Raider lax headed back to sectional title game
Jenny the Juggler entertains in Dover
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
With the school year at an end and homework dwindling, most parents now have to find a way to entertain their kids during the early summer months. On Thursday, June 6, parents and their children flocked outside to the Dover town green next to Town Hall. They brought...
Class of 2019 graduates
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Each year, a new graduating class meets together, donning dark blue robes, at Dover Sherborn High School, eager to receive their hard-earned diplomas. Their friends and families gather on the field, sitting patiently until their loved ones are handed their diplomas. It’s the last time these students, who...
Donohue, Wolverines out to prove themselves
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High boys lacrosse finds itself in an interesting position. A year after coming one overtime goal short of a Division II Central/East sectional title, the Wolverines have found their rhythm and are rounding into form at the perfect time.
The Wolverines finished the regular season at 12-6...
Three Westwood students win RAY Awards
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Tuesday night, May 21, the Westwood Rotary Club and Westwood Youth and Family Services recognized their three RAY (Recognize a Youth) award winners inside the Westwood Library. This year, the award, given to a young person in the community that has demonstrated a commitment to community service, went...
Resker and Clare, Eagle Scouts
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
For the last 13 years, Henry Resker and Maxwell Clare of Islington’s Troop 1 have worked their way to the highest honor of Scouting. As of Saturday, June 1, the boys are officially Eagle Scouts. The rank is achieved by four of every 100 scouts. It requires hundreds...
Driver, Raider baseball gear up for postseason
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Few baseball programs in the state of Massachusetts have been able to put together the type of consistency that Wellesley has in the last decade-plus, qualifying for the state tournament for 13 consecutive years.
In 2019, the Raiders played an absolutely loaded schedule that featured wins over Xaverian,...
Doctors Lacasse, Prabhu present on depression
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On Thursday night inside the Wellesley Library, Dr. Justin Lacasse and Dr. Marini Prabhu spoke to a crowd of both laymen and medical professionals about dealing with a variety of mental health issues and navigating the tricky system to get help.
Lacasse presented “An Overview of Adult Depression and Anxiety: And Navigating the System...
Wellesley remembers its veterans
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday in front of the Town War Memorial Site, Wellesley held its Lest We Forget Memorial Day Service in honor of the town citizens that have died fighting for their country. With the Fire and Police honor guards and Wellesley High School band on hand, various representatives...
German club holds season’s first biergarten
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Friday night, May 24, the Boylston Schul-Verein, which proclaims itself the largest German-American club in the Greater Boston Area, held its first biergarten of the season. The club, which is celebrating its 145th year, started as a German language school and maintains both a school for German dance...
Donato tosses gem, Rebels back to Super Eight
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After cracking the Super Eight for the first time in program history last year, the Walpole Rebels are headed back as the No. 3 seed following an impressive 16-4 (11-2) regular season.
Backed by an elite pitching staff headlined by the likes of Northeastern-bound ace Cam Schlittler...
Butterflies migrate to Walpole Library
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Summer has almost begun. People’s yards are full of bright, beautiful flowers. The trees are once again full of vibrant green leaves. Migrating birds have returned to the area to make their nests. Bees are buzzing as they carry pollen from one flower to another. If you look outside, you may...
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Memorial Day Service honors veterans, Denneen
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Last Monday afternoon at the Walpole Town Common, veterans, mourners, military vehicles and Walpole High School students gathered to celebrate Memorial Day and honor the Walpole...
Needham sprints to Great Bear Run
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Over 900 runners ages 1 to 86 from 50 towns and as far away as New Jersey gathered on Sunday, May 19, for the...
Child, Rockets lacrosse eye sectional title
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Throughout the 2019 high school lacrosse season, perhaps no player in the state meant more to their team than Needham’s Jason Child. A shoo-in for All-Scholastic recognition, Child led Needham in both scoring and total points and helped the Rockets to a 12-0 league record en route...
Memorial Day service honors vets’ sacrifice
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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On Monday, May 27, Needham held a variety of services throughout the...
MHS seniors enjoy Woman’s Club tea
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Each year, Medfield High School’s senior girls are invited to attend a tea party hosted by the Hannah Adams Woman's Club. This year, the girls arrived approximately at one in the afternoon and made their way to the host’s house, usually accompanied by a few friends. They came in...
Medfielders figure out football
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Today, there are few parents and students who have not heard the warnings and worried about CTE and brain injuries. For those playing football, those warnings are of particular concern. Many football programs have seen players leave because of injuries, some never to return due to concussions they sustained while playing....
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Wilder’s emergence sparking MedLax confidence
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High boys lacrosse entered the 2019 with a lot of deserved hype, thanks to the majority of its 2018 starting lineup returning. Following a 16-2 regular season and an unblemished TVL record that included wins over DS, Hopkinton twice, Westwood twice, Xaverian and Pinkerton, its safe to...
Middle schoolers pass bag ban
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the average American family takes home around 1,500 single-use plastic bags each year. Though many attempt to find ways to reuse their plastic bags, most people never realize the environmental impact of using them in the first place. Each year, an estimated 100,000 marine...
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