Needham

A spotlight on Needham’s Café Fresh Bagel, serving all-natural bagel dishes that have grown a following.

Café Fresh Bagel is a staple in the local community, and Anna is showing you how to change up your order for each and every meal.

As the world watches the war in Ukraine with horror, a Massachusetts woman has made it her mission to help and give hope, just as her grandfather was given over a century ago. When Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Melanie Kelfer of Needham dropped everything and started Operation Mordechai, a project with the goal of helping refugees. Her drive to…

When Melanie Kelfer started Operation Mordechai, which aims to help Ukrainian refugees, she was inspired by her own family’s history.

A Needham, Massachusetts, man pleaded guilty Monday in the 2018 stabbing death of his girlfriend. Benjamin Walsh, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Sept. 10, 2018 death of Olivia Bergstrom in the Needham apartment they shared. After stabbing Bergstrom to death, Walsh allegedly drove to Primavera restaurant in Millis and attacked his parents with a knife. The owner…

A large fire broke out at a house in Needham Friday.

Firefighters battled a blaze at a home in Needham on Friday. An elderly couple and another adult inside the Aletha Road home saw the fire, got out and called 911. The fire was reported shortly before noon. Heavy, black smoke could be seen pouring out of the building, with flames shooting from the roof. “From my living room window we…

A French woman living in Needham, Massachusetts, opened Le Petit Four to spread joy.

A Quincy, Mass. man has been indicted on charges accusing him of obstructing an investigation into fires set at Jewish-affiliated institutions in Arlington, Needham and Chelsea, Mass. in 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

Three men, including a Massachusetts police officer, were arrested Wednesday for allegedly conspiring to trade shares of a company based on inside information, federal prosecutors in Boston said. David Forte, 58, of Acton; John Younis, 59, of Bristol, Rhode Island; and Gregory Manning, 59, of Needham, are each charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, said a statement from the…

Three Massachusetts locations of a COVID-19 testing company was shut down by the state after people reported not receiving their results.

In tonight’s Daily Debrief, a covid testing site in Needham has been shut down by the state for operating without a license. Plus, students at Boston Public Schools are planning on walking out of class Friday over COVID concerns. And, a horse is rescued by first responders in Townsend.

Complaints about people not getting their test results from the Center for COVID Control have led the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office to shut down three locations.

Many residents still haven’t received the results of their COVID tests from several sites in Massachusetts run by the same company.

Pop-up COVID testing locations run by a company called Center for COVID Control in Massachusetts and the country have come under scrutiny for their operating practices, and officials on Thursday ordered that the three in the state stop operating. Tests for COVID can be hard to come by, which is why some people rely on pop-up, no appointment testing sites…

A COVID-19 testing site in Needham, Massachusetts, is coming under fire after complaints that test results came back late or did not come back at all. The situation has frustrated enough people for the town to issue a formal complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. The Center for COVID Control, located on 1502 Highland Ave. in Needham, advertises free…

A testing site in Needham is under fire after not providing results for weeks.

A Massachusetts woman has been found guilty of stabbing her elderly neighbor to death at her Needham home in 2017. A Norfolk Superior Court jury found 51-year old Tammie Galloway guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of her neighbor, 81-year-old Laura Shifrina, Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey announced Thursday. Galloway, who was represented by Attorney…

A 15-year-old high on marijuana crashed a car into telephone poles and a home in Needham, Massachusetts, early Wednesday morning before being arrested in a nearby neighborhood, police said. The teenager, who is from Lawrence but hasn’t been identified, had a minor injury but ran off from the scene after crashing into the garage, according to the Needham Police...

Two passengers were killed and a driver was injured after crashing into a house in Needham.