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Westwood celebrates 2025 graduates

Westwood celebrates 2025 graduates

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter On June 1, Westwood High School’s Class of 2025 marched along a graduation walk lined with large posters featuring each graduate and then onto Flahive field. Accompanying the march was the traditional and stirring “Pomp and Circumstance” by Edward Elgar. After the members of the class were assembled on the field,...

Medfield graduates Class of 2025

Medfield graduates Class of 2025

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Medfield High School Class of 2025’s graduation ceremony took place on Saturday, May 31, at 1 p.m. Showers and a downpour were uninvited guests, but administrators and talented student orators added brilliant sunshine to their heartfelt graduation ceremony. The ceremony began with a moving rendition of the national anthem by Vivienne...

In memory of our fallen heroes

In memory of our fallen heroes

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter On Memorial Day, Westwood celebrated those who gave their lives in service to our country with a festive parade along High Street and a solemn ceremony at the New Cemetery. On the clear, sunny morning, adults, kids, teens, and seniors assembled along the parade route in anticipation of the parade. Soon the...

Repair Café reduces waste

Repair Café reduces waste

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter A Repair Café was held at the Church of the Advent in Medfield. The event was sponsored by Sustainable Medfield, the Westwood Environment Action Committee (WEAC), and the Dover Recycling Committee. It was also part of Medfield Environment Action’s (MEA’s) 2025 Climate Week. Volunteer “fixperts” donated their time and tools to provide...

Larchmont tragedy remembered at WPL

Larchmont tragedy remembered at WPL

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Daniel Harrington, a former columnist at “The Providence Journal” and a Director of the Rhode Island Hall of Fame, brought his “Larchmont Remembered” tour to Westwood Public Library (WPL), after making many stops at lucky libraries in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Calling the sinking of The Larchmont “America’s most horrific...

Pool Tournament at Fox Hill

Pool Tournament at Fox Hill

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter In 2025, Fox Hill Village celebrated 35 years as a cooperative-model, independent-living facility for seniors. Residents have served on the governing board, enjoyed learning through courses and discussion groups, and enriched their lives with offsite cultural activities, game groups, gardening, and walking and hiking trails, among other options. The finals of the...

Dressing Like Jane

Dressing Like Jane

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) hosted Karen Antonowicz of Spirits of Fashion, who presented a program on “Pride & Prejudice of Fashion: The Jane Austen Era.” Jane Austen lovers came out in force to learn about fashion in the Empire period of 1804-1815 and see examples of clothing worn by...

Behind the Scenes of Masterpiece

Behind the Scenes of Masterpiece

B y Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Friends of Needham Public Library sponsored a talk by Susanne Simpson, the Executive Producer of GBH’s popular series, Masterpiece. Simpson shared some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories and news about shows being developed. The Community Room was filled with fans of the series, who listened intently to Simpson’s experiences and expressed their...

DHS opens Amelia Peabody exhibition

DHS opens Amelia Peabody exhibition

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Dover Historical Society’s (DHS) “Amelia Peabody: Artist, Philanthropist and Visionary” exhibition opened on Saturday, April 19, in two locations, the Sawin Museum and the Fisher Barn at the Caryl Farm. The exhibition continues the society’s focus on Peabody’s legacy that began with a presentation by Judy Schultz at the society’s...

Artificial Intelligence: Uses and Detection

Artificial Intelligence: Uses and Detection

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Needham native and Boston University Journalism Senior Bella Gonzalez shared her research into the positive and negative effects of artificial intelligence (AI) and how to identify AI fakes, as she presented her evening program in the NFPL’s Community Room. Gonzalez started her presentation by sharing an example of a $25 million scam...

Rachel Revere’s side of the story

Rachel Revere’s side of the story

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Judith Kalaora, Artistic Director of History at Play, presented “Rendezvous with Rachel,” an historical play about Rachel Revere at the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL). Kalaora portrayed Rachel as she prepared to leave Boston weeks after her husband, Paul Revere, left on his historic ride. Rachel had concerns, and she talked...

A sparkling Jazz Night at MHS

A sparkling Jazz Night at MHS

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Medfield Music Association presented a memorable Medfield Jazz Night with guest educator and performer Christine Fawson. The event was generously sponsored by Needham Bank, as it has been for twelve years. Christine Fawson, an enthusiastic, powerhouse professional jazz vocalist and jazz trumpet player, worked with the students all day and then...

Historical Society closer to new history center and museum

Historical Society closer to new history center and museum

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter On April 15, the Sherborn Historical Society held a cocktail party fundraiser called 250K for the 250th at the Fireside Tavern in Sherborn to benefit the town’s proposed new home for the Sherborn History Center and Museum. Guests gathered around a central table to partake in appetizers, greet friends, and look...

Taste of the Region at Blue Hill Country Club

Taste of the Region at Blue Hill Country Club

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter The Neponset River Regional Chamber of Commerce presented Taste of the Region, a showcase of restaurants, caterers, and other food businesses held in the ballroom at the Blue Hill Country Club in Canton. Seventeen companies provided information and delicious tasting samples during the evening. Attendees enjoyed entertainment provided by Dennis Blanchard of...

JWCW Runs for the Roses at Avenir

JWCW Runs for the Roses at Avenir

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Over 400 women arrived at Avenir in Walpole for the Junior Women’s Club of Walpole’s (JWCW) annual fashion show. The theme for 2025 was “Run for the Roses,” and the women pulled out all the stops to dress properly for a night at the races! Everyone sported a fascinator, wide brim,...

Jazzin’ in the library

Jazzin’ in the library

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter A swing- and jazz-loving crowd filled the community room of the WPL, anticipating the first concert in the library’s free Sunday Spring Concerts series, sponsored by the WPL’s 21st Century Fund. The first concert featured the Boston area’s Portrait in Jazz, a sextet led by Westwood resident Brad Ellenburg, with Gary...

History of the Boston Massacre at The Center

History of the Boston Massacre at The Center

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Retired Justice Dennis Curran presented his talk “The Boston Massacre Trials: Blood in the Snow” at The Center at Medfield. The event was jointly sponsored by the Medfield COA, the Medfield Historical Society, and the Medfield Public Library. Over 80 people came to hear Justice Curran illuminate the historic event that...

Daley discusses mass murders in Massachusetts

Daley discusses mass murders in Massachusetts

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter Christoper Daley returned to the NFPL Community Room with his True Crime series. For the second talk in the series, Daley focused on Mass Murderers: Massachusetts’ Most Infamous Murder Cases. Daley’s first story was about Jesse Pomeroy, who first stripped, beat, and tortured the boys in an outhouse at Powderhorn Hill in...

The stories behind Walpole Then and Now

The stories behind Walpole Then and Now

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter You may have had the chance to stop by the Walpole Library in the past month to view the lauded and informative exhibition, “Walpole Then and Now.” The exhibition features 26 historical photographs selected from the Walpole Historical Society’s collection. New, present-day photographs of the same places hang aside the historical...

Fabulous fashion show at MHS

Fabulous fashion show at MHS

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter A senior fashion show to benefit the 2025 All Night Grad Party was held at the Medfield High School (MHS) auditorium. A large crowd of audience members enjoyed a spectacle of style and humor as seniors strutted the stage in their finest fashions. The first group of models—Night on the Town--was announced...

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