Walpole Town Forest celebration
Walpole Cub Scouts give school a spring cleaning
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A group of Walpole Cub Scouts recently completed a community service project at the Fisher School. Members of Pack 44 Den 3 met at the Fisher Elementary School in Walpole last week to clean up the school grounds. The scouts cleaned up litter and raked up the property. The boys also donated two...
Walpole Day Trolley Tour
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This Walpole Day, explore Walpole’s most-identifiable landmarks and experience the town’s rich 291-year history with a chance to take a trolley tour through Walpole’s historic neighborhoods.
The Walpole Historical Society and the Walpole Recreation Department are partnering together to sponsor a historic trolley tour of our town on Walpole Day 2016, which will...
The fashion of ‘Downton Abbey’ at the library
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“The Fashion at Downton Abbey” will be presented in the Community Room of the Walpole Public Library at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, sponsored by the Friends of the Walpole Public Library. All are welcome and there is no charge to attend.
Inspired by the popular PBS television series, this overview of late/post-Edwardian...
Girls Scouts seek Silver Award
Middle School celebrates ‘Raiders Rock’
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On Friday, April 15, all students at the Dover-Sherborn Middle School came together to participate in the first annual “Raiders Rock” event. The event, sponsored by the DSMS Peer Leadership Club, was a school-wide 1-mile walk/run/roll for DSMS students, faculty and staff.
The goal of the event was to encourage a healthy lifestyle for...
Sherborn Square Dance A Huge Success
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The Sherborn Girl Scouts held their annual Father-Daughter square dance on Friday, April 8. Over 140 Girl Scouts, fathers and partners gathered at the Pine Hill auditorium to do-si-do the night away.
Caller Beth Parkes from Bedford led the lively group through a wide variety of square dance moves. The evening included western-themed photo...
Dana Hall to host conversation on girls and campus culture
On Thursday, April 28, from 7–8:30 p.m., Dana Hall School will host “The Forum: A Conversation on Girls and Today’s Campus Culture.” This collaborative program is free and open to the public. Attendees should sign up at www.danahall.org/springforum16.
The Forum at Dana Hall School is a symposium series designed to examine a topic of particular relevance...
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Needham Baseball runs over Boston English
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The Boston Marathon wasn’t the only place to see runners this Monday as the Needham Rockets baseball team put on a marathon of their own with an 11-0 home win over Boston English. With this game in the books, the Rockets extend their early undefeated streak to 4-0. This record however,...
Chamber’s Cove Dedication
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
A dedication ceremony was held last week to officially dedicate a memorial at Rosemary Lake in honor of long-time Needham High hockey coach John Chambers.
A plaque was installed and the area was officially named “Chamber’s Cove” in honor of Chambers. The plaque sits on the site of Chambers’ first...
Needham resident lobbys for Alzheimer’s research
Needham Tenacre student stand out in writing contest
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Six Tenacre fifth graders—five Wellesley residents and one Needham resident—were honored for their essays in the 2016 Will McDonough Writing Contest. The Tenacre students were chosen from among thousands of entries across the state.
In the fifth grade category, Tenacre’s Eli Helzberg (Wellesley) won first place, and Jack Abbrecht (Wellesley) won second place. Louis...
Girls lacrosse falls to Walpole
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The Wellesley High girls lacrosse team faced of against Walpole on April 12 at Walpole High. Despite a strong showing by the girls team, Wellesley fell to Walpole 17-16. The team faced off against Needham on April 7 to open the season, and took on Weymouth on April 14. After facing off against...
The Victory Lap That Never Was
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By Heather Mayer Irvine
A victory lap. That’s what the 2016 Boston Marathon was always supposed to be for me. I had run myself into the ground (quite literally) qualifying in the 2014 Chicago Marathon. I posted a painful 3:31:42 and was immediately rushed to the emergency room for IV fluids. Getting into Boston...
Tenacre students stand out in writing contest
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Six Tenacre fifth graders—five Wellesley residents and one Needham resident—were honored for their essays in the 2016 Will McDonough Writing Contest. The Tenacre students were chosen from among thousands of entries across the state.
In the fifth grade category, Tenacre’s Eli Helzberg (Wellesley) won first place, and Jack Abbrecht (Wellesley) won second place. Louis...
Wellesley Middle Students to run Mini-Marathon
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The Wellesley Middle School’s mini-marathon takes place next Monday, May 2 beginning at Sprague Field.
Wellesley Middle students will sprint through the streets, taking part in the school’s 11th annual mini marathon, organized by the fitness and health staff. More than 1,000 students are expected to participate in the event that celebrates fitness...
Eighth grade hockey team A1 champs
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The Medfield eighth grade hockey team defeated Mansfield 6-1 on Wednesday night at the Foxboro arena to win the Junior High championship for the A1 Division.
This win bookends the team’s championships as they also won the title as sixth graders in a different division.
Having won the regular season title, the...
Zoning Board’s public hearing on LCB
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On Thursday April 14, the Medfield High School auditorium was the site of a 2.5-hour Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing.
This meeting was a continuation of the January 27 and March 8 public hearings regarding the proposed assisted living facility to be built by LCB Senior Living on Main Street in Medfield. LCB...
Medfield High Student Council receives Excellence Award
