 7, 2026 — Needham Planning Board signals approval for converting a vacant 128,750-square-foot data center at 105 Cabot Street to self-storage, closing a public hearing unanimously on April 7. Attorney George Hunter Jr. represented applicant RJ Kelly Company, which holds a December 2025 ZBA use

Needham School Board Authorizes Geothermal Test Well for New Pollard Middle School

NEEDHAM — April 6, 2026 — Needham's School Building Committee authorized a geothermal test well at the Pollard Middle School site and received a first-pass lifecycle cost analysis pointing toward ground source heat pumps as the lowest 25-year cost option. The committee voted unanimously to approve a change

Needham School Board Authorizes Geothermal Test Well for New Pollard Middle School

NEEDHAM — April 6, 2026 — Needham's School Building Committee authorized a geothermal test well at the Pollard Middle School site and received a first-pass lifecycle cost analysis pointing toward ground source heat pumps as the lowest 25-year cost option. The committee voted unanimously to approve a change

Needham Planning Board backs 888 Great Plain Avenue rezoning 3-1 for mixed-use development

NEEDHAM — March 31, 2026 — Needham Planning Board votes 3-1 to recommend rezoning 888 Great Plain Avenue for mixed-use development and defers contested large-house floor area ratio rules to fall. The board, meeting Tuesday at the PSAB building's Charles River room, endorsed three citizen's

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