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Powisset Farm hosts Ethiopian lunch
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While there is much to do at Powisset Farm, visitors from all over Massachusetts head to the farm to participate in “Powisset Cooks!” – one of the farm’s many cooking programs. On April 28, a group of home cooks joined Meqdes Mesfin in the Powisset test kitchen, ready to...
Antonucci, Wolverines best Mastrobuono, Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering Friday, it had been quite some time since the Westwood High School varsity boys lacrosse team defeated rival DS; five years, to be exact.
Off to one of their best starts in program history, the Wolverines wrote the latest chapter of their exceptional beginning to the 2018...
Smart robots visit DTL
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Robots are fascinating machines. They assist in intricate surgeries and help build automobiles. They can open doors and run faster than Usain Bolt. Some countries have even welcomed artificial intelligence with open arms and grants of citizenship.
While some may fear that technology is evolving too fast, many children are...
Geranium sale set for May 12
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Timed just right for Mother’s Day, the Boggestow Garden Club Annual Geranium Sale will be held on Saturday, May 12, as part of the Sherborn Library Arts and Crafts Fair. The sale will take place on Jamison Field near the entrance to Pine Hill Lane at 10 a.m. — no advance sales —...
Amilia’s Light Garden Party May 24
Amilia’s Light supports programs that are empowering and changing the lives of women who are victims of human trafficking.
The community will gather to help continue Amilia's Light's work at the annual Garden Party on Thursday, May 24, from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at the home of the founder and president Michelle Luhrmann, 26 Loeffler...
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Concannon, Hawks down Prep at Fenway
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering Saturday, Xaverian baseball’s senior class had never beaten their arch-rivals, St. John’s Prep, who finished as the runner-up in last season’s Super Eight.
It only makes sense that after such a long drought against the Eagles on the diamond, the Hawks (4-3) were able to put together...
CF West Fest starts successfully
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
For the past five years, Westwood’s Alexis Argiros has been raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Thanks to her dedication and the efforts of the community, she has raised over $25,000. Although it’s a whopping amount to be able to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Argiros is...
Westwood Library makes a mystery
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
When Concord District Court Judge Samantha Bell Jones meets data miner Thomas Malachi, she doesn’t seem to take much of an interest in him, except for the fact that he owns a cat named Klaus.
When a stranger, John Ledbetter Bell, comes in from out of town with a...
Westwood Squirts win division
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Westwood's Squirt A team won their division in the South Shore Conference in a hard-fought 5-3 victory against Cape Cod Canal at the Canton Ice House on Sunday, April 8....
Westwood declares Device Free Day
Did you know that too much screen time is harmful to your health? Experts cite excessive screen time as a cause of depression. It also hurts your eyes, disrupts your sleep, and causes gray matter atrophy in your brain. There are even new physical ailments like “text neck” and “text claw” cropping up, as we...
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Fletcher’s walk-off bomb lifts Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a rainout on Thursday, the defending Division I South and Eastern Mass champion Wellesley High School baseball team hosted Barnstable at Sprague Field on Friday afternoon for a pivotal early-season showdown.
And with it came some history.
With the game remaining tied after seven full, sophomore catcher...
Wellesley seniors are painted with talent
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
This summer, dozens of the town’s seniors will have their art showcased at the Wellesley Free Library’s gallery for the annual senior art show. Some of the featured art will be paintings from the Tolles Parsons Center’s acrylic painting class.
The participants meet weekly for eight sessions. During the two-hour...
Wellesley Chambers Players concert in May
The Wellesley Chamber Players’ last concert of the 2017-2018 season is scheduled for Sunday, May 13, at 3 p.m., at the Dana Hall School. Celebrating Mother’s Day, the concert will feature young students from Dana Hall School who won the Wellesley Chamber Players’ Young Artists Chamber Competition in April, as well as the Wellesley Chamber...
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Green efforts reap lasting rewards
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Lieutenant Governor Karen Polito, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton, and Department Of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Judith Judson were among the list of local dignitaries on hand at the Wellesley Town Hall last week to honor Wellesley, Waltham, and Stoneham and formally recognize each town as a “Green Community.”...
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Mass Hort Gardeners’ Fair this May
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Gardeners’ Fair will take place on Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s The Gardens at Elm Bank, Route 16, in Wellesley. The Gardeners' Fair is an opportunity to find rare and unusual perennials, trees and shrubs; ready-to-plant herbs and vegetables; and tomato varieties by...
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A home run for tee ball parents
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole’s Stone Field, right behind Town Hall, is almost always packed with families on Saturday mornings when the weather is nice. April 21 was not an exception, as it was Walpole Recreation’s second week of tee ball games.
Children between the ages of 3 and 8 were allowed to...
Donato’s walk-off powers Rebels past Hawks
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Wet conditions at Turco Field forced the Walpole High baseball team to take a short trip down the road to the all-turf complex at Xaverian on Tuesday morning, still serving as the de facto home team in a key non-league matchup against the Hawks.
Despite a seven-inning...
Potter’s Place hosting ALS fundraiser
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In keeping with its mission to share and teach the pottery experience to the public, 17 members of Potters Place will hold a fundraiser to benefit the The A.L.S. Family Charitable Foundation of Bourne, MA, during the weekend of May 4-6. Proceeds from the sale of select, hand-made pottery at the cooperative’s Annual...
United Church hosting giant yard sale
United Church in Walpole will be hosting its annual giant Indoor Yard Sale on April 27 and 28. This is a very popular event open to the entire community.
Yard Sale items include: kitchen items of all description, tools, gardening items, camping gear, sporting goods, toys, books, games, puzzles, bikes, scooters, small home furnishings such...
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