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Marie Maciejko, WHS students’ ‘other mother’

Marie Maciejko, WHS students’ ‘other mother’
By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent When Marie Maciejko (pronounced “ma-cheko”) was growing up in Westwood in the 1950s, a tinny jingle piercing through the humid air in summer would set mouths watering. The ice cream truck was about to turn the corner, and that meant a rambunctious rush to find Papa Joe in his garden. Papa Joe,...
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Walpole’s Susi trusts her gut

Walpole’s Susi trusts her gut
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By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent She knew it was cancer even before the doctor told her. She wasn’t surprised. She wasn’t scared. She just knew. “I knew that I wasn’t going to die,” she said. “I simply asked God what I was being shown.” For Joanne Susi, a 69-year-old Walpole mother of three, she knew everything...
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Needham Pink Barbarians raise cancer funds

Needham Pink Barbarians raise cancer funds
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Needham residents Doug Fox and Dina Hannigan will be leading the Pink Barbarian team in the Jimmy Fund Marathon Walk on September 23. The Pink Barbarians, arriving from across the country, will march the 26.6 mile Boston Marathon route in full armor to help fund cutting-edge care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The...
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Walpole Country Club Plays for P.I.N.K.

Walpole Country Club Plays for P.I.N.K.
Walpole Country Club held its 3rd annual Play for P.I.N.K. (PFP) golf tournament this past July to fuel the research for the fight against Breast Cancer. 124 players took the field and many more joined the after golf festivities and silent auction. Through our committee efforts, member donations and town sponsors, over $20,000 was raised. Play...
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