On January 18, Michelle Cove, founder and executive director of MEDIAGIRLS, will lead the parent workshop “#SocialMedia4Girls: Helping girls use social media in healthy and positive ways” at Charles River School in Dover. The event is free of charge and open to the general public.
Where should parents and educators start when talking...
On Tuesday, January 16, at 4:00 p.m. the Children’s Department of the Needham Free Public Library, 1139 Highland Avenue, will be hosting an Art Makers class for children ages 5 and up. With inspiration from the book "Monsters Love Colors" by Mike Austin, local artist Nicole Donson will lead a drop-in art and craft activity in the library’s STEAM Center. After reading...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Medfield High School Theatre Society prepared for an evening of hilarity and entertainment with the one-night-only performance of “Medfield After Dark.” The show, abbreviated to MAD, featured nine skits written by MHS seniors, comedy from emcee Mason Hajj, and music by Brigitte and the Boys.
The first skit of the...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield and Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton varsity girls hockey teams took to the ice on Wednesday night at Blackstone Valley Ice Arena in Hopedale for their first of two meetings in 2017-2018. Behind a lockdown defensive effort and a 12-save shutout performance by senior goaltender Skylar Flynn, the Warriors (3-6-3,...
Medfield High School’s a cappella group, MHSound, will host an night of live a cappella music Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at MHS’s Lowell Mason Auditorium.
The premiere a cappella group from Ithaca College, ICVoicestream, will be featured performers, along with Medfield’s MHSound, Blake Middle School A Cappella, Montrose School’s The Treblemakers, Westwood...
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On December 21 it became official: winter is here, but signs of its eminent arrival have been observable for weeks. Leaves fell from trees, squirrels and chipmunks busily collected seeds and acorns, and other than the winter moth, insects and other small animals have seemingly disappeared from the landscape.
Every...
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On December 21 it became official: winter is here, but signs of its eminent arrival have been observable for weeks. Leaves fell from trees, squirrels and chipmunks busily collected seeds and acorns, and other than the winter moth, insects and other small animals have seemingly disappeared from the landscape.
Every...
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On December 21 it became official: winter is here, but signs of its eminent arrival have been observable for weeks. Leaves fell from trees, squirrels and chipmunks busily collected seeds and acorns, and other than the winter moth, insects and other small animals have seemingly disappeared from the landscape.
Every...
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On December 21 it became official: winter is here, but signs of its eminent arrival have been observable for weeks. Leaves fell from trees, squirrels and chipmunks busily collected seeds and acorns, and other than the winter moth, insects and other small animals have seemingly disappeared from the landscape.
Every...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The weather outside was certainly frightful as a bomb cyclone brought fourteen inches of snow and frigid temperatures to Dover and Sherborn. Even knowing that there would be much cleanup to be done after the storm, residents still enjoyed the first snowfall of year. Despite the caroling season...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield and Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton varsity girls hockey teams took to the ice on Wednesday night at Blackstone Valley Ice Arena in Hopedale for their first of two meetings in 2017-2018. Behind a lockdown defensive effort and a 12-save shutout performance by senior goaltender Skylar...
On Saturday, December 16, more than 70 Dover residents came together at the Caryl Center to celebrate Hanukkah. Everyone enjoyed traditional Hanukkah foods, including latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts). Children played dreidel and made Hanukkah crafts. Rabbis Karen and Micah Citrin from Temple Beth David of Westwood led the group in...
On Tuesday, January 30, Massachusetts Horticultural Society will host several award-winning garden historians for an afternoon symposium that will lead you on virtual tours through a variety of historical gardens. The award-winning presenters are Patrick Chassé lecturing on Asian gardens, Patrice Todisco reviewing trends of New England gardens, and Marion Pressley discussing Italian gardens. With...
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On December 21 it became official: winter is here, but signs of its eminent arrival have been observable for weeks. Leaves fell from trees, squirrels and chipmunks busily collected seeds and acorns, and other than the winter moth, insects and other small animals have seemingly disappeared from the landscape.
Every...
On January 18, Michelle Cove, founder and executive director of MEDIAGIRLS, will lead the parent workshop “#SocialMedia4Girls: Helping girls use social media in healthy and positive ways” at Charles River School in Dover. The event is free of charge and open to the general public.
Where should parents and educators start when talking to girls...
By Laura DrinanHometown Weekly Reporter
Along with the days before vacations and weekends, early releases are among some of the most hotly-anticipated school days for Westwood students. With so many excellent options of how to spend their school-free afternoons, though, it can often be difficult to decide on how to maximize the extra two...
On Saturday, December 9, over 90 seniors enjoyed a delicious turkey luncheon (with all the fixings) at the Old Colonial in Norwood, hosted by the Westwood Policeman’s Association. The snowy weather did not deter most seniors from enjoying time together to celebrate the holidays.
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Teachers have arguably the most important job in the world. They motivate underachievers to fly. They coach, mentor and listen to students. They make the mundane, extraordinary. They are the quiet heroes who simplify complexities, motivate, and help students reveal their talents.
It is no surprise, then, when they are...
After months of preparation, the Charles River School Model United Nations and Robotics teams competed in local competitions this month. At both of these events, students had the opportunity to apply all they’d practiced and learned this fall, and to think on their feet.
On December 9, 21 CRS students in grades 6-8 took...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep…”
I thought of Robert Frost’s renowned poem as I walked through the trails of Bird Park, some glistening with ice and snow.
While I didn’t have promises to keep, I did have reindeer to find at the park’s first self-guided Reindeer Quest.
Although I grew...
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