Is the kind of thinking that chess grandmasters do 'applicable' to common folk of all ages? Whether or not it is, the devil is in the details. […]

Police were called to a Yurick Road home at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 13 for the report of a female urinating in an elderly resident's yard. […]

With a warm, sunny weekend in the forecast, now is a great time to think about ice cream, and according to the most recent Best Of Needham - Readers' Choice poll results, Needhamites have a couple of great options here in town. […]

Needham's 2012 Annual Town Meeting wrapped up Wednesday evening, May 16. Highlights of the fourth and final meeting night included approval of a land purchase , funding for a variety of capital items from energy efficiency upgrades to a new fire engine, and setting aside money for replacement of turf fields and other future needs. […]

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

Newton was recognized this week as a "bicycle friendly community" by the League of American Bicylists.A We featured video and photo from the Christina Clarke Genco Mother's Day Memorial Bike Ride . […]

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A The city of Newton will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade today starting at 2 p.m. The parade will kick off from Our Lady's Church and proceed down Washington Street, up Walnut Street and down Watertown Street to Coletti-Magni Park in Nonantum. […]

Submitted by Sherry Jackson, Associate Director Wouldn't it be great if exercise were fun? Discover Zumba, an exciting dance-fitness program that's more of a party than a workout. […]

One of the sites in the 2012 Historic Tour is the charming Rockside Cottage, best known for the 1903 and 1904 summer residents, Mr. […]

A Newton Mayor Setti Warren will welcome a number of local sports celebrities and veterans to a "Hoops for Our Troops" A basketball game and veterans services fair today. […]

BRAINTREE AND NEWTON, MA a Section "1603" of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 expired at the end of 2011. […]

The 27-year-old Guyana native will cross the stage with fellow Morrisville State College classmates and receive her diploma during the college's commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. in the recreation center. […]

Representative Barney Frank is getting married in July to his partner, Jim Ready, and he says that the president is not invited to the wedding. […]

Searching for a new place to call home? Here is a sampling of open houses this weekend in Newton. […]

After a week of voting on the best liquor stores in the greater MetroWest area, Patch readers have spoken and told us their favorites. […]

A new business called True Health Therapeutic Massage has been opened atA 18 Grove Street, Suite 10 by May Lynch. […]

Wellesley residents have spoken, and though there is nowhere to buy beer, wine or liquor in town, just over the Natick border is your favorite liquor store . […]

Editor's note: The following is from Somerville Public Schools: Somerville, MA - Somerville Public Schools Superintendent Tony Pierantozzi was recognized this afternoon as a 2012 Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents President's Award winner.A Pierantozzi was one of four Superintendents from throughout Massachusetts receiving this ... […]

H. Beck, a Maryland-based broker-dealer, has been ordered by the Massachusetts Secretary of State to refund more than $1 million in annuities improperly sold to an elderly widow by one of its representatives. […]

Each morning, Wellesley Patch presents "5A Things You Need to Know," a collection of announcements, events, reminders and odd little ditties to help you organize your day. […]

Luke Day coached in Wellesley from 2002 to 2010, and after a short hiatus from basketball, he'll return to the court next season in Brookline. […]

The sound of leaf blowers have been silenced in one Massachusetts town -- at least for five months out of the year. […]

Tours of Wellesley High School - 50 Rice Street Including green tours showing off the new green features of the building Build Your Own Woodland Troll & Fairy House - Wellesley Conservation Council Cochituate Aqueduct, Russell Road / Kendall Road Ricardo Frota's Ecology of Sound - World of Wellesley & the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries […]

In Massachusetts, 13,000 police officers will soon be carrying a standardized identification card - replacing a hodgepodge of old IDs issued to cops in different agencies. […]