There have been no pint-sized Pilgrims by the shores of Chickering Pond this fall.
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
For decades, third-grade students at Wheelock Elementary have excitedly attended the Rocky Woods field trip. Once a year, students and teachers dress up as...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While the world was fretting over whether professional sports would be cancelled and season ticket holders wondering how they would occupy their Sundays this fall, some families were rooting for the return of sports for much more important reasons. For the families of special needs...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With the Fall I athletic season all wrapped up, Walpole High athletics still made headlines this past week with multiple athletes signing their NLIs to play a sport in college. Postseason awards for boys and girls soccer as well as boys and girls cross-country...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School saw two of its varsity athletes sign their national letters of intent to play a sport at Brown University this past week.
Throughout the last four years, Grace Kelley was perhaps the most dominant all-around athlete at...
Ashley Mackin (left) and Abby Crowley (right) mask up and sign their NLI's at Westwood High School on November 16. Photo by Westwood Athletics.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High School seniors Ashley Mackin and Abby Crowley signed their national letters of...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With the Fall I athletic season coming to a close last week, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School had a multitude of its athletes honored with various postseason awards. DS also had several athletes sign their NLI's to play Division I sports and announced captains for...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Fall I athletics officially came to a close this past week in Medfield. Boys and girls varsity soccer, as well as boys and girls cross-country, all ended their respective seasons on November 15 against Norwood. The only team left with games to play during...
One of the more interesting things about the debate is that it pits environmentalists against each other, debating whether cutting down forests to put up solar panels is the right thing to do.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday night, Norfolk County had...
As the school year continues, educators have had to find new and creative ways to support their students and find creative ways to keep them engaged. As a result, the Medfield Coalition for Public Education (MCPE), the K-8 Parent Teach Organization, and the High School Parent Teacher Organization have organized Heroes Under the...
Local businesses and restaurants are banding together to encourage support from patrons during this holiday season. In an attempt to encourage shoppers to find holiday gifts through local stores, many Needham retailers have extended their hours on Thursdays. Selected restaurants are offering deals to patrons every Thursday, as well.
In...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While the Dover Library has always been a place where kids gathered for fun events, with COVID-19 severely limiting the number of people you can have indoors at any time, many of the library’s programs and gatherings have had to go virtual. From virtual Pictionary,...
Senior Madison Field (13) makes a cut and works the ball towards the cage for a scoring chance against Braintree on October 5. Photo by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It was about as unorthodox as a season possibly could be...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
This year, there have been countless cancellations of seasonal events around the country. Among them are the numerous craft and artist fairs that can no longer take place due to COVID-19 and gathering restrictions. A few organizations, though, have figured out how to organize and...
On November 12, I voted in the affirmative to pass the state budget for fiscal year 2021. (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021.) Until this date, we have relied on sporadic supplemental budgets to fund our state for several months at a time as we waited patiently for the state to reveal...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Westwood High School girls hockey has become one of the top programs in Division II. Throughout the last decade, long tournament runs have become the norm for the Wolverines. The program has also helped mold players such as Kat Keith (Endicott), who've gone on...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School wrapped up its first - and hopefully last - pandemic-altered Fall I athletic season this past weekend as the Raiders took on rivals Medfield and Dedham.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Needham High School Fall I athletes continued to power through this COVID-impacted season this past week as the Rockets squared off against rivals Wellesley, Newton North and Brookline.
The first case of COVID-19 in the United States was recorded on January 20th, 2020. For the next month and a half, the U.S. continued operating normally, while many other countries began their lockdown. One month later, on February 29th, 2020, the federal government approved a national testing program, but it was too...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2020 season could not have been more unconventional for Medfield High School boys varsity soccer.
The unpredictability of COVID-19 spikes around the TVL and the state of Massachusetts added a heightened sense of uncertainty throughout the entire season for...
On Thursday, November 19, at 7:00 p.m. there will be a public hearing regarding the future of two Norfolk county-owned pieces of land located in Walpole. These 25 acres of land located at 1377 North Street and 400 Main Street.
According to the public hearing notice, "The County of Norfolk...
