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Medfield’s Matuson to read from ‘Dadalectic’

Medfield’s Matuson to read from ‘Dadalectic’

Local artist and writer Geena Matuson, or “The Girl Mirage,” will have a reading and book signing for her first book “Dadalectic: Waking Dream” at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 at Medfield Memorial Public Library. A surreal collection of poetic stories and dreamy artworks play with pattern and perception in this hard cover, full-color...

Stark lifts Raiders to senior night win

Stark lifts Raiders to senior night win

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off of a 66-58 victory over Northbridge last Wednesday, the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys varsity basketball team took to the court on Friday night for its senior night looking to conclude the regular season with two consecutive victories. Behind a game-high 26 points by junior forward Brett...

Medfield’s Allan makes Olympics audible

Medfield’s Allan makes Olympics audible

Medfield native and lifelong resident Christopher Allan is the lead audio mixer for the NBC Olympic telecast at the Gangneung Ice Arena in PyeongChang, South Korea. He is responsible for the broadcast sound for the men’s, women’s, pairs, and ice dancing figure skating events, as well as the short track speed skating events. This is...

Dover PTO announces Mardi Gras auction

Dover PTO announces Mardi Gras auction

Chickering School is set to be transformed into a Mardi Gras Carnival. The Dover PTO has announced its biennial live and silent auction to be held on Saturday, March 24, at the Chickering School. The evening kicks off at 6 p.m. with the announcement of classroom raffle winners and highly-anticipated $25 mystery item trays. Guests will...

Westwood’s Esposito delivers for MD family

Westwood’s Esposito delivers for MD family

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Westwood's Caterina Esposito was among a number of Santa's helpers to make a visit to a Maryland family, delivering a gift that promised to make their holiday season especially happy and bright: a walker custom-designed and constructed by a group of Johns Hopkins University engineering students for the family's smallest member. RoseLynn Lidy was...

Filmmaker, civil rights veteran visiting Wellesley

Filmmaker, civil rights veteran visiting Wellesley

Wellesley College will host award-winning filmmaker Clennon L. King at the screening of his civil rights documentary about the bloodiest campaign of the entire movement, which directly led to the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing Jim Crow segregation from coast to coast. King will introduce “Passage at St. Augustine:...

WPS students make all-state ensembles

WPS students make all-state ensembles

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On Saturday, January 20, students from the Wellesley High School Music Department auditioned for the All-State Music Ensembles at Shrewsbury High School. Students qualified for these auditions by scoring in the top half of the Eastern District Auditions held in November. The musicians auditioned with approximately 950 students from across Massachusetts for one...

Community spreads ‘Messages of Hope’

Community spreads ‘Messages of Hope’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The World Health Organization estimates more than 300 million people suffer from depression. Depression doesn’t target any particular group; any person of any age of any race can be affected, but still, there is a social stigma surrounding mental illnesses. To help eradicate the stigma and support those – particularly...

Walpole engages in ‘Storytelling for All’

Walpole engages in ‘Storytelling for All’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter From infancy, we learn how valuable a good story is. We’re sung to as we fall asleep, and read to throughout the day. As toddlers, our overactive childhood imaginations were always looking to create a story with the help of toys and dolls. Storytelling is imbedded inside of us,...

Bird Park hosts ‘Wednesday Wanderings’

Bird Park hosts ‘Wednesday Wanderings’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Growing up in Walpole, I’d walked the trails of Bird Park hundreds of times. So, when I heard that I’d be joining other locals and Trustee Maura O’Gara for Wednesday Wanderings, I had a feeling it’d be a walk in the park – both literally and figuratively. I had worried...

Remembering the Blizzard of ’78

Remembering the Blizzard of ’78

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By Ilene Hoffman January 20, 1978: Huge snowstorm. (When I wrote this, I didn’t know a real huge snowstorm was coming in two weeks.) February 6, 1978: Left work, slightly paranoid about the snow. That’s my diary entry regarding the Blizzard of 1978. Unfortunately, I have no personal photos from that historic blizzard 40 years ago,...

The art of appreciation

The art of appreciation

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter A group of seniors sat around the conference table at the Westwood Council on Aging, each studying a handout with three different photographs printed on it. On the left side of the page was a photo of Donatello’s bronze sculpture of David, who stood with a feminine build, a...

Needham discusses children and media

Needham discusses children and media

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Becoming a parent or guardian is a lifelong commitment to ensuring that a child is well cared for. Among all the efforts in providing a child with everything he or she needs, however, parents may be incorporating things into their daily lives that could actually be negatively impacting their...

Needham artist’s work headed to London

Needham artist’s work headed to London

Gorse Mill Studios artist Karen Krieger’s atmospheric landscape paintings will be on display as part of the Prince and Pilgrim’s Winter Exhibition in London from February 22-25 at the Stable Gallery, 174 Kew Road, TW9 2AS, UK (PrinceandPilgrim.com). Krieger’s London premier features contemplative work with her signature interplay of mist and mountains, both representational and...

Lifetime Learning presenting poetry class

Lifetime Learning presenting poetry class

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 With spring approaching, it is now time to begin thinking of Dover’s ever-popular Lifetime Learning classes. The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, with the support of the Dover Council on Aging, are sponsoring a Lifetime Learning class: Modern Poetry for Everyone. Participants will read and discuss selected poems, both closed forms...

Bill Londergan happily retires from YMCA

Bill Londergan happily retires from YMCA

The Charles River YMCA held a good-bye reception for Bill Londergan, who has been a day porter at the Charles River Center YMCA on Great Plain Ave. for 15 ½ years. In this position, where he worked five days a week, Bill cleaned the windows, swept the floors, and kept the building tidy. “We have...

Hynes, Needham squashers make history at nationals

Hynes, Needham squashers make history at nationals

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Despite entering snake-bitten by injuries, Needham High School competed in the United State Squash National Tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from February 2-4. The Rockets showed a tremendous amount of grit in doing so. With Evan Massa and Tyler Smith unable to suit up due to flu-like symptoms, the...

Tech Time offers Bristlebot playtime

Tech Time offers Bristlebot playtime

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By Laura Drinan  Hometown Weekly Reporter The Dover Town Library’s Community Room was abuzz with Bristlebots on February 8. Bristlebots, thumb-sized vibrating robots made from a toothbrush head, double-sided tape, a battery, and a pager motor, have become quite popular at Tech Time, one of the library’s STEAM-based programs for children 8 to thirteen years...

Zhang, DS swimmers headed to states

Zhang, DS swimmers headed to states

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Several members of the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity swim and dive team competed in the Division III Sectional Championships on Saturday afternoon at MIT in Cambridge. This comes after a solid all-around performance by DS at the TVL Championships on February 4, where the Raiders finished third...

Library welcomes new director, Meena Jain

Library welcomes new director, Meena Jain

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter There’s been a new face among the staff of the Medfield Public Library. After saying goodbye to their former director in October of last year, the library is delighted to introduce Meena Jain as their new director. As a young professional, Meena’s aunt told her that libraries would be gone...

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