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DPW makes daily efforts for town
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As seen in March, it’s not uncommon for New England to receive snowstorm after snowstorm. While playing out in the snow, shoveling driveways, and brushing off our cars, we see plows clearing the streets of snow and often hear them continuing to keep the roads safe throughout the night....
Third graders set for 1800s school day
Westwood’s third graders are gearing up for a unique experience.
Each year, the Fisher School (home of the Westwood Historical Society) is transformed into an old-fashioned classroom with antique school desks and chairs, plus a dunce cap and stool. All Westwood third grade classes are then invited to an 1800s school day.
Students dress in period...
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Darcey, Raider lax set to ball out
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018 season will be the beginning of a new era for Wellesley High School boys lacrosse with new head coach Jim Connolly.
A 13-5 regular season earned the Raiders the No. 6 seed in Division I South last spring. Wellesley took down No. 11 Mansfield, 10-9, in...
Wellesley students take art awards
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers have honored 7th-12th grade students with the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards since 1923. National and international students submitted more than 330,000 works in 29 categories of art and writing.
In mid-March, a series of ceremonies for Gold and Silver Key recipients...
COA hosts weekly photography club
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A picture speaks a thousand words. But at the Wellesley Council on Aging, members of the photography club speak a thousand words about each picture.
The group, led by experienced photographer Mark Maiden, meets weekly from March 1 to April 26 at the Tolles Parsons Center to enjoy lunch together,...
Wellesley Squirt B2 team takes championship
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The least experienced team in town had a rough start to the season.
But their dedicated coaches, Sean Campbell, Sam Steere, and Jeff Rotella and especially the team, fought their way up to the number two seed in the division of 9 teams, with a record of 15 wins, 9 losses, and 3...
Bird Park invites families for nature quest
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With springtime and Easter coinciding, many families ring in the season of blossoming flowers and warm weather with an Easter egg hunt outdoors.
Maura O’Gara, Bird Park’s event and program manager, formulated a different idea: an Easter nature quest.
Ideal for children ages two to eight, the quest was open...
Walpole Library hosts magical science program
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Oftentimes, we think of magic as something that is whimsical and fueled by wonder.
But is science usually thought of in the same way?
From Mad Science of Greater Boston, an interactive science program for children, Uma Vadher had a question for the children at the Walpole Public Library:...
McInerney, Rebel softball have high hopes
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite a 16-5 regular season and a Bay State League title, the 2017 season ended with a bit of a sour taste in the mouths of the Walpole High girls softball team, as the No. 7 seeded Rebels fell 13-10 to arch rival and No. 10 Norwood in...
Tax Day Rally set for April 14
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On Saturday, April 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the Walpole Peace and Justice Group will hold a Tax Day Rally for Peace and Economic Justice at the Gazebo on the Walpole Common. Rally speakers will address the destructive consequences of exorbitant military spending at the expense of human needs.
A 40-foot...
Needham celebrates festival of colors
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
At the beginning of March, many Indian communities celebrated Holi, the festival of colors. Celebrated as a way to welcome the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring, Needham hosted Holi at the local VFW on March 31.
Originally celebrated as an ancient Hindu festival, Holi is...
Springtime blooms at Needham Library gallery
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If you had the opportunity to visit the Needham Free Public Library during the month of March, you probably noticed that spring arrived early at the Friends Gallery. Although the several nor'easters ensured that it still looked like winter outdoors, Kira Seamon's bright and colorful photography welcomed the new season inside.
Using...
Needham debaters celebrate state success
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The Needham Speech and Debate celebrated the “debate” part of its name by capturing its second successive novice Lincoln-Douglas championship at Chelmsford High School.
Freshman Sasha Reiser defeated Brookline High School in the finals, and was also third place speaker overall. Sophomore Zachary Lu, last year’s novice champion, reached quarterfinals and was second...
Bruckner, Muthukaruppan showing at Open Studios
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During Needham Open Studios on the weekend of May 5 and 6, painters Eddie Bruckner and Bala Muthukaruppan will show and sell their work at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage on 1 Chapel Street.
“Exhibiting at local businesses that open their doors to artists emphasizes the great town that Needham is,” says Bruckner, whose...
High expectations for McEvoy, Child, Rocket lax
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
A 16-3 regular season and a Bay State Conference crown earned the Needham High School boys lacrosse team the No. 2 overall seed in Division I South last spring. However, the Rockets saw their season come to a tough end in the form of a 14-7 loss to...
Artwork blooms inside Medfield Library
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“A special treat on a cold Saturday,” one library-goer writes in the guest book at the Medfield Public Library’s Art ‘N Bloom. “It’s dreary out, but beautiful inside.”
From Thursday, March 22, to Sunday, March 25, the library housed 19 pieces of art from Medfield High School students and a...
Miss Amazing celebrates abilities and inclusiveness
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A handful of people gasped as the auditorium went dark. It was that pitch black - can’t-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face dark. But after a moment, the stage lights came on and illuminated the hot pink banners and string lights.
The bright lights danced off of the pink and silver balloons on stage...
Lions prepare for annual gala
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The Medfield Lions Club, with support from the Medfield Neighbor Brigade, will host its 5th annual spring gala on Saturday, May 5, from 7:30 – 10 p.m. at the Zullo Gallery on Main Street. All proceeds from this event are distributed by the Lions to local families in temporary crisis, identified by the...
Belle of the Ball drive successful
With prom season just around the corner, Medfield High School freshman Gabby Christo has partnered up with Belle of the Ball on a collection drive. Belle of the Ball is an organization that cleans and distributes prom dresses and accessories to girls in need.
Gabby set up collection boxes at the high school and her home,...
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