March 2025 - Hometown Weekly Archive

Sunita Williams returns to Earth after 9 months

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor After being stuck in space for the last nine months, NASA astronaut and Needham native Sunita Williams safely returned back to earth on Tuesday, March 18. Williams mission was originally only supposed to take eight to ten days. Williams set off for space on June 5, 2024 heading to the International Space...

Westwood Robotics secures prestigious STEM honor

Founded in 2006, Westwood Robotics “The Wolverines” is a close-knit high school team that consists of around thirty members and three mentors. Each year, they compete in competitions organized by FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international association that creates team-based robotics challenges. One such challenge is the FIRST Robotics Competition...

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor The Winter Art Exhibit at the Sherborn Library, entitled “Art From Inside,” is a powerful exhibit by the Prison Book Program (PBP). It was created to amplify the voices of incarcerated artists. According to the Sherborn Library website, “For over 50 years, PBP has provided free books to individuals in prisons...

One Book One Town discusses “Little Fires Everywhere”

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter On March 20, at the Pine Hill School Auditorium, Celeste Ng, author of “Little Fires Everywhere” and Kristy Pasquariello, the library’s Director of Reader Services, discussed Ng’s book and her writing process before a large and enthusiastic audience of 120+ book lovers. Westwood Library Director Elizabeth McGovern introduced the program by...

Mick Morgan’s 5k draws record breaking crowd

By Ken Chaisson Hometown Weekly Reporter There are certain signs of spring which New Englanders look forward to: The Red Sox, the Flower Show, daylight savings time, crocuses popping through the ground and the start of the outdoor road race season. The 14th annual Mick Morgan’s 5K for HESSCO was held on Saturday March 15, 2025 on a...

by Elizabeth Connolly Hometown Weekly Reporter Dozens of kids gathered at the Medfield Public Library (MPL) the Saturday before this year’s St. Patrick’s Day to try their luck at building a leprechaun trap. These simple, but quite creative, contraptions are designed to ensnare one of the world’s most elusive creatures: the tiny and mischievous, but apparently rather...

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter A crowd of seventy-five eager attendees packed into Medfield library’s classic Dailey Room to hear Eric B. Schultz discuss “King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict.” He wrote the book together with local author Michael J. Tougias, and it was published in 2017. Interested in history since his...

By Lenny Strauss Hometown Weekly Reporter In this week’s local restaurant feature, we will be covering Dover Kitchen, a gourmet deli which opened up in August 2024 in the back of Dover Market, located in the center of Dover, MA. What starts out as an unassuming convenience store with readily available packaged items and beverages as you...

Dover Community Center construction update

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor The town of Dover has posted an update regarding the construction at the Community Center in their most recent newsletter. The last update had been given in the December news letter. The Dover Community Center construction project is rapidly approaching completion, as significant progress made since the last update. The site...

Dr. Beauregard discusses early-onset cancer

By Audrey Anderson Dr. George Beauregard, a local former internist and current health executive, discussed his book “Reservations for Nine: A Doctor’s Family Confronts Cancer” in the Community Room at the Medfield Public Library. The book was released on March 4. Dr. Beauregard began his talk with an overview of his new book and a summary of...

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor 2025 is the 16th year of Needham’s Art in Bloom. This exhibit was molded after the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston’s annual spring Art in Bloom presentation. Inspired by garden club members Sue Kaplan and Allison Shapiro, the Beth Shalom Garden Club aimed to create a community event that brought together...

Gino Dellemonache: Walpole’s archery prodigy

By Paul Vozzella Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter Fueled by passion spanning across multiple generations, Gino Dellemonache of Walpole, has found success in an uncommon sport. The 9-year-old is mastering the game of archery at a young age. Beginning at just 5 years old, Dellemonache has learned plenty from his father, Mo, and coaches at XSpot Archery in North...

Ted Reinstein returns to Sherborn Library

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor The Sherborn Library recently welcomed back Ted Reinstein, a renowed journalist, reporter, speaker, and author. Reinstein is most famous for his work as a reporter on “Chronicle,” featured on WCVB-TV/Boston’s which is America’s longest-running locally produced nightly news magazine. He returned to the Sherborn Library to discuss his most recent book, “Travels...

Pine Hill hosts third annual International Night

by Elizabeth Connolly Hometown Weekly Reporter Pine Hill Elementary School held its third annual International Night from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Any passerby could easily see how popular the event is, as vehicles quickly filled parking spots and streams of students and caregivers entered the school. Once inside, each student was given a passport in which they...

Dr. Landsmark’s role in race relations in Boston

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter A large crowd assembled as Dr. Theordore Landsmark visited the Needham Free Public Library to talk about his lifetime of experience in public policy and urban affairs in Boston working to uplift the lives of minorities. Dr. Landsmark’s visit was intended to take place earlier in Black History Month, but, because...

By Lenny Strauss Hometown Weekly Reporter The Eephus is one of the rarest pitches thrown in baseball, known for its exceptionally low speed and ability to catch a hitter off guard. Former Pittsburg Pirate Maurice Van Robays, who coined the name, stated that the "Eephus ain't nothing, and that's a nothing pitch." In Hebrew, the word "efes"...

Driver hospitalized with serious injuries after crash

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor On Thursday, March 13 Walpole Police were investigating a crash that left one personal hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries. The crash occurred on Summer Street, causing the street to be closed down between Winter Street and the Norfolk town line. Upon arrival at the scene, officers and Walpole Fire Department firefighters discovered a...

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter A group of interested audience members gathered in Needham Free Public Library’s (NFPL) Community Room to hear author Paul Fisher speak. Fisher, a Wellesley College professor of American Studies and an author of multiple books, had come to speak about the James’ family and their relationship with the popular movement of...

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor Massachusetts artist Rebecca McGee Tuck traveled to the Westwood Public Library (WPL) to discuss art as a form of activism. Tuck is an artist and a sculptor whose work has been featured in exhibits across Massachusetts, including Fitchburg Art Museum, Cape Cod Art Museum, and Boston Sculptors Gallery. Apart from her...

What began in 2022 ended with perfection in 2025, as the class of 2029 swept all three regular season and playoff championships in the Foxboro Sports Center Junior High School league, an overall 50-15-4 record, and netminders’ Alexander Bird and Jacob Mula’s eye-popping +212 goal differential. The road to a third-consecutive championship started with a season-opening...

Monthly Archives: March 2025

Sunita Williams returns to Earth after 9 months

Westwood Robotics secures prestigious STEM honor

“Art From Inside” at Sherborn Library

One Book One Town discusses “Little Fires Everywhere”

Mick Morgan’s 5k draws record breaking crowd

Crafting leprechaun traps at MPL

Travelogue of King Phillip’s War

Dover Kitchen brings new life to Dover

Dover Community Center construction update

Dr. Beauregard discusses early-onset cancer

16th annual Needham Art in Bloom

Gino Dellemonache: Walpole’s archery prodigy

Ted Reinstein returns to Sherborn Library

Pine Hill hosts third annual International Night

Dr. Landsmark’s role in race relations in Boston

Needham native stars in “Eephus”

Driver hospitalized with serious injuries after crash

Discussions on spirituality at NFPL

Discussing art as activism at WPL

Historic Three-Peat for Medfield hockey

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