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Schlittler, Magane, Rebel baseball gear up
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2017 season was one filled with ups and downs for the Walpole High School baseball team. Yet, the Rebels still finished the year 13-7 and earned a dominant 15-0 first-round victory over rival Norwood as the No. 6 seed before falling 4-2 to No. 3-seeded Bridgewater Raynham...
New Pond Village Olympic medalist announced
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In celebration of the Winter Olympics, independent living residents at New Pond Village, a Boston-area senior living community, participated in an Olympic-themed fitness challenge. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, New Pond Village hosted a series of exercise programs in which resident’s accumulated points based on attendance and performance. Activities reinvented some of the...
The Lizzie Borden few knew
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By Bill Lombardi
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
To wander through the Pine Ridge pet cemetery in Dedham, the oldest in the United States, is a fascinating experience.
Pets of many famous people are buried there. Embedded on some of the stones are photos of their loved animals. The grounds are so beautiful that you could...
Fraser, Hopkins starting to turn it on
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
While high school lacrosse is still a week or so from getting underway and about three weeks from seeing real game action, the college season is currently in full swing.
On Saturday, Walpole native Pat Fraser and the No. 17 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays made the trip to...
Rockets tournament run halted by Boxers
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Ever since their incredible run to a Division I South crown in 2017, much of the talk around the Bay State when it comes to boys high school basketball has revolved around Thomas Shaughnessy and the Needham High School Rockets.
On Wednesday, Needham returned to the scene of...
Art in Bloom blossoms at library
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Wet, heavy snow covered the grass and lined the sidewalks outside, but inside of the Needham Free Public Library, flowers were blooming.
Every year, the Beth Shalom Garden Club and Needham High School’s art department team up with the town to bring Needham Art in Bloom, a celebration in...
March’s second nor’easter storms through
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
March certainly came in like a lion with a nor’easter at the beginning of the month that left many without power. Just days later, Massachusetts was hit with another nor’easter – this time bringing wet, heavy snow to the Greater Boston area.
Dover Sherborn Regional Schools closed on Thursday, March...
Community excited for NEF Spelling Bee
Friends, neighbors, Needham Public School students, members of the local business community, and civic leaders are gearing up for the annual NEF Spelling Bee on Sunday, March 18, at 3 p.m. in the Needham High School "A" gym.
Admission and refreshments are free, thanks to the generous support of many sponsors. Members of the community...
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Hillside/Eliot basketball game on tap
For the eighth consecutive year, teachers and parents from Hillside and Eliot schools will meet at Needham High School on Friday, March 16, for a spirited game of basketball to raise money for each school’s Parent Teacher Council. The game will take place at Needham High School. Doors open and pizza and other concession sales...
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Quilt Show returning to Needham
The Quilt Show is returning to Needham. Every two years, members of Quinobequin Quilters from Needham, Newton, Wellesley, and surrounding towns present a two-day Quilt Show. The 2018 show will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, at the Masonic Lodge, 1101 Highland Ave, Needham. Over 120 beautiful quilts will be displayed,...
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Rep. Garlick, Legislator of the Year
On Wednesday, March 7, Gov. Charlie Baker, Speaker Robert DeLeo, and others helped The Arc of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC) recognize Senator Jamie Eldridge and Representative Denise Garlick as Legislators of the Year.
WROR-Radio personality Lauren Beckham Falcone, a parent of a child with Down syndrome, emceed the event titled “Honoring 40...
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Inspiration flows with Kwame Alexander
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On March 8, Medfield Public Schools and the Medfield Public Library closed for the day after the month’s second nor’easter brought wet, heavy snow and powerful winds.
Even with power outages and fallen tree limbs and wires afflicting the town, Medfield Public Schools’ library media specialist, Kerry Cowell, and...
Medfield Winter Carnival is a blast
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
It’s a longstanding tradition that every elementary school student in Medfield looked forward to this year: the annual Winter Carnival at Memorial School.
For years, the Memorial and Wheelock School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) teamed up to host a day of carnival games and prizes, silent auctions, and baked goods...
Warriors run frozen in South semifinals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
An incredible 2017-2018 season and Division II playoff run came to an end for the Medfield High School varsity hockey team on Sunday at Gallo Arena in Bourne as the Warriors (14-6-3) fell 6-3 to Plymouth South in the South Sectional finals.
Despite entering as a mere No....
7th grade girls are Metrowest champs
The 7th grade girls Medfield basketball team won the Division 2 Metrowest Championship on March 11, capping off a terrific season during which the girls went 13-2 in Metrowest and 17-3 overall. The Team (Left to right) is Chris Olenik, Paige Ostrowski, Rich Callahan (back row), Kate Olenik, Emily Morgan, Eve Tormey, Harper Foscaldo,...
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Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse featuring Colette O’Connor
The Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse returns at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 26 North Street, Medfield. This month’s Coffeehouse will feature Colette O'Connor, and the theme for the evening is “Messengers.”
Colette O'Connor has been touring/traveling and performing since 2012. Her music is a delightful blend of sunshine, kindness-philosophy, and...
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March’s second nor’easter storms through
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
March certainly came in like a lion with a nor’easter at the beginning of the month that left many without power. Just days later, Massachusetts was hit with another nor’easter – this time bringing wet, heavy snow to the Greater Boston area.
Dover Sherborn Regional Schools closed on Thursday, March...
Linden finishes sixth at nationals for DS
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Erik Linden has already well established himself as one of the elite runners in the state of Massachusetts throughout the winter with personal and DS school records being broken by the senior seemingly every week. However, on Sunday, Linden established himself as one of the top six runners...
DSHS hosts SADD trivia night
