Needham

In honor of Pride Month, the city of Needham, Massachusetts will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with a rolling Pride parade on Sunday afternoon. Organizers decided on a rolling parade due to the coronavirus. Those interested in participating are encouraged to decorate their cars and themselves (child-friendly manner). For those who want to watch along the route, it is asked to…

While Marissa and Adam Goldstein of Needham, Massachusetts, already have their hands full with two sets of twins, they’re also busy entrepreneurs running a fashion company that usually makes accessories like backpacks and pouches. “As a small business, when coronavirus started to spread, obviously, our sales started to decline,” said Marissa Goldstein. Like many companies these days, there’s just...

Social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has been difficult for most people. But for a Massachusetts woman who suffers from Usher syndrome, being stuck at home is soaking up precious time that she was hoping to use to travel around the world.

Cara Soulia is newborn and family photographer in Needham, Massachusetts. But now, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, work has come to a halt, and she and a friend have started #thefrontstepsproject. From one Needham home to the next, she spends five minutes photographing families on their front porches, practicing social distancing more than six feet away. “We’re in this unique...

A 52-year-old East Boston man was arrested after leading Massachusetts State Police on a pursuit on Interstate 95 on Friday, authorities said. State police initially tried to stop the silver Cadillac Escalade pickup truck for erratic driving after a trooper saw it weaving across all four lanes, but it refused to stop, police said in a statement. They pursued the…

An East Boston man allegedly led police on an erratic pursuit from Needham to Waltham in Massachusetts.

One woman was brought to the hospital after a truck crashed into a house in Dedham on Sunday evening.

Though no charges have been filed, the driver of the truck was taken away from the scene in handcuffs.

The judge in the trial of a Needham woman charged with murdering her elderly neighbor in 2017 declared a mistrial Monday after the defense attorney was hit by a vehicle over the weekend and suffered serious injuries. The trial had opened Thursday and was set for its second day of testimony Monday before the court was informed of the defense…

An eighth person has contracted the rare and potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus, in Massachusetts this year, state health officials said Friday. The latest case is a man in his 50s from northeastern Bristol County, according to a release from the Department of Public Health.

A new round of aerial spraying for areas at critical or high risk for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, will begin Tuesday night, state health officials said. Communities in Norfolk, Middlesex and Worcester counties will be sprayed in part or in full.

Authorities said Tuesday an elevator company worker had died at the TripAdvisor headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts in an industrial accident.

An elevator worker was killed Tuesday after an industrial accident at the TripAdvisor headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts, authorities said.

While some people grabbed their suitcases and hopped on a flight down to Florida, others picked up their bags and felt relieved to be at Boston’s Logan Airport and out of Hurricane Dorian’s path. “It was a little nerve-wracking,” Needham resident Melissa Bello said. “Our backup plan was we were going to drive to Atlanta and possibly try to take...

Travelers at Boston’s Logan Airport Sunday were both arriving from the south and flying to the south ahead of Hurricane Dorian.

Emergency officials are at the scene of a multiple car accident in Needham, Massachusetts on Friday morning. The accident was reported around 8 a.m. on Kendrick Street. At least to vehicles were involved, including a pickup truck and a sedan. Traffic delays are being reported.

Harvard University has fired a fencing coach over the sale of his home for nearly double its assessed value to a wealthy businessman whose teenage son was later admitted to the school and joined the team. Athletic Director Bob Scalise said in an emailed statement Tuesday that head fencing coach Peter Brand has been fired for violating Harvard’s conflict-of-interest...

Suspicious fires at two Jewish places of worship are under investigation.

Commuters who travel through Newton are advised to take alternate routes after a fallen tree caused a street closure.

Three police officers were taken to local hospitals for fentanyl exposure overnight Friday following a hazmat response outside a Needham, Massachusetts hotel. Authorities were conducting a routine check of the Residence Inn hotel parking lot at about 1:30 a.m. when they encountered a suspicious car. Although the hotel was evacuated, a portion of the property’s parking lot was blocked off...