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NHS celebrates Class of 2025

NHS celebrates Class of 2025

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter On Sunday June 1st, the chords of “Pomp and Circumstance” rang out from Memorial Hill as the Needham High School (NHS) class of 2025 gathered alongside friends, family, and loved ones to celebrate their graduation. To begin the ceremony, Principal Aaron Sicott addressed the graduates, noting that this was the first...

2025 Needham Memorial Day Tournament

2025 Needham Memorial Day Tournament

The Needham Soccer Club ran its 48th Needham Memorial Day Tournament (NMDT). This year, 74 teams out of 502 teams were crowned NMDT Champions, including 3 Needham Soccer Club teams. They are the boys BU19 Needham Thunder, playing in the top bracket of the college showcase, BU17 Needham Crew, and the GU13 Needham Stars. Four...

Adventures in History at Sherborn Library

Adventures in History at Sherborn Library

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter The Sherborn Library was visited by a local author and historian, Walter McClennen. McClennen’s life-long passion for history led him to write three different books in an attempt to capture history that might otherwise have been lost. In the Sherborn Library’s Community Room, McClennen led the audience of history enthusiasts through...

A statement from Dover Police Chief

A statement from Dover Police Chief

The following is a statement from Dover Police Chief Joseph Vinci: "In September 2024, the Dover Police Department was notified by the Dover-Sherborn Regional School District of a concerning incident involving the sharing of photographs of minors. "Upon receiving the report, the Dover Police Department immediately and thoroughly investigated this matter, including interviewing students and their...

WHS poets shine at fourth annual poetry slam

WHS poets shine at fourth annual poetry slam

May 1 was a great day for poetry at the Fourth Annual Westwood High Teen Poetry Slam. Student competitors from 9th through 12th grades did poetic battle in two rounds, dazzling and energizing an audience over 100, including competing poets, judges, emcee, Westwood’s current Youth Poet Laureate Elizabeth Lowney, students, faculty, honored guests and staff. To...

Ellis Allen honored with MAA Legacy Award

Ellis Allen honored with MAA Legacy Award

Longtime Medfield resident and revered tree care champion Ellis Allen was honored with the Massachusetts Arborists Association (MAA) Legacy Award during the organization’s annual Arbor Day of Service, held Friday, April 25, at Millborn Farm, a newly acquired Trustees of Reservations conservation property in Sherborn, MA. The award was presented by fellow Medfield resident Mike Lueders,...

Learning about bonsai at the DTL

Learning about bonsai at the DTL

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter Michael Levin, owner of Bonsai West and passionate bonsai artist, arrived at the Dover Town Library (DTL) with over ten bonsai trees in tow. Levin began a presentation that would lead the audience through his personal history with the art of bonsai as well as helpful tips and tricks for growing and...

A Statement from Medfield Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden

The following is a statement from Medfield Public Schools Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden: Earlier today, the District was notified that the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission concluded a civil matter involving one of our employees, who also serves as a coach and staff member at Medfield High School. The complaint was filed in 2023 by an outside party. Today,...

Medfield School Superintendent Statement

Medfield School Superintendent Statement

The following is a statement from Medfield Public Schools Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden:

Zullo Gallery moving towards ownership

Zullo Gallery moving towards ownership

Zullo Gallery-Center for the Arts, the nonprofit arts organization in downtown Medfield, is moving toward ownership of its longtime home at 454-456A Main St., thanks to a pending building sale and more than $500,000 in community commitments. Building owners Tom and Lisa Nightingale have reached an agreement to sell the historic property to the Zullo Gallery. The deal follows...

Needham Speech and Debate Shines

Needham Speech and Debate Shines

The Needham Speech and Debate Team closed out the regular season with a 3rd palace finish at the Speech/Congress Tournament in Walpole and 5th place finish in debate at Boston Latin March 28, 29 and April 5 2025. Senior Mia Maffeo won glitter in three different events, including the state championship in play reading. She and...

NFPL hosts Women in World Jazz

NFPL hosts Women in World Jazz

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter On March 30th, as Women’s History Month was nearing its end, the Women in World Jazz led the audience at Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) on a musical tour through the history of women’s contributions to jazz worldwide. The Women in World Jazz, a Newton-based jazz group, state that the goal...

Medfield resident to run the London Marathon

Medfield resident to run the London Marathon

By Lenny Strauss Hometown Weekly Reporter Since its inception in 1981, the TCS London Marathon has brought out professional runners, elite wheelchair racers and participants of all ages of the public to race on an illustrious course set around the River Thames. Apart from its competitive nature, the Marathon facilitates a vast charity arm as well, with...

The Art of the Automobile at Sherborn Library

The Art of the Automobile at Sherborn Library

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter On Tuesday, April 1 Steven Edison came to the Sherborn Library to discuss his body of artwork: The Art of the Automobile. Steven Edison began photographing cars almost 50 years ago; however, until recently, he thought that his artistic relationship with automobiles had only lasted seven years. Upon combing through 50 years...

Zheutlin discusses Annie Londonderry

Zheutlin discusses Annie Londonderry

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter Peter Zheutlin, a local author and journalist, did not know he had a famous relative until he received a letter from a stranger in 1993. That letter would unlock a long-forgotten chapter of family history and begin Zheutlin’s career as an author. The letter introduced Zheutlin to the story of Annie...

MPL welcomes Dog Psychologist Ray McSoley

MPL welcomes Dog Psychologist Ray McSoley

By Alana DiPlacido Hometown Weekly Reporter Nothing gathers a crowd quite like dogs do, so it was no surprise that every chair in Medfield Public Library’s (MPL) meeting room was filled with an audience member excited to hear Ray McSoley, a successful dog psychologist, speak. McSoley began the talk by defining his ethos in dog training through...

Westwood Robotics secures prestigious STEM honor

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...

Dover Kitchen brings new life to Dover

Dover Kitchen brings new life to Dover

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...

Needham native stars in “Eephus”

Needham native stars in “Eephus”

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"...

Discussions on spirituality at NFPL

Discussions on spirituality at NFPL

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...

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