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Art in Bloom coming next week
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Needham’s Art in Bloom is celebrating its 10th anniversary at the Needham Public Library next Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, March 11, from 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be 70+ mixed medium pieces of artwork by talented Needham High School students and teachers, each...
Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse celebrates milestone
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
An estimated two billion birthday cards are sent each year, Dr. Thea Iberall shared in between open microphone performers. Although there were no birthday cards in sight, dozens of members of the community joined Thea to celebrate Expresso Yourself Coffehouse’s second birthday.
Expresso Yourself is an open mic night, which...
Troop 89 members are Eagle Scouts
Medfield’s Boy Scout Troop 89 members Patrick Edward O’Connor, Kyle Parker Heaney, Evan William Sepe and Mark Gerard Fitzpatrick were honored at their Eagle Court of Honor on February 10, 2018 at the Church of the Advent in Medfield. Family, friends, members of Troop 89, as well as state and local officials attended this event,...
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Medfield Community Garden registration opens
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Registration for the Medfield Community Garden on Plain Street has opened for the year. Plots are available on a first-request basis.
Plots come in two sizes: 600 square feet – more than enough space to supply a family of four – and half-sized plots of 300 square feet for those wanting or needing less...
Library hosts space-themed LEGO Challenge
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Since its inception in the late 1940s, The Lego Group’s tiny plastic construction bricks have exploded with popularity. The Denmark-based company has launched thousands of sets of LEGOs, whose various themes provide children with endless entertainment. With STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) based programs becoming more integrated...
Sherborn Library launches new website
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The Sherborn Library has announced the launch of its new website, sherbornlibrary.org. This full-scale redesign of the Sherborn Library website was made possible through a $20,000 grant awarded by the Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation to the Friends of the Sherborn Library.
“We are so excited to provide the wide Sherborn Library community with...
Art In Bloom Roadshow coming soon
On Tuesday, March 13, at 9:30 a.m., the Chicatabot Garden Club invites the public to hear about the Museum of Fine Arts’ Art In Bloom in the comfort of the Dover Library Community Room. Michelle Lord will give a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the 40 year history of this annual, extremely popular event at the Museum,...
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Dover Dems elect convention delegates
Registered Democrats in Dover recently held a caucus to elect delegates to the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.
Elected as delegates were Rob Andrews, Erin Rodat-Savla, and Carina Sullivan. Peter Hoffman, Kevin Luey, and Candice Sullivan were elected as alternate delegates. Committee Co-Chair Carol Lisbon will also be attending as a delegate.
“It was a great caucus...
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For some birds, love is in the air
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
With winter’s icy grip still clutching the landscape, it is hard to imagine local birds nesting and laying eggs, events most people associate with spring.
Yet with spring still over a month away, some of the area’s birds are already well into breeding season.
A bird’s sole purpose for...
‘Brothers Sing On!’ brings together generations
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Wellesley High School recently presented “Brothers Sing On!”, an all-male a cappella festival hosted by the Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus. This unique concert brought together talented male singers young and old, all united by a shared love of a cappella music.
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Wellesley celebrates Year of the Dog
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Loyalty. Compatibility. Kindness.
These are character traits of the dog, the eleventh position of the Chinese zodiac. Chinese communities around the world will be celebrating the Year of the Dog for Chinese New Year, their most important holiday.
Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the date for Chinese New Year changes...
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Wellesley students make District Junior Ensembles
On Saturday, January 27, over 950 music students from schools across the eastern part of Massachusetts traveled to Needham High School to audition for the 2018 Eastern District Junior Music Ensembles. Students have been preparing for these auditions with their director’s guidance over the past several months.
The Wellesley Performing Arts Department has announced that 43...
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Scouts hold winter Court of Honor
Wellesley Boy Scout Troop 185 held their winter Court of Honor on Monday, February 5, at the Italo-American Club. The masters of ceremony were Zane Salameh and Glen Manglapus, Troop 185's co-senior patrol leaders. They introduced the other leaders in the Troop and coordinated the awards ceremony. Since the previous Court of Honor in June...
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Tobin, Bishop, Wellesley skiers conquering slopes
For the first time in many years, weather has not been a factor in the alpine skiing season. A cold December allowed significant training time and by the time the race season opened in January, both Blue Hills in Canton and Ski Ward in Shrewsbury had plenty of snow to host races. The Wellesley High...
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Westwood girls victorious on senior night
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a hard-fought comeback that resulted in a mere one-point overtime loss to rival Holliston on Friday, the Westwood High School girls varsity basketball team returned home to square off against non-league foe, Needham, on Sunday evening as part of the Riley Winter Classic.
Sunday’s game also happened...
Westwood’s Philbin is town’s energy man
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By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
There was a time not too long ago when there were lights at the library that didn’t work.
Streets weren’t always as bright as they are now. The town was burning money on outdated technology and inefficient energy systems.
Then, Tom Philbin came along.
Philbin, a New York City native with...
Wellesley softball fields receiving improvements
Wellesley softball athletes are closer to getting long-awaited - and much needed - improvements to their fields next to the tennis courts along Washington Street. A proposal for improvements has been under discussion by the Community Preservation Committee, Natural Resources Commission, and Playing Fields Task Force for some months. The proposal recently took a big...
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COA celebrates Valentine’s Day
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Tucked between Thurston Middle School and Westwood High School is the Westwood Council on Aging. Though it may be small in comparison to the two buildings that sandwich it, the senior center puts on some huge events, like the annual Valentine’s Day party last Wednesday.
In the center’s multi-purpose room,...
Westwood students excel in Academic Decathlon
