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Blake students participate in science fair
On Friday, March 16, students at Blake Middle School participated in the annual science fair. Students were excited and eager to share their findings with the attendees, who were equally interested in learning what interests and excites our middle school students.
Prize winners were Jim Kemp, Chase Coughlin, Shea Coughlin, Ronan Schoenfeld, Alex Munz, Kelly Blake...
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Thurston Middle performs amazing musical
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Thurston Middle School’s seventh and eighth grade students may be young, but they are bursting with talent. They proved that with their performances of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Westwood High School from April 5 to 7.
The middle school thespians followed the script of Tim Rice and...
Packaging love and nutrients for Puerto Rico
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
It seems almost impossible to create 20 thousand meals in just two hours. When the community gets together to do it, though, it’s an easy task. On April 6, members of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Dover partnered with the Outreach Project to create packaged meals for those in...
Coia, Jean lift Hawks in opener
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite an 8-10 regular season in 2017, the Xaverian Brothers High School varsity lacrosse team was able to gain some momentum heading into the offseason after an 8-7 upset win at No. 5 Franklin in the first round of last season’s South Sectional playoffs. The Hawks were ultimately...
DS schools launch Mediterranean lunch
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
School lunches get a bad reputation. While America’s school lunches are frequently thought of as microwaved slop, Dover Sherborn Public Schools planned a lunch for the middle and high school students that proved school lunches can easily be delicious and healthy.
With the help of professional chef from the John...
New year, same dominance from Kocher
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For the second straight season and the 15th time in the last 16 years, the Nobles Bulldogs are ISL champions in alpine skiing.
Of the skiers who suited up for Nobles this season and led the team to yet another conference title, perhaps none were more valuable...
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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DSMS students to direct spring plays
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After years of experience performing on stage, six Dover-Sherborn High School students are switching roles and making their directorial debut. Student directors Benjamin Hodson-Walker, Lila Hovey, Aidan Levinson, Annie Liu, Katherine Roer, and Jeb Shue, all veteran drama students, will be directing three one-act comedic plays at the Dover-Sherborn Middle School.
In choosing a...
COA members learn knife skills
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Have you ever watched chefs on Food Network chop a vegetable in the blink of an eye?
It may seem like a job that only a professional chef could achieve, but Westwood and Dover’s Councils on Aging (COA) were determined to prove that anybody could possess the knife skills...
Larkin named interim skipper at Westwood
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming off an incredible Cinderella run all the way to the Division II South finals as a No. 11 seed in 2017, the Westwood High School varsity baseball team enters the 2018 season with high hopes.
Following the conclusion of last season, however, Westwood head coach Jimmy Vanaria...
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
