Borrelli, Pitman Brown among Open Studios artists
Local hotspot attracts out-of-towners
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By Ilene Hoffman
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Did you know the hottest hangout spot in Needham this February was the Recycling and Transfer Station (RTS) on Central Avenue?
There is still a flurry of activity at the place Needhamites used to call “the Dump.” Birders are flocking in to see what most of us think is just...
Medfielders north and south renew rivalry
Sixth grade boys and girls renewed a Medfield tradition last Monday night when basketball players from the north side of town faced off against their friendly rivals from the south side. Both games were very competitive with the north girls beating the south, 36-30, and the north boys defeating the south by a score of...
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Schofield, Warrior lax gear up
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off of yet another Division II Central/East title a season ago with a dramatic 13-12 overtime victory over top-seeded Walpole, the Medfield High School boys varsity lacrosse team will look to make it a ridiculous five straight sectional championships in 2018, and hopefully, make a run to...
Rail trail warrant to be presented
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
During the 1800s, railways covered Massachusetts like a spider web. By the mid 1950s, many of these lines were abandoned. In the years since then, communities have taken these old abandoned lines and turned them into recreational spaces available for the public to use.
Now Medfield is trying to dust...
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Center at Medfield supports MHS students
In support of local high school students, The Center at Medfield invited the Medfield High School Ukulele Club to perform and is also displaying a sock collection box in its reception area.
Three Medfield High students are hosting a sock drive for homeless people in Boston. Called Sox for Socks, Mia Prego, Megan Whelan, and...
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Chris MacLagan graduates from Fire Academy
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director David C. Evans and Interim Medfield Fire Chief Robert Hollingshead announced the graduation of the 261st class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s fifty-day Career Recruit Firefighter Training Program on February 26. “This rigorous professional training provides our newest firefighters with the basic skills to perform...
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Stitching together love and community
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While many were celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, a group of women was spending the day at Sherborn’s Unitarian Universalist Area Church celebrating something else. As they stitched, ironed, and hand-tied blankets at the Power of the Quilts Project’s (PQP) Quilt-a-Thon volunteers from Sherborn and neighboring communities...
Standard set for Ferrari, Raider baseball
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The spring of 2017 could have very well changed the dynamic of the spring athletetics season in Dover-Sherborn. A school normally known for its excellence in boys lacrosse come spring time, DS now has two spring sports with winning traditions after the Raider baseball team’s incredible run to...
DS Athenas are MetroWest champs
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The 5th grade Dover-Sherborn Athenas girls basketball team has won the Division 5 MetroWest Championship for the second year in a row.
The Athenas' path to the title included wins over Medfield (43-34), Natick (22-10), West Roxbury (40-39), with a final 37-29 victory over Raynham to claim the championship.
The Athenas finished their season 12-4...
Dover Foundation to present ‘Rumors’
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Rehearsals have started for the Dover Foundation’s Spring Production, "Rumors," a hilarious farce by Neil Simon.
This comedy is set in the late 80s. Guests arrive to celebrate their hosts 10th wedding anniversary.... but something is wrong, Charley, their host has “accidentally” shot himself in the ear and is unconscious, so can’t tell them...
DSMS students perform at MMEA festival
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On March 10 and 11, three Dover Sherborn Middle School students performed in the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Eastern District Junior Festival at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. Arden Caldicott, Jenna Eiten, and Annabelle Schmidt were acceptance and participated in the Junior Festival.
The students auditioned in January with nearly 1,000 students from neighboring towns...
Celtic harpers astound library goers
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
At the Westwood Public Library, locals crowded into the Community Room, dragging chairs from the lobby to enjoy a special concert from the New England Irish Harp Orchestra (NEIHO).
The Celtic-inspired group features nearly a dozen harpers, as well as a uilleann pipes player, a fiddler, a woodwind player,...
Gabriella Heaney-Secord, 3-point champ
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WHS senior Gabriella Heaney-Secord has won the MetroWest 3-point shootout in support of cancer research. The shootout was a fun event in which over 110 middle school and high school students came out to compete in a game they love, all while raising funds to support a worthy cause. The fundraiser is part...
WY&FS seeking R.A.Y. nominations
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The Westwood Rotary and Westwood Youth & Family Services Department (WY&FS) are seeking the public’s help to identify young people in our community that have demonstrated a commitment to helping others. They would like to celebrate these individuals by honoring them with the R.A.Y (Recognize-A-Youth) award.
Recipients will have distinguished themselves through their initiative...
Hawks stunned in South semifinals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Outside of No. 6 seed Marshfield winning the bracket on Sunday in sudden-death overtime, the talk of Division I South boys hockey in the last week or so had been the No. 8-seeded Xaverian Hawks, following dramatic wins over Framingham (4-3) in round-one and Wellesley (3-1) in the...
Court of Honor lauds Westwood Scouts
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Marco D'Angio, Gregory Fleming, Matthew Montalto, and Sean Ross became Westwood’s newest Eagle Scouts in a Troop 3 Court of Honor on Sunday, March 11....
Game night raises education funds
The Foundation for Westwood Education recently held a Fantastic Feud Game Night & Fundraiser at Dedham's Victory Grille on March 1....
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Hawkinson, Schulz lift Raiders to semifinals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off of a hard-fought 3-2 first-round victory over No. 16 seed Winchester on March 3 and after being forced to wait two days for a makeup game that was supposed to occur last Wednesday, the No. 1 seed Wellesley High School girls varsity hockey team took to...
LaCava wins MMEA’s Outstanding Service Award
