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Sherborn Youth Skiers Compete in Vermont
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Sherborn skiers Jack Pastore, an eighth grader, and Brendan O'Neill, a sixth grader, competed in the George Tormey Challenge, a two-day event featuring giant slalom and panel slalom events at Smugglers' Notch ski resort in Vermont on March 19-20. Jack placed eighth in the U-14 panel slalom and Brendan placed ninth in the giant...Fisher PAC hosts carnival at the Fisher School
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Fisher Elementary School transformed into a fun-packed family carnival on March 13 as the Fisher PAC hosted its annual Fisher Family Fun Carnival.
During the event, classrooms inside Fisher Elementary were transformed into a miniature carnival, featuring many games and activities featured at most big-name traditional carnivals.
Kids could...
Bird Park in Walpole hosting Easter Egg Hunt
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Families of all ages are invited to the first ever Bird Park Easter Egg Hunt to celebrate the holiday on March 26, hosted by Bird Park and Boy Scout Troop 44.
The Easter egg hunt will give everyone a chance to enjoy some chocolate and candy, while those that find the special Golden...
Walpole Footlighters preparing for premiere of spring musical
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The Walpole Footlighters are busy in rehearsal for their spring musical comedy “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at the Footlighters Playhouse, 2 Scout Rd., Walpole. The show will be performed May 6 – 22.
A delightful musical based on the beloved comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles Schulz, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”...
Walpole Library to host Alzheimer’s discussion
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“The Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s” will be identified and discussed in detail beginning at 7:00 pm on Tuesday evening, March 29, in the Community Room of the Walpole Public Library.
The Friends of the Walpole Library are sponsoring this important educational talk on mental well-being by Jennifer Hoadley of The Alzheimer's Association,...
Junior Women’s Club of Walpole to present magic show this Friday
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Junior Women’s Club of Walpole will present its Superhero Magic Show on March 25 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at the Italian American Club, 109 Stone Street in Walpole.
The headline act will feature John Henry’s World of Magic. For kids, a number of other activities will also be...
Get spring cleaning tips at the Walpole library
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Professional organizer Marilyn Cruickshank of Creative Simplicity in Needham will give a talk called “Spring Clean Out – Clear the Clutter!” at the Walpole Public Library at 7 p.m. on March 31.
Cruickshank will give sound advice about how to keep one’s “stuff” from being overwhelming. She will conduct a workshop in...
Westwood High students hit the runway
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Westwood High class of 2016 hosted its annual Senior Prom Fashion Show on March 18 at Westwood High.
Over 60 students took to the catwalk decked out in the latest in prom fashion at the show, with between 350-400 students attending overall.
In addition to the main event, students also performed...
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Westwood Young Women’s Club hosts Easter egg hunt
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Easter bunny visited Westwood High last Sunday as the Westwood Young Women’s Club hosted its annual Easter egg hunt at the Westwood High football field.
A surprise winter storm on the first official day of spring held off long enough for several dozen kids and parents to enjoy the day hunting...
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Foundation For Westwood Education to celebrate its 25th anniversary
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The Foundation for Westwood Education will host its 25th anniversary celebration on May 6 from 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. at Venezia, Boston's premier waterfront restaurant.
It's the Foundation for Westwood Education’s turn to Entertain for Education. This spring, to celebrate 25 years and over $1 million in grants awarded to the town,...
This Old Town: After 52 Years, Medfield Hockey Wins Title
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By Richard DeSorgher Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Let the record show that at the 10:08 mark of the first period of the Lincoln-Sudbury vs. Medfield High Div. 2 state championship hockey game in Boston’s TD Garden on Sunday that Matt Treiber rifled a shot over the L-S goalie with the assist from John...
IAM Strong 5K to be held on May 1 in Westwood
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The IAM Strong Foundation has announced that the Second Annual 5K Run and Walk will take place on Sunday, May 1.
The 5K will take place in Westwood with an off road course beginning and ending at the Charles Flahive Field. There will be a 1.5-mile route for those preferring a shorter...
Westwood Boy Scout troop to celebrate 90th anniversary
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The Boy Scouts of Troop 1 Islington will be celebrating two very significant events on Saturday, April 2.
Three current Scouts will attain the rank of Eagle Scout at an afternoon Court of Honor at the Islington Community Center.
Matthew Mason’s Eagle Scout Project was for The Town of Dedham Trails Program. ...
Art ‘N Bloom springs into life at Medfield Library
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield Library was alive with the colors of the changing seasons last weekend as it played host to the annual Art ‘N Bloom, a collaboration between the Medfield Garden Club and art students from Medfield High.
Everywhere visitors to the library...
Medfield DI teams take first at regionals
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A team of sixth graders from Blake Middle School claimed first place at the regional Destination Imagination tournament and qualified for the state competition to be held this weekend (Saturday, March 26) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Daniel Riddick, Grayson McClements, Ryan Tierney, Max Augustini, Brendan Lawless, Kyle Gaffney and Henry...
Medfield Girl Scouts honored with Gold Awards
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Saturday afternoon at St. Edward’s Church, Medfield Girl Scouts honored seven of its own members for reaching the highest recognition in scouting, the Gold Award.
In addition, Medfield Girl Scouts celebrated 17 Ambassador Scouts (nine of which had received National Leadership...
Medfield concert wipes away the Winter Blues
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
Ironically being held on the weekend of the first day of spring, Medfield-based band Route 109 held its annual Winter Blues concert last Friday night at the Medfield American Legion.
The concert helped rock away the cold of winter and was also...
Officials announce Medfield joining solar program
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State energy officials today announced the selection of two additional communities, Bolton and Medfield, to participate in Solarize Mass for 2016.
The community-based solar energy group-buying program is currently underway in Somerville, Natick and Shelburne, Colrain and Conway, with the latter three communities participating as a group.
“As...
Medfield TV video explores benefit of local farming
Medfield TV has announced a new video series, “Let’s Go Farming,” which explores and demonstrates the benefits of local agriculture to the community, schools, restaurants, environment, parents and kids.
The 30-minute video is currently being aired on Medfield Community Access TV and is also available on YouTube:
