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Nine months after what they thought would be an eight-day mission, two astronauts splashed down off the coast of Florida.

After an extended stay of nine months in space, two astronauts splashed down in Florida Tuesday.

As astronaut Sunita Williams finally heads back to Earth after more than nine months in space, her hometown in Needham is getting ready to celebrate her return.

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She and Butch Wilmore have been stuck at the International Space Station since last June.

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After being postponed, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 had a successful launch Friday night. The ship will return with Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.

Needham native Sunita Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have spent nine months in space after originally being scheduled for an eight-day mission. The flight that will finally take them home launched Friday....

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State health officials say a patient contracted Legionnaires’ disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said a patient at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham has a “case of healthcare associated Legionnaires’ disease”

Needham native Sunita Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have spent nine months in space after originally being scheduled for an eight-day mission

Two astronauts, including Needham native Suni Williams, remain in space, where they have been since June.

A teacher and soccer coach who allegedly posed as a 13-year-old online and distributed child sex abuse material appeared in court Friday.

A middle school teacher in Needham, Massachusetts, has been arrested on child pornography charges, accused of uploading scores of videos depicting the sexual abuse of children as young as three.

A truck fleeing police crashed off a ramp while exiting Interstate 95, leading to a large search in Dedham and Needham, Massachusetts, Thursday after the driver fled the vehicle, officials said.

Immigration officials and police in Massachusetts arrested a woman wanted in Taiwan last month. U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement said Tuesday in a press release that the woman, whose name was not released, was arrested “during a targeted enforcement action” on Thursday, Jan. 23, with the help of the Needham Police Department. According to ICE Boston, the woman is wanted…

There’s been an uptick of inappropriate use of social media, especially from youths, in Needham and surrounding Massachusetts towns, local police said Monday. Needham police said Snapchat is typically the most problematic social media platform, though they didn’t share more information on specific incidents or prevalant trends powering the local uptick. But they did say that their school resource...

Voters in Needham, Massachusetts, sided with the “no” campaign, winning 58-percent. Supporters worried about too much development, traffic and overcrowded schools. A “yes” vote would have meant roughly 3,300 new units of multi-family housing putting the town in compliance with the state’s MBTA communities law....

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The “No” campaign opposing a plan to bring Needham into compliance with Massachusetts’ MBTA Communities Act was victorious in a special referendum Tuesday.

The town of Needham voted Tuesday on a special referendum over whether to re-zone the town for 3,000 more units of housing under Massachusetts’ MBTA Communities law.

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Back in October, voters in Needham approved a plan that put them in compliance with the housing law by allowing for nearly 3,300 units of multifamily housing to be built on the town’s main commercial strip. But a group opposing the measure gathered enough signatures needed to trigger Tuesday’s referendum....

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The bottom line is a yes vote would keep Needham in compliance with the MBTA Communities Act, while a no vote would put them in violation of the law.

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