Noble leads Wolverines over Raiders
Westwood COA celebrates Valentine’s Day
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Every year, it’s the same: Valentine's Day comes around and couples wrangle with the best way to celebrate. For visitors at the Westwood Council on Aging, though, there was an easy option: the annual Valentine’s Day party. The Patricia Carty-Larkin Senior Center has become famous for its festive holiday...
At library, Westwood knits for a cause
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Two knitting groups have been meeting in the Westwood libraries for the last few years. The teen knitting group is comprised of local teens in grades six and above who hope to learn how to knit. Every Monday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the group, led by Islington Branch Librarian Claire...
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Raider seniors depart on winning note
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham wrestling team beat Wellesley, 54-21, on Wednesday night, capping off a season that saw the Monks win only two dual meets on the season. But while Wellesley would obviously have liked a team victory, they were happy to see that, on senior night, both of their senior...
Davis unveils complementary photography exhibits
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is hosting two complementary photography exhibitions that focus on the beginnings of photography in the 19th century, as well as repeating subjects in snapshots of the early to mid-20th century. “Making, Not Taking: Portrait Photography in the 19th Century” and “Going Viral: Photography, Performance, and...
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Walpole Trails reaches out to Norwood
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Considering how little town lines and borders on the map matter to the natural world, it only makes sense that neighboring towns work with each other on issues like reserved land, hunting, fishing, and the preservation of hiking trails. But with politics being what it is, that’s not always...
Lights-out shooting leads Milton past Walpole
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The sport most associated with drastic tactical changes because of the rise of analytics is baseball, with books, movies and countless hours of sports radio dedicated to how teams should be constructed, what hitters should be trying to do, and which formerly vaunted statistics are essentially meaningless when...
Scales reaches 1000-point milestone
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole High School girls varsity basketball team hosted Foxboro on Thursday evening for a little late-season non-conference matchup.
The Warriors (17-2, 14-2) came to town with the Hockomock Davenport Division already secured, and will likely be the top seed in the Division II South playoffs. The Rebels...
Homegrown Coffeehouse hosting Gypsy Jazz evening
The Homegrown Coffeehouse is set to host An Evening of Gypsy Jazz and the music of Django Reinhardt, featuring the jazz quartet 440, led by Tomoko Iwamoto, this Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 p.m.
440 expands the gypsy jazz tradition of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with abidance swing standards from the era of Cole Porter,...
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Needham designated a Green Community
State officials this week named Needham a “Green Community,” a recognition of the hard work and effort the town has exhibited in meeting the Green Communities Designation and Grant Program’s five criteria.
“Meeting these criteria is proof of Needham’s position as an energy leader in Massachusetts, poised to reduce its energy costs, improve the local environment...
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Needham girls blank Newton
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High School varsity girls hockey team took to the ice at Babson Skating Center last Wednesday evening as the Rockets (12-5-2, 9-4-1) looked to bounce back from a 3-2 defeat to Braintree on February 8.
Just 38 seconds in, sophomore winger Maddie Ledbury fired home a...
Tyer leads Warriors by Mustangs
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High School varsity boys ice hockey team is getting hot at the perfect time after earning back-to-back wins against Westwood (2-1) and DS/Weston (8-0).
Back on January 16, the Warriors (9-4-4, 6-4-4) played a high-scoring thriller at Pirelli Arena in Franklin against Norwood, with the...
Medfield sew for Australia’s animals
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
There is very little that Medfield, Massachusetts has in common with Australia when it comes to climate this time of year. As residents of Medfield put on their coats and gloves before they head out the door each day, Aussies are dressed in shorts and tank-tops. As Medfielders are...
DS girls basketball celebrates senior night
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Friday night, the Medfield girls’ basketball team, at one point, held a forty point lead over Dover-Sherborn, en route to what was ultimately a 65-29 victory. But while the Warriors, who the Boston Herald currently ranks 13th in the state, were quite pleased with how they played in...
Sherborn’s Peck following suit at Bentley
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The town of Sherborn has produced some exceptional athletes over the years. However, few Sherborn families have seen the types of sustained athletic success as Heather and Chris Peck’s three boys.
Throughout the last six years, Bentley University has become a second home for the Peck family....
Teens cook up brownies from scratch
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Because sweets are an integral part of Valentine’s Day, this year, the Dover Town Library (DTL) decided that they would let their teens bake brownies and decorate them for the holiday on Friday afternoon. But while plenty of places will let you frost a pre-made sugar cookie with pink...
Westwood Library shares book recommendations
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Every lover of literature knows the terrible struggle of finding the perfect next read. They may pick up a book only to realize, five chapters in, that the plot is going nowhere or that the writing is terrible.
Library staff in Westwood is determined to save library-goers some...
Oldest, youngest students bridge age gap
Westwood Schools are bridging their age gap by bringing their oldest and youngest students together on a daily basis in a program designed to benefit both age groups. A group of 16 juniors and seniors in Westwood High School’s early childhood education program are spending time every week in the preschool and elementary classrooms. The...
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Wolverines dominate Blackhawks
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By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Special teams are a big part of hockey. If a team takes eight penalties in a period, and most of them overlap to allow multiple five-on-three advantages, a lot of pucks are going to end up in the back of your net. This was exactly the case on...
WSO, Elaine Daiber performing on Sunday
On Sunday, February 9, at 3 p.m., the Wellesley Symphony will perform three jazzy preludes by Gershwin, Brahms’ towering Symphony No. 2, and beloved opera areas from Mozart to Puccini. The stunning young soprano and Wellesley native Elaine Daiber will join music director Max Hobart for works by Gounod, Dvorak, Puccini, and Mozart in her...
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