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Westwood girls earn TVL crown

Westwood girls earn TVL crown
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For the first time since 2002, the Westwood High School varsity girls tennis team are TVL champs. The Wolverines finished the 2017 season with a record of 15-2 following a 3-2 overall win against Hopkinton on Tuesday afternoon. [caption id="attachment_18801" align="alignright" width="600"]One of the strengths of Delaney Griffiths’s game... </div data-eio= Read more

RAY Awards honor Westwood youth

RAY Awards honor Westwood youth
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Each year, the Westwood Rotary Club and Westwood Youth & Family Services collaborate to honor the youth of Westwood through the Recognize a Youth Awards (R.A.Y.) Awards. The R.A.Y. Awards shine a light, so to speak, on the outstanding citizenship of Westwood’s young people. Recipients distinguished themselves through their...
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Patriots lend star power to Boosters

Patriots lend star power to Boosters
By Richard McDonough Hometown Weekly Correspondent The Westwood High School Boosters put on their now-annual celebrity basketball game last Wednesday in an effort to generate community engagement and funding. The Boosters and Westwood High hosted members of the world champion New England Patriots for a night of fun and friendly competition. [caption id="attachment_18385" align="alignright" width="300"]Linebacker... </div data-eio= Read more

Lions host Daddy/Daughter Dance

Lions host Daddy/Daughter Dance
The Lions Club of Westwood recently held their annual Daddy/Daughter Dance fundraiser at the First Baptist Church Hall. Over 100 attended with their daughters, granddaughters and nieces to spend an evening dancing to DJ Brad Baldwin, joining in the raffle table, while creating memories and strengthening important relationships. The Lions continue to foster a great sense...
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Kitchen continues dominance at Rochester

Kitchen continues dominance at Rochester
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor On March 11, Westwood resident and University of Rochester (NY) senior Samantha Kitchen won All-American status in the indoor mile at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track National Championships at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Kitchen’s efforts throughout the course of the 2016-2017 regular season as well as her...
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Westwood’s Wysocki spearheads ‘Art as One’

Westwood’s Wysocki spearheads ‘Art as One’
Christina Wysocki, senior at Westwood High School, is an AP Studio Art student who is also in the Senior Independent Project Program (SIPP). SIPP has allowed her to explore her passion of art-making in a non-traditional classroom setting. For Wysocki’s SIPP project, she has chosen to work with five students in The Education Cooperative (TEC) program...
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Westwood Robotics competes in championship

Westwood Robotics competes in championship
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Westwood Robotics, FRC team 1757, finished up the best competitive season in its 10 year history this weekend. They competed at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) District Championship held at UNH Durham. The team earned a place in the championships by placing 9th out of 40 teams and captaining an alliance of three robot...
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Vandalism at high school, investigation ongoing

Vandalism at high school, investigation ongoing
By Richard McDonough Hometown Weekly Correspondent Last month, Westwood High School was struck by an act of vandalism. A swastika was recently spray-painted on school property, and the response has been as expected. The symbol has become so associated with inhumanity that the very sight of it conjures up thoughts of disgust, contempt and, for many, pain....
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Lady-Wolverines ready to defend title

Lady-Wolverines ready to defend title
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The varsity girls lacrosse program at Westwood High School has become a defining icon of the school’s athletic success over the years, with numerous state championships and players that have gone on to succeed at the collegiate level. In 2017, the expectations have never been higher after the...
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Giovino’s heroics propel Wolverines past Warriors

Giovino’s heroics propel Wolverines past Warriors
By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Whether it’s the mutual dislike the two teams share towards one another, or the abundance of talent present on both sides, the Westwood and Medfield High School varsity basketball teams always put on an incredible show whenever the two teams meet on the hardwood. Back on January 10, the...
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Open Mic Night coming to Westwood

Open Mic Night coming to Westwood
The Westwood Historical Society is pleased to host Westwood Underground Music Society for an Open Mic Night Friday, February 10 at 7 p.m. at 830 High Street, The Fisher School, in Westwood. The Underground Music Society is a small organization at Westwood High School where musicians come together to collaborate, jam with other students, participate...
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Charity concert raises Project Step funds

Charity concert raises Project Step funds
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter This past Thursday, the Tri-M National Music Honor Society of Westwood High School held its seventh annual Charity Concert. Tri-M (the three M’s standing for Modern Music Masters) works to inspire music participation, create an enthusiasm for scholarship, and promote leadership in the music students of secondary schools. “Anybody...
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To bee Westwood’s best speller

To bee Westwood’s best speller
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By Cameron Small Hometown Weekly Correspondent Sombrero. February. Furlough. These three words might not seem like they have a lot in common, but they all share a commonality besides the letter R. These words were the winning words for each level of the Twenty-first Annual Foundation for Westwood Education Spelling Bee held January 6 at...
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Dance Marathon exceeds all expectations

Dance Marathon exceeds all expectations
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter This past Sunday, Westwood High School held its second annual Dance Marathon. The event took place in the school’s gymnasium, but the energy from inside was palpable even before opening the doors. Streamers and chalk decorated the walkway up to the gym, and the music from inside could be...
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Westwood Hall of Famers inducted

Westwood Hall of Famers inducted
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Members of the Westwood community gathered together on Saturday, November 19 for a dinner to honor this year’s inductees to the Westwood High School Sports Hall of Fame. “I am honored to preside as President of the Westwood High School Sports Hall of Fame,” read Albert Wisialko’s program introduction to the event. “The Westwood...
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Thanksgiving Luncheon a bounding success

Thanksgiving Luncheon a bounding success
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Thanksgiving is a time for appreciating what you have, enjoying the company of friends new and old, and indulging in copious amounts of delicious food. The Thanksgiving Luncheon at the Westwood Council on Aging encompasses all of these things, and more. The third annual celebration was the busiest yet...
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Thanksgiving football preview: Westwood vs. Holliston

Thanksgiving football preview: Westwood vs. Holliston
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After a 5-2 regular season and an appearance in the 2016 MIAA Division 2A South Sectional Finals, the Westwood Wolverines return home to host Holliston in their annual Turkey Day grudge match. The Wolverines (7-3) handed the Panthers (8-2) their only conference defeat of the 2016 season back on...
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Football falls in South Finals

Football falls in South Finals
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following wins over Somerset-Berkley (8-0) and Silver Lake Regional (36-22), the Westwood High football team’s spectacular run deep into the MIAA Division 2A South Sectionals came to an end on Friday evening with a 28-6 defeat at the hands of number one overall seed Falmouth in the Sectional...
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Westwood third grader fills Catie’s Closet

Westwood third grader fills Catie’s Closet
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What began simply, with third grader Maisie Gronemeyer cleaning out clothes that no longer fit from her closet, has become something much larger. “She was choosing which clothes were ‘gently used’ to give to Catie’s Closet,” says her mother, Melanie Guerra. “She suggested we tell some friends and neighbors about the organization so they...
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