March 2017 - Page 6 of 8 - Hometown Weekly Archive

Dover Foundation presenting ‘Guys & Dolls’

The Dover Foundation is celebrating 70 years with “Guys & Dolls,” their 2017 Spring Musical, which will be performed May 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Mudge Auditorium. “Guys & Dolls” was performed by the Dover Foundation in 1963, 1983 and 2003, and this year will see many of those involved in previous productions return and join newcomers on stage in a fantastic rendition of...

Raider hockey concludes successful season at tourney

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Dover-Sherborn High School varsity boys ice hockey team concluded their 2016-2017 season this past week with a tough 6-1 defeat at the hands of Hanover in the MIAA Division III State Tournament on Tuesday night at Gallo Ice Arena in Buzzard’s Bay. After going 7-1-1 in their...

Racial history revealed at Dover Library

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Craig Dudnick grew up in Evanston, Illinois, but his perspective on the town remained pretty narrow until he moved back years later. Living in the basement of an elderly friend who needed help, he was told numerous stories about the racial history of Evanston - how the town developed...

Bruno’s heroics launch Rockets into round two

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor After finishing the regular season undefeated with a Bay State Conference championship on their resume, the Needham High School girls varsity hockey team earned the No. 1-overall seed in the 2016-2017 MIAA Division I Girls Ice Hockey Tournament. On Saturday night, Needham took to the ice for...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Needham’s Art in Bloom can officially be deemed a time-honored tradition within town after its ninth annual year. This year’s celebration, on March 3, 4, and 5, was a bounding success. Housed primarily within the Needham Library, 68 pairings of art and flowers were spread throughout the building. In...

Shaughnessy leads basketball to South Finals

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham High School varsity boys basketball team was victorious in their first-round matchup with No. 13 seed Barnstable in the MIAA Division I South State Tournament on Wednesday night, winning by a final count of 68-58 and earning themselves a date with old friend, Newton South, on...

Needham Community Council holds annual celebration

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Needham Community Council (NCC) has been around for 87 years. Throughout these many years, the NCC has done exceptional things for the community - everything from running Needham’s food pantry to offering English as a Second Language courses. For everything that the Council does, they take time on...

Walpole Library celebrates fifth anniversary

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter It’s hard to imagine Walpole before the current Walpole Library, as it has become such a staple in the community. The new library building celebrated its fifth birthday this past week, an event marked by the Friends of the Walpole Public Library and the Library Trustees. “We saw this...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter When most people imagine a puppet show, what comes to mind are pieces of fabric to slip over a hand, or perhaps a marionette, pulled by strings to move and walk. However, Wednesday at the Walpole Library, there was a whole different kind of puppet show. “Shadows Around the...

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The community is invited to join the United Church in Walpole on March 12 at 3:00 p.m. for a family-friendly afternoon of traditional American and Celtic folk music and dance featuring the highly praised husband-and-wife duo, Atwater-Donnelly. The duo blends gorgeous vocals with an astounding array of instruments including the mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, tin whistle, guitar,...

Corcoran guides Rebels in Super Eight opener

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The nucleus of Walpole High School’s success throughout this 2016-2017 hockey season has been the play of senior goaltender James Corcoran, who recorded more shutouts (12) than goals allowed (11) during the regular season. [caption id="attachment_17110" align="alignright" width="600"]

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Fogarty, Rebels conclude season in tournament

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Westwood and Walpole High School varsity girls basketball teams squared off against one another in the MIAA Division II South Sectional semifinals at Massasoit Community College on Monday evening. The Wolverines (14-7) earned their way to Monday night’s matchup with Walpole via a 55-43 victory over Plymouth-North...

Friends of Walpole’s Elders seek donations

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The Friends of Walpole’s Elders (Friends) are very excited to announce their effort to fundraise upwards of $1 million to supplement the construction costs of the new elder facility to be located next to the Walpole Police Station on South Street. The Friends are kicking off the effort by donating $100,000 to the...

WEF sponsoring Steiner-Adair presentation

The Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) will present “The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood & Family Relationships in the Digital Age” on Tuesday, March 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the WHS Auditorium. The community is welcomed to join the WEF for an engaging evening with Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair. Through presentation and skits, Dr. Steiner-Adair will help parents understand...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Knitting can evoke images of seniors in a circle, chatting about their week while barely even paying attention to their needles, the motion is so second nature. However, the engrained concept of knitting as something for the elderly is one being challenged. This past week at the Islington Branch...

Wolverines win Vineyard Tourney, State-bound

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Westwood High School boys varsity hockey team concluded their incredible regular season with two wins in their final three games this past week, winning the Fairleigh Dickinson Tournament (Martha’s Vineyard) by defeating Weston 5-0 on Saturday night before a 4-1 victory over Lynnfield in the finals on...

Patriots Cheerleaders hosting open auditions

The five-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots Cheerleaders will hold open auditions for the 2017 squad on Saturday, March 4, inside the Pieri Gymnasium at Dean College in Franklin, Mass. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., with the day concluding at 7 p.m., for those advancing past all rounds of the preliminary tryout. From a biochemical...

Two third-grade teams of Westwood’s in-town basketball program received quite a thrill last week as they scrimmaged at halftime of a boys varsity basketball game. The boys of “Michigan State” (coached by Micah Smith) and “Kentucky” (coached by Mike Lowney) had a great time, and relished the experience playing in front of a packed gym...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor When you grow up playing hockey in Massachusetts, it’s every kid’s dream to represent their high school and play in the famous Super Eight Tournament. For the better part of the tournament’s existence, the Super Eight has been dominated by Catholic Conference schools such as BC High, Catholic...

By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent The day he had been waiting for was here. That 1988 September morning, Eric Moskowitz bounded through the school yard and walked straight into his new fourth grade classroom at the John Eliot Elementary School in Needham. The year earlier, he’d walked to school every day with a neighbor who raved that Stephen...

Monthly Archives: March 2017

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