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Dover’s Cohen goes for the gold
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Erik Cohen, 16, a sophomore from Dover, won gold in all of his swimming events last weekend at Boston University. His events were the 4x25m freestyle relay, 100m freestyle, and 50m freestyle. He swims with the Special Olympics Chapter in Brookline, MA, where he also attends high school. Erik has won gold in...
Tyer, Warriors fight off Donohue, Wolverines
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the TVL’s elite met last Wednesday evening with first place in the conference on the line as the Westwood Wolverines (8-2, 5-1), coming off of consecutive road victories over Dover-Sherborn and Hopkinton, traveled to face rival and the defending Division II Central/East champion Medfield Warriors (6-5,...
Jazz Night offers community exquisite concert
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Why go to Boston when you can find superb jazz music right here in Medfield?
It was a question many had asked themselves during Blake Middle School and Medfield High School’s Jazz Night on May 4.
As if the two schools’ jazz players weren’t talented enough, saxophonist, vocalist, and composer...
Soccer player Sprofera headed to Germany
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Sixteen-year-old Medfield resident Harrison Sprofera is one of ten young players chosen to represent the United States in the FC Bayern Youth Cup World Finals, which take place on from May 10–13 in Munich at the state-of-the-art Allianz Arena.
Sprofera, who plays as a center back, is a member of the Global Premier Soccer...
Child, Rockets outlast Bomes, Raiders
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Very few lacrosse rivalries in the state of Massachusetts share the same type of mutual animus that Needham and Wellesley have for one another
On Thursday, the Rockets (8-4, 7-0) hosted the Raiders (7-3, 4-2) for a pivotal mid-season showdown. Behind a six-goal performance by junior attack-man and BU commit Jason...
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Needham Open Studios celebrates twentieth year
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham just seems to exude talent.
For their twentieth anniversary, Needham Open Studios featured the works of over 45 amazing artists that community members could visit and support.
“I think that there’s so much talent in the community,” said Marilyn Brier, creator of Harmony Jewels by Marilyn. She set up...
Eliot School hosts Multicultural Night
On Saturday, April 28, Needham’s John Eliot Elementary School hosted it’s first annual Multicultural Night & Potluck. More than 25 Eliot families worked together to plan this celebration of the many cultures represented at Eliot, which included informative table displays (representing Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Texas, Latvia, Ireland, Australia, Portugal, Jewish Culture, China, Ghana, Cabo...
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Needham sisters to receive Joslin award
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Ten-year-old Mia Allen of Needham is a multi-talented fourth grader at Lexington Montessori School who juggles a heavy schedule of activities – including community theater, soccer, dance and choir – and doesn’t let her type 1 diabetes hold her back. Mia is a patient at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, where her mom,...
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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Westwood celebrates Opening Day
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On April 29, Islington Center was bustling with excitement. Parents and caregivers lined the sidewalks near Morrison Field and readied their phones to record the highly anticipated parade. A Westwood fire truck and police cruiser rolled by, making the hundreds of children that marched behind the vehicles visible. They...
Lyons, Antonucci lift Wolverines past 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...
Cultural Council holding community conversation
The Westwood Cultural Council is inviting the people who live and work in town to help advise them about how best to allocate public dollars for programs and activities in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences. The all-volunteer, municipally-appointed council receives an annual allocation of money to fund projects by individuals, organizations, and schools that...
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Brass band to play church fundraiser
The New England Brass Band will celebrate spring with an outdoor, family-friendly concert on Saturday, May 5, at First Parish of Westwood, to be held rain or shine. This concert is the second in a series for fundraisers to raise money to replace the church's aging piano.
In only a few short months since the inception...
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WHS Performing Arts season blossoms
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The WHS Spring Performing Arts season has kicked off, showcasing a wide variety of talented students in areas of dance, vocal music, and performing arts.
Wellesley Moving Company, a WHS dance company directed by Janet Sozio, performed its annual Footnotes concert, a collaborative dance concert. This one-night-only show was...
Balter, Lady-Raiders roll past Wildcats
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Wellesley High School girls varsity lacrosse team welcomed Milton last Tuesday afternoon for a key Bay State Conference showdown.
Behind a stellar performance by senior captain and Northwestern commit Maddy Balter (five goals, two assists), along with four goals from fellow senior captain and Stanford commit Caitlin Chicoski,...
WSO to close season at MassBay
The Wellesley Symphony closes its season on Sunday, May 6, with Brahms’ mighty Symphony No. 1 and the rhapsodic, technically brilliant Glazunov Violin Concerto performed by Wellesley native Julia Glenn. The overture Cortège de Bacchus from Delibes’ opera, "Sylvia," opens the program.
Brahms worked on his his first symphony for over twenty years. Haunted by the...
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Rotarians distribute saplings to students
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Every year, the Rotary Club of Wellesley purchases and bags 500 tree saplings for distribution to Wellesley fourth graders.
Susy Jordon, Wellesley town horticultural technician, hands out the bagged saplings to Wellesley fourth graders for planting. She also teaches a lesson on Arbor Day conservation while handing out the trees.
The Rotary Club of...
WHS to present spring musical
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Wellesley High School is set to present its spring musical, the Tony award-winning “Peter and the Starcatcher.” Adapted from Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling children’s novel, “Peter and the Starcatcher” is a highly imaginative prequel to J.M. Barrie’s original Peter Pan story. For children, it is a fresh take on a familiar...
Wellesley to celebrate Rachel Carson
The Wellesley Board of Selectmen have designated May 27, 2018, as Rachel Carson Day to commemorate the birthday of the famous ecologist who launched the modern environmental movement with her book, "Silent Spring," in 1962. In a proclamation released today, the Board of Selectmen call on fellow Wellesley citizens to remember Rachel Carson’s life and...
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