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All Roads Lead to Needham

All Roads Lead to Needham

De : Gloria Greis
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Nothing happens in a vacuum. The events and movements that make news across the world are reflected and rooted in practically every community. In this podcast, we highlight the importance of local history and explore the expanse of American History as viewed through the lens of a small New England town.

Produced by Gloria Greis and the Needham History Center and Museum, we look at matters great and small--and sometimes quite quirky. Each episode will feature a historical story and a conversation that ties it to our contemporary world. After all, nothing happens in a vacuum.

So, get ready to roam down memory lane, but be warned--all roads lead to Needham.

Needham History Center & Museum
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  • Saving the Emery Grover
    Jun 25 2026

    School may be out for summer in Needham, but the administrative staff will be working hard to prepare for September. Fortunately, they have a modern, cool space in which to perform those duties. But that was not always so. The home for Needham Public Schools is the Emery Grover Building, the oldest public building still in existence in the Town. It was always a bit of a grand, odd duck, out of character for a small, New England town. It was also, for a long while, out-dated, severely lacking, and somewhat dangerous.

    In this episode, we remember the town's efforts to bring it back from the brink, and track its evolution to the 21st century with one of the people most responsible for breathing new life into the site, Needham's Director of Building Design and Construction, Hank Haff.

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    32 min
  • Wet and Wild
    May 15 2026

    You could say that Nature is what happens when humans stop imposing their will on their surroundings. Judging by the fact that we've been around only for a relatively short period of time, our environment has a pretty strong mind of its own....and that is a good thing.

    As our New England spring continues to bring renewal to the natural world, our minds are cast to a couple of companions that we have enjoyed in town during our colorful past. Horticulturally, we have a mystery to solve: why do we have landmarks that refer to Rosemary, when it isn't native to the area? Is it possibly a red herring? Speaking of which, will our fishy friends ever make a real comeback in this area?

    We will speak with the Needham Conservation Specialist Tim Puopolo joins us as we talk rivers, marshes, woods, and habitats. It will certainly be a wild time!

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    34 min
  • Minding Our Own Business...Since 1711
    Apr 25 2026

    In just over a week, representatives from every neighborhood will descend on the Town Hall, and Needham will tend to the business of being Needham. Budgets will be finalized, rules will be set and changed, and the big issues that face the community will have their moment to be raised, contemplated, and resolved as best they can.

    Welcome to Town Meeting, one of the hallmarks of Needham life for 315 years, and all over New England for close to four centuries. Loved by some, ignored by others, this is where your voice can be heard, and town plans are made, altered, advanced and deferred.

    Executive Director of the Needham History Center and Museum, Gloria Greis walks you through the history of this remarkable institution, and then is joined by the person charged with safeguarding it for Needham, Town Moderator Michael Fee.

    So let the meeting come to order, and may all in favor say "Aye"...

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    39 min
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