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‘Face To Face With Orangutans’ at Expo

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By Rama K. Ramaswamy Wellesley STEM Expo 2019, part of the Wellesley Education Foundation, has announced that Dr. Cheryl Knott, Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Boston University and Executive Director of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Project in Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia, will be the keynote speaker at the Expo on Aril 6....
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Photojournalist delivers presentation on life’s work

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Perhaps you might not recognize the name Ed Kashi, but if you’ve picked up an issue of National Geographic in the last two decades, you’ve likely seen his work. Kashi is a freelance, award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker, impassioned by the social and political issues upon which his work sheds...
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Lecture to discuss landscape architect Olmsted

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Frederick Law Olmsted is the subject of a lecture sponsored jointly by the Dover Historical Society and Chicatabot Garden Club on Wednesday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dover Library, Lower Level. Alan Banks will be the speaker. He is Supervisory Park Ranger of Fairsted in Brookline, Olmsted’s last home and the...
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Needham student in Geography Bee semifinals

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Pollard Middle School eighth grader Anthony Walsh was recently notified that he is eligible to compete in the semifinal of the 28th annual Massachusetts National Geographic State Bee to be held at Elms College in Chicopee on Friday, April 1. 

Walsh was named the school...

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