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COA hosts Valentine’s luncheon
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Love was in the air last week at the Caryl Community Center, where the Dover Council on Aging (COA) was hosting its annual Valentine’s Day party on February 13.
Four long tables dressed in purple tablecloths and set with red plates and heart-printed napkins sat the dozens of seniors who...
McCarthy named TVL MVP, Rebels outlast Warriors
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the area’s top girls basketball programs squared off on Monday afternoon to conclude their respective regular seasons as Walpole, led by sophomore sensation Sydney Scales, hosted non-league foe Medfield, led by Harvard-bound and recently-named TVL MVP Maggie McCarthy.
Back on January 18, the Lady Rebels (15-5,...
Dover Unplugged hosting NuDay Syria
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Watching the devastation caused by the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and it’s natural to wonder if anything can be done to help Syrian refugees.
On Wednesday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m., Dover Unplugged is hosting an evening with Nadia Alawa, a New...
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Watching the devastation caused by the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and it’s natural to wonder if anything can be done to help Syrian refugees.
On Wednesday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m., Dover Unplugged is hosting an evening with Nadia Alawa, a New...
Seniors carve out time for handicrafts
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Center at Medfield has become a second home to many of the town’s seniors.
For the woodcarving group that meets weekly from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Center’s craft room, the Council on Aging has become their personal workshop.
Six dedicated members of the woodcarving class spend their...
DSHS Jazz Band performs at Berklee
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On Saturday, February 10, the Dover Sherborn High School Jazz Band performed at the 50th Annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival under the direction of Band Director Janice Barry. The event featured over 200 high school big bands, combos, and vocal jazz ensembles from around the country.
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Happy birthday, Howard Kane
Howard Kane had his 101th birthday on February 13. A resident of the Doolittle Home in Foxboro, Howard and his wife, Dorothy, were married for 67 years and lived in Medfield for 50 years. They were married at the First Parish Unitarian Church in Medfield in 1941. Howard received a BBA and an MBA from...
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Montrose School hosts A Cappella Jam
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The Montrose School a cappella group, the Treblemakers, hosted seven local high schools at the A Cappella Jam, including the X-Men from Xaverian Brothers High School and the Soundwaves from Medfield High School.
A sellout crowd filled the Arts & Athletics Center for the fifth annual Jam. The event was begun in 2014 to...
Putting for Patients coming to MHS
On Sunday, March 18, members of the community and their families will flock to the Medfield High School gymnasium at 1 p.m. to support the Jimmy Fund with Putting for Patients. The event will feature a long putt contest, opportunity drawing, free caricaturist, free face painting, free henna tattoos, photo booth and, of course, an...
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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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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
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:...
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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’
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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’
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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’
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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
