Needham News

The wrong flu shot was given to 47 people in Needham, including 18 members of the fire department, according to a press release issued today by the town.

NEEDHAM, MA - PTC and Tech-Clarity presented a webcast, "Prepare Your Products - and Your Business - for REACH," which reviews recent developments with the REACH regulation , how products and businesses will be impacted, and how leading companies are responding to the REACH challenge despite limited time and resources.

Q. I left a table pad on my dining room table for a bit too long, apparently, because when I took it off it left light, fluffy bits of lint.

Your new frugal lifestyle is about to get tested by the biggest consumer challenge of the year -- holiday shopping.

NEW YORK - Your new frugal lifestyle is about to get tested by the biggest consumer challenge of the year - holiday shopping.

When it filed for bankruptcy this past April, American Ironhorse listed assets of $1 million dollars and liabilities of $10 million dollars.

The Globe's regional editions have published several stories on the salaries of employees in area towns and cities.

American IronHorse Motorcycles, a local maker of V-twin custom motorcycles, is having its intellectual property sold as is the business is liquidated through bankruptcy proceedings.

Kate Bowditch, a Charles River Watershed Association official who helped develop phosphorus-runoff limits, checks the river's shoreline in Newton.

An 8,213-square-foot, single-story building in Needham Center recently sold for $2.2 million.

Needham Bank , with five branches throughout Massachusetts, named Vicky Hsu vice president/credit, who will be headquartered at the bank's main office in Needham.

Needham official Jon Mattleman meets with Richard Roberts. Three days before he killed himself last winter, Jason Roberts left his father a voicemail message, remarkable only because it was so ordinary.

The shifting economics of the film industry have driven more productions to seek out states with the juiciest tax incentives.

Liz Brown, 39, of Dedham left her first career as an attorney, but would like to return to work in something that combines her passions for causes such as childrena s issues with previously underused people and creative skills.

Much like this month's Faculty meeting, the first "all-hands" meeting of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences last Friday went without cookies and coffee.

Hannaford supermarkets in the Northeast and Sweetbay supermarkets in Florida are removing some spring rolls from their freezer cases because they may contain shrimp.

Drive along Route 128 between Needham and Waltham lately, and chances are you've found the ride slower and more confusing than usual.

When the blueberry muffins and peach tarts are finally gone from bakery shelves and pumpkin breads and cakes are in their place, you know it's time to rake the leaves.

508-620-9990. David Ortiz has had a rough year. There was the home run drought. There was the steroids scandal.

State officials pitched in $321 million toward $660 million in school construction projects in 15 districts across the state yesterday in a move that Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill said would provide a boost to the state's economy.