By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The annual egg hunt took place on the town common on Saturday, April 8, at 10:00 am. Hundreds of children, family members, friends, and neighbors gathered behind a taped-off area, waiting for the event to start. The field was divided into two areas: one for...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Greater Boston Junior Bruins team set out to Quebec City, Canada in mid-February to participate in a competition against the Ukrainian Selects team. The competition took place in an arena with 18,000 spectators watching. The game resulted in favor of the Ukrainian Selects after...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter
Maddy Clark is a senior on the girls’ hockey team, and she had a phenomenal season. Being an outstanding goalie on the ice, Clark brought something special to the team, her immense amount of respect and joy impacted everyone she met and played with...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter
Spring is here… well at least spring season is! Although it might have been a cooler, rainy evening on Friday, March 31st, the weather didn’t put a damper on the boys’ lacrosse team for their first game of the season. The boys hosted the...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter
The Medfield girl’s hockey team has been actively involved in giving back to the community throughout their entire season, both on and off the ice. A few weeks ago, their hard work and dedication to the youth of future hockey players and mentorship was...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Seniors gathered in the game room at The Center at The Heights (CATH) last Thursday to watch the opening day game for the Boston Red Sox.
COA staff members passed out peanuts, popcorn, cracker jacks, and soda out to the seniors, with...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Local children hopped down to the Pfaff on Friday, March 31st to partake in some bunny-themed fun, for a Peter Cottontail Celebration. This annual event has been occurring for over five years now.
The children slowly trickled into the room, eagerly awaiting...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
This past Saturday the Congregational Church of Needham, United Church of Christ (UCC) hosted their annual Just-4-Fun Egg Hunt. Children ranging from pre-k through grade 5 were invited to come hunt together for over one thousand candy-filled eggs. The event was anticipated to have over...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
The Center welcomed spring with entertainment and dessert. On March 23rd, only three days after the first day of Spring, COA staff hosted an ice cream social, which was perfectly paired by a fan-favorite performer, Patrick Durkin.
While Durkin played the keys...
by Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
It was all about the brass last Wednesday, March 29th, when dozens of locals came out to see the Boston Saxophone Quartet (BSQ) play at the Walpole Public Library (WPL). This event was sponsored by the Friends of WPL and was supported in part by...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Although BINGO is a weekly event at the Walpole COA, last Friday seniors welcomed new BINGO callers on Friday afternoon; Cassie and Gini from Girl Scout Troop 62389 of Walpole.
While the Girl Scouts set up for the game, the seniors enjoyed conversations over coffee and...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Westwood community members were transported to the Celtic lands through the tunes and tales relayed by the talented multi-instrumentalist, Jeff Snow.
“This afternoon, we’re going to touch on all of the Celtic land.. We don’t leave any of it out!” The performer told the crowd. Snow...
