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Oh happy Medfield Day

Oh happy Medfield Day

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By Katrina Tummino Hometown Weekly Correspondent

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Early September typically calls to mind the changing of seasons and school starting, but for those living in Medfield and its surrounding towns, the early beginnings of fall also bring a much-anticipated, community-oriented event: Medfield Day. On September 15, residents found...

Food, friends and fun at Farmers’ Market

Food, friends and fun at Farmers’ Market

By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Reporter Last Thursday on the lawn in front of the First Parish building in Medfield town center, different stands sold everything from quilted blankets and honey to fresh fruits and vegetables. Families and members of the community ambled through the grassy clearing, enjoying the warm summer day and talking with the local...

Fair returns to Sherborn

Fair returns to Sherborn

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By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Contributor Friends, families, and farmers were out at the Barber Reservation on Saturday to celebrate the return of the Grange Fair in Sherborn. There, neighbors enjoyed varied agricultural entertainment and learned about their town’s rich agricultural history. Once a yearly event, Sherborn Grange Fairs were most recently held in 2011...

Grace Church to host bluegrass band

Grace Church to host bluegrass band

Dover’s Pilgrim Bluegrass Gospel Band will be returning to Grace Church on September 30 to provide the music for the 10:00 a.m. service. The band will be performing a variety of traditional and contemporary songs to complement the order of service. Band members are Michele Sauter on mandolin and vocals, Geoff Sauter on five-string banjo and...

Raider field hockey drops heartbreaker

Raider field hockey drops heartbreaker

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 2-1 victory over Ashland on September 11, the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School field hockey team dropped a heartbreaker to Division I power Natick on Thursday to fall to 2-2 on the young season. Natick struck first less than six minutes in with a goal off of...

Rescue dogs bark, bay at Borderlands

Rescue dogs bark, bay at Borderlands

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent The first time I heard of a coonhound was when I got a call that my mother had randomly adopted a dog while I was away at college. Our elderly beagle had passed away, and she was itching to find a new companion for our lonely beagle. Without telling anyone...

Rockets drop heartbreaker in stoppage time

Rockets drop heartbreaker in stoppage time

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham High School boys varsity soccer team opened up its season against Bay State Conference rival Natick last Wednesday evening at Memorial Field. Despite some clutch efforts late to tie the contest, Natick came away with the 2-1 season-opening victory, thanks to a goal off of a...

A dash of Rosemary in Needham

A dash of Rosemary in Needham

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff In late August of 2016, Hometown Weekly arrived at Rosemary Pool to take in the scene. "So many pools are holes in the ground, surrounded by concrete with an asphalt parking lot – could be anywhere," Patty Carey, director of Needham Park and Recreation, told the paper at the time....

Needleman riding in Hub on Wheels

Needleman riding in Hub on Wheels

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On Sunday, September 16, Needham local Howard Needleman will be peddling through the city of Boston in this year's Hub on Wheels, a citywide bike ride that benefits the Boston Children's Hospital and sponsored by Education First. Howard is the top fundraiser for the third consecutive year, having raised over $5,300 to date this...

Joey Alexander Trio playing Great Hall

Joey Alexander Trio playing Great Hall

On Saturday night, September 15, The Great Hall Performance Foundation will welcomes the Joey Alexander Trio. Joey Alexander numbers among his fans such jazz greats as Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock and Joshua Redman. Now at age 15, the three-time Grammy nominee is considered the Mozart of jazz. A child prodigy, Joey Alexander taught himself...

Illuminating the Dark Side of the Moon

Illuminating the Dark Side of the Moon

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By Ethan Lee Hometown Weekly Correspondent Part I: Lessons from Afghan Students “Illuminating the Dark Side of the Moon” is a series written by Hometown Weekly Correspondent Ethan Lee, a student at Needham High School. As a reporter, Ethan has focused on revealing truths about misunderstood cultures around the global community. Thus, when Ethan noted absence...

Needham Pink Barbarians raise cancer funds

Needham Pink Barbarians raise cancer funds

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Needham residents Doug Fox and Dina Hannigan will be leading the Pink Barbarian team in the Jimmy Fund Marathon Walk on September 23. The Pink Barbarians, arriving from across the country, will march the 26.6 mile Boston Marathon route in full armor to help fund cutting-edge care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The...

Raider soccer outlasts Warriors in opener

Raider soccer outlasts Warriors in opener

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys soccer teams met at Calvin George Fisher Field for the latest chapter of their long and intense rivalry on Friday afternoon, as both teams looked to get an early leg-up in conference play. Thanks to a shutdown defensive effort and some...

The future is now for MSH

The future is now for MSH

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent The Medfield State Hospital (MSH) shut down in 2003. Since then, the property has become Medfield’s go-to locale for dog-walking, sports, and jogs. For years, the town has wrangled with the fate of the open acres left behind in the wake of MSH’s closure. On August 20,...

This Old Town: Medfield’s Moving Post Offices

This Old Town: Medfield’s Moving Post Offices

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Medfield was first granted a post office in 1807. It was located in the old Wheelock store on the corner of North and Main Streets, where Starbucks is situated today (the old store has since been divided into two sections and moved to #13/#17 South Street, where they are residences). Samuel Seaver, who...

Raider soccer outlasts Warriors in opener

Raider soccer outlasts Warriors in opener

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys soccer teams met at Calvin George Fisher Field for the latest chapter of their long and intense rivalry on Friday afternoon, as both teams looked to get an early leg-up in conference play. Thanks to a shutdown defensive effort and some...

Fall Harvest Gala October 20

Fall Harvest Gala October 20

The annual Dover Sherborn Education Fund (DSEF) Fall Harvest Gala will be held at Silverwood Farm in Sherborn on Saturday, October 20, at 7 p.m. The annual Gala is one of DSEF’s two major fundraisers benefiting the public schools of Dover and Sherborn. The event is being held for the first time at Silverwood Farm. The...

Save the Children hosting Boston benefit

Save the Children hosting Boston benefit

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A group of Boston neighbors are launching a new local chapter of Save the Children, an organization that has been doing whatever it takes to help give children in the United States and globally a healthy start for nearly one hundred years. Save the Children’s core mission is to fulfill the promise of...

The Dover Days of our lives

The Dover Days of our lives

By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Contributor The Dover town common was alive with the sound of children's laughter. Dogs of all different shapes and breeds walked around, meeting their fellow canines with wagging tails. Community members walked back and forth up the street, greeting old friends and visiting the many stalls on the side of street. The...

Magnificent monarchs migrate to Mexico

Magnificent monarchs migrate to Mexico

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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent The monarch butterfly, often called “the king of butterflies,” is an amazing insect. Four generations of monarch butterflies are born each year. Depending on temperature conditions and food availability, the first generation of monarchs is born in February or March, the second generation is born in May or June,...

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