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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Wellesley Gymnastics Wins Seventh Straight BSC Title

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff The Wellesley gymnastics team recently claimed the Bay State Conference title for the seventh consecutive year, solidifying their status as one of the top programs in the commonwealth. “It’s been amazing,” coach Abby O’Connell said of her time as coach. “I’ve met so many wonderful young people. Watching my seniors...
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Wrestling Does Wellesley Proud at Div. 2 States

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On February 19 and 20, five Wellesley wrestlers competed in the Div. 2 State Championships at Marshfield High. David Osborne (106), Evan Dew (132), Michael Hershelman (138), Josh Cohen (220) and John Lepard (285) fought hard for the Monks, with Cohen placing third in his weight class. He will now compete at All States...
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Road Rage Incident Leads to Arrest in Wellesley

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff Following a road rage incident in which a driver allegedly pointed a gun at another motorist on Route 9 West, the Wellesley Police Department arrested a 25-year-old college student and charged him with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon and Possessing a Firearm on School Property. Shortly before 11...
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Dana Hall’s Model UN Team Experiences Success

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By Rama K. Ramaswamy Dana Hall’s Model United Nations team recently traveled to New York City to compete in Columbia University's annual Model UN conference. The competition hosted more than 700 delegates from 53 schools from around the world. Dana Hall students competed in 16 hours of debate and earned the Outstanding Large School Delegation...
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Retired Wellesley Music Teacher’s Career Celebrated

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On Wednesday, February 10, students, parents, school staff and PTO members gathered at the Upham Elementary School library to celebrate the career of Donna Chaff as the Upham community wanted to honor this outstanding educator for her dedication to her craft. After 35 years teaching music, 26 years of which were spent teaching the...
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Famed Improv Group Coming to Wellesley

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff The Rotary Club of Wellesley is bringing Chicago City Limits, New York City’s longest running comedy improv theater group, to Wellesley on Saturday, March 12 to perform a benefit concert on Saturday, March 12 at Wellesley College’s Alumnae Hall at 7:30 p.m. The event will raise funds for the Rotary...
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Presidential Primary is on March 1

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff The 2016 Presidential Primary will be held on Tuesday, March 1, with the polls open that day from 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. Voters waiting in line at 8 p.m. will still be allowed to vote. There are eight precincts in Wellesley, lettered A-H. Voters in precinct A will vote...
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Medfield hockey preparing for another tourney run

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Sunday afternoon, the Medfield High boys’ hockey team found its scoring touch with a 7-1 victory over Smithfield (R.I.) at the Blackstone Valley IcePlex in Hopedale. Matt Treiber scored a hat trick for the Warriors and John MacLean added a pair of goals...

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Medfield girls basketball player named TVL MVP

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Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Medfield High sophomore Maggie McCarthy was chosen as  the Tri-Valley League’s Most Valuable Player in a vote by league coaches over the weekend, head coach Mark Nickerson announced on Twitter on Monday. 

McCarthy has been the team’s leading scorer this season and helped the Warriors...

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Medfield Youth Lacrosse holding spring fundraiser

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff Medfield Youth Lacrosse will be holding a fundraiser on Saturday, April 2 at the Medfield American Legion, 110 Peter Kristof Way, at 8 p.m. Tickets for the fun adult’s night out will go on sale this month on the league’s website, www.medfieldyouthlacrosse.com. The organizing committee is looking for corporate...
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Miss Amazing to return to Medfield next week

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff The local organizers of the Miss Amazing Celebration have announced that the third annual state pageant will be held at Medfield High on Saturday, February 27 at 6 p.m. Miss Amazing was brought to Massachusetts three years ago by Medfield High student Andrea Nevins to give girls and women...
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Medfield author has story included in ‘Ploughshares’

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff Medfield resident Laurie Baker has a short story in the winter 2015-16 edition of the award-winning literary journal, “Ploughshares,” based at Emerson College. Baker had her story, “Here I Am, Laughing With Boers,” published in the journal, which comes out three times per year. “Here I Am, Laughing With...
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Theatre Society to present ‘Cinderella’ at Medfield High

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff The Medfield High Theatre Society has announced that its next production will be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” which will be presented on Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 13 at 2 p.m. A notice from the Theatre Society read, “Come see this...
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New exhibit opens at Zullo Gallery in Medfield

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

A new exhibit has opened at the Zullo Gallery. “sei donne artisi,” which means six women artists in Italian, features work from six local artists, including Nancy Deveno of Needham and Kristin Stashenko and Susan Termyn of Medfield.

The work will be...

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This Old Town: Medfield under attack

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By Richard DeSorgher Hometown Weekly Correspondent

This week, 340 years ago, Medfield was trying to recover from the worst disaster ever to hit the town. While Hawaii will note Pearl Harbor and New York City will always remember 9/11, Medfield will never forget the events of February 21, 1676.

Some...

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Students provided dinner to Medfield Housing Authority

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff During the holiday season, eighth grade students from Blake Middle School provided a turkey pot pie dinner and entertainment for residents of Tilden Village. The Medfield Housing Authority expressed its thanks to the 25 students who volunteered to add some holiday cheer to the residents in the Tilden Village...
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Needham students pay visit to the State House

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff Fifth grade students at Newman Elementary School in Needham recently took a trip to Boston to visit with State Representative Denise Garlick and to take a tour of her office in the State House. The students have been studying government and got a closer look at how the state...
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Needham track teams win Div. 2 indoor titles

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Last Wednesday at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletics Center in Boston, the Needham track program showed its strength in depth by winning both the boys’ and girls’ Div. 2 state indoor titles, in both cases edging Bay State Conference rival Wellesley.

The girls won...

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Needham girls hockey wins Carey division title

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Needham High girls’ hockey team finished another perfect week with a 2-0 victory over Newton North on Saturday at the Fessenden Rink.

With the victory, Needham wrapped up an unbeaten league campaign (13-0-2) and clinched the Carey division title.

The Rockets are...

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Needham wrestling sending five to states

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff It was a successful weekend for the Needham High wrestling team, which competed in the Div. 1 Central tournament at Newton South on Saturday. Five wrestlers advanced to this weekend’s Div. 1 state tournament at Brockton High, including senior captain Lucas Goldman, who won the title at 160 pounds,...
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