January 2019 - Page 4 of 5 - Hometown Weekly Archive

Needhamites swim ‘Miles for Marly’

Twelve Masters Swimmers from the Needham YMCA swam “Miles for Marly” at the Harvard Blodgett Pool on January 6. This memorial swim is 100x100 yards, or 6.2 miles, of an endurance challenge. The 100-x100 yard event is steeped in history, as it was famously and routinely done by Bobby Hackett, 1976 Olympian, as a workout...

By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter The Needham High wrestling team picked up a big win over Walpole on Thursday night to improve their record to 3-2 on the year. Early on in the season, the Rockets dropped a few matches while fighting off injuries. For this match, the team was coming off the holiday break, with...

Chamber to honor Paulette Harwood

The Newton-Needham Regional Chamber will present Paulette Harwood with a lifetime achievement award at the chamber’s annual Needham Night Dinner on January 30 at the Needham Sheraton Hotel. After nearly 60 years of teaching dancers in Needham and Newton, Harwood retired and closed her business, Paulette’s Ballet Studio, in July of 2018. “Paulette Harwood touched the lives...

By Alex Oliveira Hometown Weekly Reporter Aiden Collins, an eighth grader at the Dover-Sherborn Middle School, has strummed new life into the school’s music program by hand making five electric basses for the school’s general music program taught by Tom Duprey. Duprey isn’t directing your ordinary middle school jazz band: there are no rows of folding chairs...

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By Alex Oliveira Hometown Weekly Reporter Members of the greater Dover community enjoyed eighteen holes of indoor mini golf at St. Dunstan’s Church this past Friday. The event was the church’s first event of 2019 in an ongoing series called Dover Unplugged, aimed at bringing families and the community together in a device free setting. “They’re...

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The Dover-Sherborn Regional High School indoor track had several of its members qualify for states this past weekend in their freshman/sophomore meet at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. A week after breaking the school record in the mile (5:33.35) and qualifying herself for Division V states, Caitlin Britt continued her strong season...

Damren, Goss, Curran backboning Wesleyan hockey

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Wesleyan University is building something special with their women’s hockey program, and three local athletes have helped backbone the Cardinals this 2018-2019 season as Wesleyan fights for a spot in the NESCAC Tournament. Westwood native and junior forward Allie Damren, Wellesley native and senior defenseman Sarah Goss,...

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The Woman's Club of Westwood recently held their annual Christmas party with lots of food and festive holiday decorations. The members were dressed in their Christmas attire and looking forward to a fun time. The Club had invited Duane Sullivan, who was raised in Westwood and attended the school system, to perform. Sullivan...

WHS Sophomores pitch in for seniors

A number of Westwood High students, teachers, and staff took part in a project last month to clean up the yards of some local senior citizens. The effort, spearheaded by the sophomore class, is part of a multi-year effort to help the community. The class of ’21 first conceived of the project as freshmen and...

By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent Her alarm clock went off on time. But it didn’t matter. She missed the bus anyway. It was the beginning of the school year 1975, and Nancy Maloof Winn was starting her freshman year at Westwood High School. She grew up over by the railroad station on Juniper Ridge Road, about a 4½-mile walk...

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By Rama K. Ramaswamy While it can be said that the power of a community to sustain change comes from its ability to discover what it cares most about, Wellesley points to the World of Wellesley to light the way. Over the fall, one of the programs WOW featured was the critically acclaimed documentary,...

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The Wellesley High School alpine ski team is poised to kick off its season this evening, and while most people think of ski racing as an individual competition, when it comes to high school alpine racing, it’s also a team sport with experience for the athletes that go far beyond the thrill...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Walpole and Wellesley High girls basketball entered the 2018-2019 season with the goal of winning their respective Bay State Conference divisions (Walpole – Herget, Wellesley – Carey), and making a run in the state tournament. For Walpole, their potential this season relied heavily upon the two-headed double-double...

Unbeaten Lady-Raiders outlast White, Rebels

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“The Genius of George Gershwin” will be presented by cultural historian Bruce Hambro at the Walpole Public Library, 143 School Street, on Tuesday evening, January 22, at 7:00. All the important songs of Gershwin and his brother, Ira, as well as George’s classical music, will be covered by audio and movie clips, rare photos, and...

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A young hiker hitches a ride midway down the trail during Walpole’s annual New Year’s Day Hike.[/caption] While many Massachusetts residents...

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By Alex Oliveira Hometown Weekly Reporter The Westwood Council on Aging hosted their annual Holiday Luncheon this past Wednesday at the NorFolk Golf Club. With light streaming in off the fairways and across the packed dining room, 135 senior members of the Westwood community, town representatives, the police department and the North Pole enjoyed a...

Courageous conversations punctuate professional development day

During an extraordinary professional development day for Westwood teachers and staff, six students took to the stage of Westwood High School’s auditorium to talk openly about their perceptions of being students of color in a majority-white school district. Their appearance highlighted a day-long examination into race, which was guided by civil rights leader David Johns....

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By Alex Oliveira Hometown Weekly Reporter Students from the Westwood middle and high schools held their winter concert on Wednesday night in the high school auditorium. With the help of a spectacular light crew, singers, string instrumentalists, horns and percussionists transported the audience for an hour to a land of wintertime wonder. The middle school...

Wellesley High wrestlers humbled by Braintree

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter While every team at Wellesley High School goes by the name “Raiders,” for decades, the school’s wrestling team has adopted the moniker “Monks,” a tradition whose origin remains unsolved despite the school’s thorough investigating. Unfortunately, on Wednesday night against Braintree the young team didn’t have a prayer. Wellesley dug themselves...

Monthly Archives: January 2019

Needhamites swim ‘Miles for Marly’

Needham High beats Walpole, 41-27

Chamber to honor Paulette Harwood

Dover’s Collins makes music

St. Dunstan’s hosts mini-golf

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Britt, Guarini, DS track state-bound

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Damren, Goss, Curran backboning Wesleyan hockey

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Woman’s Club holds Christmas party

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WHS Sophomores pitch in for seniors

The drive of Judy Brown

World of Wellesley steps up programing

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Ski team ready to hit slopes

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Guiffre moves Lady-Raiders to 5-0

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Unbeaten Lady-Raiders outlast White, Rebels

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Library to present Gershwin program

Walpole’s New Year hike for all

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COA hosts holiday luncheon

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Courageous conversations punctuate professional development day

Westwood schools hold winter concert

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Wellesley High wrestlers humbled by Braintree

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