Needham student goes to NHD Nationals
Medfield touch-a-truck wows tots
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Michelle Taylor, a volunteer with Medfield's New 'N Towne Club, surveyed the legions of happy children behind her. "A lot of excitement," she said. "Kids have been very excited to see the trucks. They're excited to get on all of them and touch them and explore them, so it's...
Medfield Green Month motors on
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
"Every Saturday, there's at least one collection of something through May, and again we do it in October," said Barbara Meyer, who sits on the board of Medfield Green and the Transfer Station Recycling Committee. "We do the Styrofoam every time, as well as once sometime after Christmas."
Meyer was...
Medfield eighth graders are hoops champs
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The Medfield eighth grade boys 'A' travel team put an exclamation point on its season by clinching the Metrowest championship. For the Medfield boys, who dominated their Walpole opponents in the final by a score of 56-33, it was a fitting conclusion to a great season. The team finished the season with a...
Youngest Library Trustee in Medfield history
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Just missing the status ‘youngest town-elected official’ by one year, 25-year-old resident Geena Matuson is the youngest Library Trustee in Medfield’s 365-year history. (Just in case you’re curious, the youngest elected official in Medfield was 24). But what is a Library Trustee?
A Library Trustee is someone either elected or appointed to volunteer...
Medfield Girl Scout collects for animals
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Medfield's Gabby Connelly would be the first to tell you that being a Girl Scout isn't just about selling treats to people. It's about collecting them for her four-legged friends, too.
Gabby is soliciting donations for the Metrowest Pet Pantry in Millis as part of her Girl Scout Silver...
Remembering Andrea Trasher
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by Maria LaRose
Hometown Weekly Contributor
The Memorial School in Medfield has a bright and cheerful new addition adorning a wall in the entryway of the school. A beautiful hand painted mural was unveiled at a private ceremony last Tuesday attended by past and present Memorial School staffers, as well as close family and friends....
Medfield resident fights cancer
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
In many ways, Michael Keaveney is a typical Medfield resident. He's a sales manager at EMC Corporation. He has a wife, an 8-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son. When he's got some rare free time on his hands, he likes to hit the links.
For the last few months, though,...
Lowell Mason House marches towards completion
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Anyone who has driven past the Lowell Mason House at Hinkley Pond on Green Street in Medfield this past year would have seen quite a lot of construction activity.
The House, birthplace of our nation’s first music educator, Lowell Mason, was put on permanent structural supports, got a new basement floor, a new...
Amilia’s Light holds annual party
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Amilia’s Light will host its Annual Garden Party on Saturday, June 4 from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at the home of Founder and President, Michelle Luhrmann, 26 Loeffler Lane in Medfield. This event promises to be an enchanted evening under the stars filled with fun, food, beverages, raffle, silent auction, dancing and...
NHS student named Presidential Scholar
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
When Needham High School senior Dianne Lee called her family in the middle of the school day, it was difficult for her to contain herself. "I called home pretty much right after I found out and we screamed (quietly, because school was still in session)," she said.
It would have...
Needham students put on ‘Fortinbras’
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by Caroline Ahearn
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
This past weekend, the Needham High School Fine and Performing Arts Department presented its spring production of the play "Fortinbras" by Lee Blessing.
The witty play picks up where William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" left off, and centers around Young Fortinbras (Matthew Lorence), a modern man of action, who enters during the...
Byrd, Sockol win Melick Award
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Needham residents Cathy Byrd and Aaron “Ron” Sockol have been awarded 2016’s Melick Award on Monday, May 9. The Melick Award celebrates individuals whose generous spirit of volunteerism has contributed to the quality of life in the Needham community.
In addition to Byrd and Sockol, the Foundation honored Town Meeting members who had served...
Needham High School students run marathon
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Six Needham High School students ran the Providence Marathon last Sunday as part of Dreamfar, a Massachusetts nonprofit that offers marathon training for high school students. Joyce Anglo, Roisin Chatterton, Elsa Konieczynski, Lindsay McKeown, Allie Partridge, and Sarah Partridge took to the pavement prepared, following a 30-week training program. Injured but with them...
Needham Rotary in Arbor Day partnership
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The Rotary Club of Needham partnered with Fourth Grade Foresters in celebration of Arbor Day, giving each fourth grade student in the Needham a Norway Spruce sapling to plant. A total of 547 trees were given out. Together these trees make up a unique forest - a forest planted by Needham fourth graders....
Walpole Day returning this Saturday
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Walpole Day will be returning to town on Saturday, May 14. The popular event will feature a number of activities and vendors, all celebrating Walpole, and will run until 3 p.m.
The festivities will begin at noon with the annual town parade. The route will start at the high school,...
Dover-Sherborn baseball beats Westwood
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Dover-Sherborn varsity baseball team faced off against Westwood in back-to-back games last Friday and Saturday, picking up two wins. On Friday, the team picked up a 6-1 win, and on Saturday the team repeated its success by beating Westwood 10-9.
Friday’s game began in Dover-Sherborn’s favor, as the team got...
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Wellesley softball beats out Walpole
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Wellesley High softball team faced off against Walpole on May 9, and picked up a 6-4 win.
With the game tied at 4-4 by the end of the seventh inning, the game went into extra innings. Wellesley picked up two runs to secure the win in the ninth inning.
The Raiders...
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Westwood baseball falls to Dover-Sherborn
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Westwood High varsity baseball team faced off against Dover-Sherborn on May 6 at home, ultimately falling to the Raiders 6-1.
The Raiders immediately made their presence known with two runs in the first inning and three runs in the second inning. The Wolverines picked up a single run in the second,...
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Walpole softball faces off against Wellesley
