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Emilia Dahlin playing Homegrown Coffeehouse

Emilia Dahlin playing Homegrown Coffeehouse

Emilia Dahlin will take the stage at the Homegrown Coffeehouse on Saturday, October 28, at 8:00 p.m., at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, at the corner of Great Plain and Dedham Avenue in Needham center. There is free parking and full handicapped accessibility. Admission is $15, $12 for students and seniors, to benefit the...

St. Joseph’s hosting Information Night

St. Joseph’s hosting Information Night

St. Joseph Elementary School is inviting parents to their Information Night on Thursday, October 26, at 7:00 p.m., to learn more about its mission, curriculum, school community, and newly renovated building. The meeting will be held in the St. Joseph School Library on 90 Pickering Street in Needham. Noted for its academic excellence, the school provides...

Needham’s Haney wins CM Invitational

Needham’s Haney wins CM Invitational

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham High School boys and girls cross country teams both earned a second-place finish at the CM Invitational on Saturday at Franklin Park in Dorchester. The second-place finish by the girls, who were led by senior Nell Haney, qualified Needham for states. Haney finished the 3.1-mile course with a...

Susan’s Surprise inspires Halloween decorating

Susan’s Surprise inspires Halloween decorating

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Kindergarten and first graders excitedly await the third Thursday of every month for Susan’s Surprise. With Children’s Librarian, Susan Allison, kids enjoy a crafty activity and a chance to meet other children their age. In September, the students at Susan’s Surprise K – First Grade Fun made crafts using their...

WYWC yard sale a success

WYWC yard sale a success

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The Westwood Young Women’s Club (WYWC) hosted its second annual town-wide yard sale on October 14. With 46 houses participating, the club raised $1,170 in donations to help maintain the Westwood Tot Lot and School Street Playground over the coming year. For a donation of $25, each participating household was given a spot on...

Music Association holding wreath sale

Music Association holding wreath sale

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Medfield Music Association has launched its annual holiday wreath sale to help raise funds for trip scholarships and other expenses for over 150 Medfield High School music students. Wreath sales can also benefit Blake Middle School students who participate in the annual Six Flags music festival trip. Wreaths are $20 each and buyers...

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Medfield High School’s UNICEF Club is coordinating with the principals of Memorial, Wheelock and Dale to bring Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF back to Medfield this Halloween. The students in these schools will receive their UNICEF collection boxes the week of October 23. Club members ask that residents who plan on passing out candy this Halloween also set...

MHS theatre program hosting donation drive

MHS theatre program hosting donation drive

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Medfield High School’s theatre program will be hosting a donation drive on November 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Medfield High School auditorium lobby. Friends of MHS Theatre Society has once again partnered with Savers Thrift Stores, who will pay the group by the pound for the community’s donations of clothing,...

Local author discusses surviving medical trauma

Local author discusses surviving medical trauma

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter After suffering a massive stroke as a result of a ruptured brain aneurysm, Astrid Hendren laid in bed, listening to her doctor describe the malformation at the tip of her brain stem. The doctor told the 32-year-old patient: “We’ll try to fix it, but if I can’t get to...

‘The Snow Queen’ set to enchant Medfield

‘The Snow Queen’ set to enchant Medfield

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Medfield High School Theatre will be performing the play "The Snow Queen" on October 27 at 7 p.m. and October 28 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., at MHS’s Lowell Mason Auditorium. The script, written by Tyler J. Monroe and adapted from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, follows a brave and...

Public schools in full swing

Public schools in full swing

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Parent Information Nights are completed and school is in full swing in Medfield. The school district welcomed several new teachers and even more new students – 103 students joined the district for 2017-2018. The high school is seeing the biggest staff change with twelve new teachers. Principal Robert Parga notes an atypical combination...

Clare, Raiders gut out key win

Clare, Raiders gut out key win

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Home games have been the bread and butter for the Wellesley High School boys soccer team in 2017, as entering Tuesday night’s contest with Framingham, the Raiders (9-2-1) sported a 6-0-1 record on their home turf. Despite trailing 2-1 in the second half, the Raiders battled back with...

‘Sweeney Todd’ coming to WHS

‘Sweeney Todd’ coming to WHS

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That infamous demon barber, Sweeney Todd, will soon be wreaking his havoc on Rice Street. With book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, this dark and witty tale is rife with love, murder and revenge. Awarded eight Tony Awards for its Broadway premiere, including Best Musical, “Sweeney Todd” is...

Experimental theater coming to Westwood

Experimental theater coming to Westwood

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In less than a month, The Fisher School will open its doors to the public for the premier of artist Madeline Bugeau-Heartt’s latest theatrical endeavor “A Crack of Strange Light.” The first segment of this strangely spiritual performance series will be performed in the restored one-room school house on November 12 at 4...

Wellesley’s veterans share service experiences

Wellesley’s veterans share service experiences

By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly correspondent Last week in the Wakelin Room of the Wellesley Free Library, a panel of local veterans convened to share their experiences during their years of service and to discuss their transitions back to civilian life. As part of the Wellesley Reads Together 2017 Program, which this year chose the book “Civilianized:...

Foundation for MetroWest launching Family Giving Circle

Foundation for MetroWest launching Family Giving Circle

The Foundation for MetroWest, which runs one of the largest youth philanthropy education programs in the country, is widening its philanthropic net with the launch of the Family Giving Circle program, where families pool their money, investigate where the community needs are, then jointly decide where to distribute the funds. Created as an expansion of the...

John MacDonald to give WSA demonstration

John MacDonald to give WSA demonstration

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On Sunday, November 5, the Wellesley Society of Artists, Inc. (WSA), along with the Wellesley Free Library, will host an artist demonstration with renowned landscape oil painter John MacDonald at the Wakelin room at the Wellesley Free Library from 1:00-4:00 p.m. The afternoon, which is free and open to the public, will begin...

Giunta, Warriors grind past Lavanchy, Rebels

Giunta, Warriors grind past Lavanchy, Rebels

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Despite not playing in the same conference, [caption id="attachment_22232" align="alignright" width="300"]

Medfield wideout Jake Dubbs (8) goes up and battles with Walpole defensive back Chase Conrad (2) for a 50/50 ball late in the second half of Friday night’s thrilling 36-30 victory by the Warriors....
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Dana Hall hosting social pressure forum

Dana Hall hosting social pressure forum

On Thursday, November 16, from 7–8:30 p.m., Dana Hall School will host The Forum: A Conversation on Girls and Social Pressure. This collaborative program is free and open to the public. Registration is required. The Forum at Dana Hall School is a symposium series designed to examine a topic of particular relevance to girls and girls’...

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