Ben Black ends up disheveled on the ground after the team mobs him following his walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Entering the top of the seventh inning with a two-run, 11-9 lead, Rocket closer Ben Black...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield Public Library’s crafting groups continue to thrive in their virtual format.
The list of supplies for the most recent library craft contained a number of unique items: a paring knife, paint, a washcloth or towel, kitchen sponges, and, surprisingly,...
Needham High School senior studio art students recently took to the pavement in front of NHS for Chalk It Up, a performance art piece in which they express themselves in chalk drawings.
COVID forced the 2020 iteration of Chalk It Up into seniors' homes and driveways, with artists creating in...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Westwood Public Library is inching closer to reopening. In the meantime, staff members are excited to invite people back for scheduled visits, during which time they can safely find new reads and talk to staff members that they have missed during the pandemic.
Riggott thanked his family for being so supportive of all the time he's spent volunteering for the Trails Committee.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday night, April 27, Gary Riggott gave a Zoom presentation about the Walpole Trails Committee, the issues facing...
On Saturday May 15, Sherborn residents will vote on whether to install artificial turf at Laurel Fields, Question 9. This proposal is not just about competitive play. The risks of adding 100 tons of synthetic material to this site are too much for our town.
Every resident in the town...
The group pauses for a quick photo before heading out on the trail.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday, the Sherborn COA walking club met in Holliston to go for a brief hike along the Holliston Rail Trail. Launched in August, the...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
What do you do when you get when you combine a beautiful Saturday afternoon, over a dozen musicians, and a community-wide appreciation for music? You get PorchFest, a community-driven music festival unique to Medfield.
On Saturday, May 1, visitors were welcomed...
A woman peruses the herb section of the sale late Saturday afternoon.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., any Walpole resident smart enough to be on the lookout for Mother’s Day flowers, plants, and strawberry shortcake swung by...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Always one of the favorites to come out of Division I South, Needham High School girls varsity lacrosse enters the 2021 season confident, but at the same time humbled. If the last year has taught us anything, postseason success is an added bonus to...
Junior close D Nolan Dion (5) avoids the ride and moves the ball up the field. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Often slept on due to their distant location out in Western Mass, perennial Division II power Longmeadow made an extremely...
Dover-Sherborn's Kate Mastrobuono (11) defends against Medfield's Erin Sullivan (20) on a rush up the field. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two teams with eyes set on a Division II state championship later this spring met at Fisher Field...
Sam Donovan’s pitching dominated the game, to the tune of a two-hit complete game shutout.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A complete game two-hitter from left-hander Sam Donovan gave the newly-named Timberwolves a 3-0 win on Friday night, which moved Walpole to 2-0 on the...
A webinar, "The Importance of Ethnic Studies for Education", moderated by Rama K. Ramaswamy and Haihong Li, will take place on May 19 at 7 p.m.
May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The Wellesley Chinese Language School, in partnership with the Wellesley Free Library, New England Chinese...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Over a year ago, Dover-Sherborn High School's talented actors, musicians and crew members found out that their musical was canceled due to COVID-19, just a week before the curtain was set to lift.
After a lengthy pandemic hiatus, the theater...
One of the Cardinals shows off some good fundamentals during a ground ball drill.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While many older kids played in summer leagues, played pickup games with friends or just found that the baseball skills they’d developed over the years...
A Walpole player lines up a shot early in the first half.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Although his team dominated the young Stoughton Knights at the new South Walpole Community Athletic Complex (aka, the Route 1A fields), the head coach of the Walpole...
Medfield’s goalie is the last chance to stop a laser from a Dover-Sherborn attacker.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
At Metacomet Park on Saturday afternoon, the twelve- to fourteen-year-old lacrosse players from Medfield beat the players from Dover-Sherborn in a tight, 12-8 game that...
A Needham player puts a shot on goal in the first half of their first game against Medfield.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In the first game of a double-header for the Needham Youth Lacrosse team on Saturday morning, the Rockets wore gold while...
Senior Tufts-committed midfielder Sam Frisoli (9) moves the ball up the field during St. Sebastian's lacrosse's 13-5 victory against Governor's Academy on Saturday. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The St. Sebastian's varsity lacrosse team played a home-and-home with rival...
