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A This weekend, not much is going on in Westwood, but there are a host of family-friendly activities going on in nearby towns.

Needham residents will have to wait until toward the end of the summer to get their first taste of Swizzles Frozen Yogurt .

It's Thursday, and the weekend is right around the corner. Patch has your back with a few fun things to do.

A The Needham High School boys team is No. 1 seed in the Division 1 South tournament after finishing the season with a 15-0 record.

Enservio , the nation's leading provider of contents inventory creation, valuation and replacement services and software today announced that Jon McNeill, Enservio's CEO, has been named a finalist in the New England region for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year 2012 Awards.

Blue Ribbon BBQ is going mobile. Well, almost mobile. The popular West Newton barbecue spot recently announced on their blog that they will be serving up their pit-smoked 'cue off 2nd Avenue in Needham, just over the Newton line, in their new Blue Ribbon BBQ trailer.

Students in the class of Sabrina Shemesh at Temple Beth Shalom in Needham recently voted to donate their weekly charitable collection to the Alzheimer's Association.

The Needham Free Public Library will be closed from Saturday, June 30 through Monday, July 9 while replacement flooring is installed on two floors in the building.

A Submitted by the Mass. Democratic Party Needham Democrats will be among the more than 5,000 delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Party's Endorsing Convention who will gather on Saturday, June 2 in Springfield to award the party's endorsement to one of the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate.

As Needham residents prepared for their holiday weekend cookouts last weekend, one local burger shop closed its doors for good-or at least for now.

Thursday, May 24 -no arrests Friday, May 25 Edward Fenochietti, 21, of 140 Montclair Ave., arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, carrying a dangerous weapon and failure to sue a vehicle signal.

Monday- May 21, 2012 Motor Vehicle Complaint- 5:22 p.m. Centre Street, Norfolk Hunt Club- Reporting party stated that his neighbor's girlfriend drove away from his residence highly intoxicated.

"Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

Life gets busy, and Patch certainly understands that. So with that in mind, here are a few stories you might have missed on Needham Patch this week: Town Ready to Tackle Streetscaping Project --At the selectmen's meeting on Tuesday, May 22, Department of Public Works Director Richard Merson announced the "beginning of another exciting project," ... (more)

A Needham police officer responded on Saturday, May 19 to the report of a deer that had been struck by a car and was lying injured in the roadway.

Submitted by Sherry Jackson, Needham COA Associate Director If you walk two to four miles, a couple of days a week, then the Needham Senior Center Walking Club is for you.

The chip business is a dog eat dog business, but Needham based Food Should Taste Good is taking a bite out of the big guys' profits.

"Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

Now that Town Hall renovations are completed and senior center construction is underway , Needham officials are looking to focus on the next big town project-a downtown "streetscaping" plan that will make Needham Center more vibrant and accessible.