July 2025 - Hometown Weekly Archive

Swifties enjoy T.S. I Love You

Photos by Audrey Anderson TS-006: Children watching the concert up close By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter On July 14, from 6 to 7 pm, in the first event of their free Summer Concert Series focusing on children’s music, the Westwood Young Women’s Club presented the T. S. I Love You band. The concert was sponsored by Miss Joslyn’s...

DTL features southing South Indian sounds

Photos by Audrey Anderson Shanbhogue, Swaroop, and Natraj keep their eyes on each other as they improvise South Indian Carnatic music By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter It was a rare treat and absolute pleasure to see Pranav Swaroop, Sanath Shanbhogue, and Shivaraj Natraj perform South Indian classical Carnatic music at the Dover Town Library (DTL). These three...

Photos by Julia Beauregard Tweens work to solve the magnetic tile puzzle with the assistance of one of Big Ryan’s helpers By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor Teens and tweens ventured out to participate in Big Ryan’s Alien Escape Room at the Sherborn Public Library. The premise was simple: the attendees has been abducted by aliens and had the...

Photos by Isabell Macrina A family performance of “I Want You to be Happy” By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter The quiet cafeteria of the Center at the Heights in Needham transforms on an ordinary Thursday night. A microphone stands at the front of the room surrounded by instruments. Sandra Rizkallah and her husband, Tom Pugh, set up...

Speech and Debate Team shines at Nationals

The Needham Speech and Debate Team stilled the winds of Chicago in its eloquence at the Grand National tournament in Chicago Memorial Day weekend. That performance was matched at the corn-drapped National Speech and Debate Tournament in Des Moines June 14-21. Senior Talia Musmon earned third place in Oral Interpretation for her skill in prose and...

Photos by Ava Straccia by Elizabeth Connolly Hometown Weekly Reporter For fifty-six years, Walpole Children’s Theatre’s (WCT) has been providing quality entertainment “for children, by children.” Their 2025 season has done just that, first with their winter production of Robin Hood, which was a big hit with audiences, and now with Winnie-the-Pooh, written by Kristin Sergel. There aren’t many...

Photos by Elizabeth Connolly Mr. Vinny told enthusiastic tales using shadow puppets by Elizabeth Connolly Hometown Weekly Reporter Mr. Vinny, a.k.a. Vinny Lovegrove, performed a delightful shadow puppet show for a big crowd at Walpole Public Library (WPL) recently. The show, geared towards ages 3-9, was about 45 minutes long and included three interactive stories, as well as some...

Photos courtesy of Medfield Public Schools From left to right, Ava Tosches, Leah Whitcher, Brielle Dhaiti, Finn Harvey, Vai Sahukar, Abby Joehanes, Anna Feldman, Maddie Unger and Lucy Cooprider Superintendent Jeffrey J. Marsden and Principal Nat Vaughn are proud to share that nine eighth-grade students from two different groups at Thomas Blake Middle School (BMS) gave presentations...

Medfield Historical Society expresses thanks

Photo courtesy of Chris McCue Medfield Facilities Project Manager Ben Jachowicz joins Medfield Society Interim Co-President Yumi Jones and former president David Temple (in background) to assess status of improvements at the Society museum on Pleasant Street While the July rainstorm that hit the Medfield area would have normally created flooding in the basement of the Medfield...

Photo credit: Vanessatrien.com

The Westwood Young Women’s Club is pleased to present the second concert in its popular Free Summer Concert Series, featuring Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys on Monday, July 21 at 6:00 PM at the Gazebo at the Westwood Council on Aging (60 Nahatan Street). This NAPPA Award-winning children’s performer brings her signature blend...

Westwood Public Schools (WPS) will soon recognize the benefits of several alternative energy projects and a grant from the federal government. With the end of the school year, construction of a large solar canopy project is beginning at the Westwood High School (WHS) student parking lot. The project is expected to wrap up and be operational...

Walpole Little League wins District 11 championship

Photos by Ken Chaisson

By Ken Chaisson Hometown Weekly Sports Reporter For the first time since 2019, Walpole are the District 11 little league champions. District 11 is now divided into two divisions of six teams. Walpole played Canton for one divisional title. Needham played Ashland in the other division. Needham and Walpole were victorious. Both move onto the...

Walpole’s own Cam Schlittler Shines in Yankees debut

Walpole’s Cam Schlittler during his debut outing, pitching for the New York Yankees. photo courtesy of totalapexsports,com

Cam Schlittler has always been known for bringing the heat. But on Tuesday night, under the bright lights of Yankee Stadium, the Walpole native turned up the flame—and the whole country took notice. The 24-year-old right-hander made his major league...

Victoria Borskiy won the gold medal at the V International Rhythmic Gymnastics “Grand Premium” Photos courtesy of Dasha Borskiy

Victoria Borskiy, an incoming junior at Needham High School, won the gold medal in ribbon at the prestigious V International Rhythmic Gymnastics “Grand Premium” tournament, delivering a standout performance while representing her club, Fitness Elite Training Center...

Photo courtesy Town of Needham website

After longtime Town Manager Kate Fitzpatrick retired last week, Katie King was officially sworn in as the Town of Needham’s new Town Manager. She is only the second person to hold the role in the town’s history. Having served as Deputy Town Manager for the past five years, King has seamlessly...

Medfield Village Cleaners runs school supply drive

By Lenny Strauss Hometown Weekly Reporter Starting on July 14 and running through August 16, the Medfield Village Cleaners, located here in Medfield, MA, will be running a school supply drive in support of the Corey C Griffin Foundation. This organization, since 2014 has focused on ensuring that Boston-area youths are provided with health, safety, and education,...

Photographs by Audrey Anderson Route 109 Acoustic performs at the MEMO concert at the Gazebo By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter On Thursday, July 10, the Medfield-based Route 109 Acoustic band played its 14th annual concert in the MEMO (Medfield Employers and Merchants Organization) Summer Concert Series. The concert was held at the Gazebo in Warrior Park next to...

Summer concert series brings Sherborn to life

Squeezebox Stompers perform original tunes By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor Last Wednesday evening, the Sherborn Library hosted The Squeezebox Stompers as apart of The Friends of the Sherborn Library Summer Concert Series. The Squeezebox Stompers brought the library lawn to life with their unique blend of Cajun, Zydeco, Blues, and Folk sounds. Despite the dreary weather conditions, dozens...

Walpole’s Cam Schlittler during his debut outing, pitching for the New York Yankees. photo courtesy of totalapexsports,com

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor Mor Linn Farm caught fire overnight on July 8, destroying the 150 year old barn and killed eight horses in the process. The fire, which started just after 11pm, occurred in the two-story barn at the farm. The owners were able to rescue ten of the eighteen horses; they were on able...

Monthly Archives: July 2025

Swifties enjoy T.S. I Love You

DTL features southing South Indian sounds

Tweens solve alien escape challenge

Plugged In hosts open mic night

Speech and Debate Team shines at Nationals

A performance sweet as honey

Shadow puppets come to life at WPL

BMS students shine at Civics Showcase

Medfield Historical Society expresses thanks

Vanessa Trien returns to Westwood

Photo credit: Vanessatrien.com

Environmental advances at WPS

Walpole Little League wins District 11 championship

Photos by Ken Chaisson

Walpole’s own Cam Schlittler Shines in Yankees debut

Walpole’s Cam Schlittler during his debut outing, pitching for the New York Yankees. photo courtesy of totalapexsports,com

Needham gymnast wins gold abroad

Victoria Borskiy won the gold medal at the V International Rhythmic Gymnastics “Grand Premium” Photos courtesy of Dasha Borskiy

Katie King sworn in as new Town Manager

Photo courtesy Town of Needham website

Medfield Village Cleaners runs school supply drive

Route 109 at MEMO Concert

Summer concert series brings Sherborn to life

Walpole’s own Cam Schlittler Shines in Yankees debut

Walpole’s Cam Schlittler during his debut outing, pitching for the New York Yankees. photo courtesy of totalapexsports,com

Barn fire destroyed 150 year old barn

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