Olin College to Host Talk Between May Lee, Alfred Engelberg

NEEDHAM — Olin College will host President May Lee in a public conversation with Alfred Engelberg on Wednesday, Sept. 24, one of the more substantive items on an otherwise quiet calendar as six town boards prepare to meet this week.

COMMUNITY & ARTS Olin College of Engineering has scheduled "President May Lee in Conversation with Alfred Engelberg" for Thursday, Sept. 24, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the college, 1000 Olin Way. The event is listed on the town's official calendar as open to the public.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Patch AM: How Needham's girls' cross-country team held onto its Top 20 spot": Needham Patch's Sunday newsletter reported that the Needham High girls' cross-country team retained its statewide Top 20 ranking heading into the new week. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/needham/patch-am-how-needham-s-girls-cross-country-team-held-its-top-nodx-20260920)

COMING UP Six public bodies meet in Needham over the next week. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, the Select Board holds a legal notice hearing at 6 p.m. followed by its regular meeting, both hybrid sessions at Town Hall; the Planning Board meets at 7 p.m., also hybrid; and the Charles River Health District holds a 9 a.m. session on a shared-services arrangement at the Rosemary Recreation Complex. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, the Finance Committee meets at 7 p.m. and the Historic District Commission meets at noon, both at Town Hall. The Board of Assessors posts its agenda for a 10:30 a.m. session on Friday, Sept. 25.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.