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A woman whom Needham Police considered missing after she was last seen on April 29th and last heard from on May 4th, has been found, according to Needham Police Department's recent and brief update to its original Facebook post in which police requested the public's help.
The recent update appears as one line of new text at the top of the police department's original May 7th posting. The update appears to have been added a few days later, between May 10th to May 11th.
"!! !! !! Party has been located. Thank you all !! !! !!" reads the new information, without more.
Before being found, 62 year-old Linda Croteau was last seen at her former Needham residence on April 29th. Her cell phone was last pinged in Oxford, Massachusetts on May 4th. As she has been located, she need not be considered a missing person any longer.
Mist, with a high of 37 and low of 24 degrees. Overcast in the morning, mist for the afternoon, clear overnight.
This is progress and I am glad to see the Select Board moving in the right direction. However, a majority of voters at last Monday's Special Town Meeting voted to recommend that the Select Board immediately cease its lawsuit against the Westwood Land Trust.
What is the citizen's petition about? I checked the town website, and the only information I could find on town meeting articles was from last year. The public hearing dates for 2026 are posted as February 24-25.
Apparently, you need to submit a public records request through the town's FOIA portal. What a shame, since it should have been posted to the town website upon certification of petition signatures.
Westwood Minute has obtained a copy of the petition and has added a short description of it to the article. A copy of the petition is attached below the article.