Medfield Environment Action will host a virtual community forum on July 22 at 7:30. The forum is meant to inform Medfield residents about the different forms of community choice aggregation (CCA) available. The forum will tackle questions about cost, the potential financial savings, whether participating in the program is necessary, and if CCA...
Needham's Recycling and Transfer Station will host a paint collection day on Saturday, July 18. From 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., residents with a transfer station disposal sticker can drop off unwanted paints to be safely disposed of at the Needham Recycling and Transfer Station. All paint must be in the original container...
NHS alumna Erika Ogbebor displays her incredible painting.
By Maddie Gerber
Hometown Weekly Intern
“This is what America means to me as a black man,” said Amo-Mensah Amota, an artist from Glastonbury, Connecticut, gesturing to the detailed graphite and charcoal drawing behind him. Amota’s piece...
MEMO (Medfield Employers and Merchants Organization) has announced the cancellation of this year's Discover Medfield Day. In their announcement, MEMO cited that Phase IV of Massachusetts, which included guidelines to safely hold large capacity events, will not be enacted in time for the planned September 26 celebration. Currently, Massachusetts is in Phase III,...
The Walpole Board of Health has announced a new date and time for its annual household hazardous waste collection. On Saturday, July 25, from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., residents can bring hazardous materials to the Fisher School for disposal. Those dropping items off must stay in their car and wear a mask.
The Medfield Swap Shop at the Medfield Transfer is closed for the summer due to COVID-19. While the Swap Shop is planned to open again in 2021, residents are encouraged to participate in the town-wide curb alert weekends held this summer. The second Town-Wide Curb Alert will be held Saturday, July 18th, from...
Equal Justice in Needham (EJN) is a newly established, multi-generational, diverse group of Needham residents, who believe that Needham can and should be a town in which Black people and other people of color (POC) who are here as residents, students, employees, and visitors feel safe, seen, and valued.
Following...
The Needham Free Public Library has resumed curbside pickup as of Monday morning. Due to its growing popularity, hours have been added so that more people can safely pickup library materials.
Curbside pickup will now run on Mondays from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday...
To the Patrons and Fans of Dover Town Library -
As Dover’s Library Trustees, we, like so many of you, are eagerly looking forward to the library’s reopening. If you love the library as we do, it’s wonderful to hear these dates announced.
- July 20: Pick-up...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
When the coronavirus first hit Massachusetts, many rescues realized that they would have to change their normal line of operations until conditions allowed them to resume a semi-normal state. However, as the rest of the world has shifted, so has the day to day work...
Nick Chicos (pictured) hustles out of the box. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Rivals Westwood and Medfield met for the first-time ever in the newly founded MIBL on Monday night. Westwood's team was made up mostly of Westwood High...
Starting Pitcher Nico Schwartz (pictured) stares in and reads the signs from his catcher. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After months of cancellations and postponements due to COVID-19, organized team sports finally returned to Needham this past week, thanks...
Starting pitcher Drew Kral (pictured) fires home a pitch in the bottom of the second inning. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the perennial Division Six Legion powers, Hyde Park and Walpole, squared off on Sunday at Bird...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The line between protesting and indiscriminate vandalism is blurring with every passing day. After bringing down only statues devoted to Confederate leaders, quickly the razor-sharp focus of statue topplers expanded to include the likes of Christopher Columbus, conquistadors, police chiefs they deemed racist, slave-holding Union...
How was I supposed to not go on the railroad tracks, at the end of this trail?
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Just this year, we lost two of the few remaining mysteries in America. Fenn’s Treasure, a chest of gold and jewels worth...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday night, the Westwood School Committee met over Zoom to discuss reopening plans for the fall, as well as a few other issues.
The meeting started with Emily Parks acknowledging the death of a longtime colleague. Former Westwood High principal Phil...
Good effort to run out this ground ball from Hunter Anderson, even in a game that wasn’t going Needham’s way.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With no American Legion baseball being played this year, the Massachusetts Independent Baseball League has stepped in to take...
Police tape separating the eight by eight foot 'blocks' litters the beach at Farm Pond.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With brutally hot temperatures over the weekend, people were flocking to any cold watering hole they could find to escape the heat. Luckily for...
Patrons still cannot go inside the Walpole Public Library, but that shouldn't stop anyone from visiting. During July, the Walpole Public Library is hosting a StoryWalk around the library that brings some of the best of children's literature outside. This month, families are invited to read "Who Took the Farmer's Hat," by Joan...
