Caroline Whelan (pictured) moves the ball up field during her two-goal performance against Needham on Monday afternoon. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
With expectations high, Walpole High School varsity field hockey passed its first major test on Monday afternoon...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Walpole Labor Day Road Race is a long-standing tradition in town; on a morning when most people are sleeping in and resting at home, this little slice of Norfolk County is awake and ready to race. Almost half a century old, the road race...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Medfield Public Schools are back in session with full-time in-person learning. Providing there are no further COVID-related complications, the 2021-2022 Medfield school year will be the first conducted entirely in person since 2019. Students could not be more thrilled, while teachers are ecstatic to have...
Junior Elo Luczkow (pictured) corrals the ball and cuts up field on a break. Photos by Mike Flanagan.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn High School varsity girls soccer traveled to TVL Small rival Medway on Wednesday evening for their 2021 season-opener.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield High School rising sophomore Kaelyn Larkin mashed her way to the top of the A Shot For Life Home Run Derby on Sunday, September 5, at Austin Prep in Reading.
Competing alongside teammate Bitsy Crowley, the All-Scholastic recipient and...
Maggie Tolland reaches with one hand to put the ball over the net in front of a Holliston defender.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In their first game of the year, the Medfield girl’s volleyball team lost to Hopkinton in three sets: 25-13, 25-16,...
There were plenty of close calls, but ultimately no goals for the Raiders.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While a matchup against Medway was Dover-Sherborn soccer’s first game of the year, on Wednesday night, it looked like the officiating crew was the rustiest team...
Francesca Lodovico performed two of her own original songs, “March Won’t But April May” and Press Start.”
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sunday evening, September 6, outside of the gazebo off Harding Street, just ahead of the rain showers, Sophia Zhao held the Young...
The Westwood High School 2021-22 varsity volleyball team
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With no state playoff tournament or Tri-Valley League Championship, for the Westwood girls’ volleyball team last season, it was all about being together and giving their seniors one final hurrah.
Linda Pettit briefly addressed the crowd while Sean Fullerton took a quick break from performing.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In the name of safety, The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging held their annual Up in Smoke Barbecue in the midst of...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
It’s rare to have an artistic talent recognized as early as your 20s. It’s even rarer to be given the opportunity to collaborate with well-known institutions like the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) while still in college.
Kippy Sage, a Dover...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering off the heels of an unbeaten 7-0-3 COVID-reduced campaign in 2020, Medfield High School varsity girls soccer enters 2021 confident. Despite graduating six seniors last spring, the Warriors return a significant chunk of their starting lineup and are one of the favorites to...
Pictured during her freshman basketball season in 2019-2020, Walpole rising junior and multi-sport star Brooke Walonis committed to play Division I soccer at UConn this past week.
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Walpole High School rising junior Brooke Walonis announced her commitment to...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off a condensed and postseason-less 2020 campaign that saw the Wolverines earn a 3-5-2 record, the Westwood High School varsity soccer team enters this fall motivated to make improvements and make a run at the TVL title.
With a normal...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn High School varsity girls soccer nearly reached the ultimate prize in 2019. The Raiders rolled their way to a 14-2-2 regular season record before winning the Division III South championship.
Ultimately, the run came to an end in the state...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
To put it simply, the cancellation of the 2020 ISL football season was a devastating blow.
Thanks to the vaccine roll-out and progress made across the country throughout the past year, fall sports will be returning to the ISL starting this...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Needham Rockets girls volleyball team is heading into the season riding a thirty-three game win streak, and with COVID cancelling the playoffs for those sports moved to the “Fall II” season last year, the 2019 title-holders are technically the defending state champions, as well....
Anthony’s Barbershop in Needham noted how many of their customers used the time they were closed to experiment with new hair styles.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As COVID recedes, Hometown Weekly is taking a special look at how some of the businesses in...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Have you ever seen an art quilt? What about a pineapple quilt? What about a banana quilt?
If you’re an experienced quilter, these phrases probably make sense to you. If you're not, then it may be a good idea to check...
The hunter pace itself began with a ride into the woods just in front of the dilapidated white farmhouse on Cottage Street.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The third time was the charm on Sunday morning for the Norfolk Hunt Club’s Hunter Pace, which...
