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Genealogy Club turns back time

Genealogy Club turns back time

By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Everyone has a history. It’s just that some pasts are easier to uncover than others. Each month, the Genealogy Club based out of the Sherborn Community Center meets to reveal findings and discoveries about their family’s history and help one another push past the brick walls in their research. Although the group...

Sherborn’s ‘Memory’ statue to be restored

Sherborn’s ‘Memory’ statue to be restored

“Memory,” Sherborn's iconic eight-foot bronze female statue and monument in the heart of the center of town in the Central Cemetery, has received state recognition of its historic importance by being awarded a grant to fund needed restoration. The funds are a matching grant awarded by the Massachusetts Historical Commission, which administers the Massachusetts Preservation...

Diversity Summit inspires culture of inclusivity

Diversity Summit inspires culture of inclusivity

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Wellesley Community Center opened its doors for all to enjoy, learn, and grow at the World of Wellesley’s fourth annual Diversity Summit on October 21. The World of Wellesley (WOW) aims to make the town a more welcoming and inclusive place by understanding and celebrating diversity. At the annual...

Mass Hort hosting ecological gardening symposium

Mass Hort hosting ecological gardening symposium

On Wednesday, November 8, Massachusetts Horticultural Society (Mass Hort) will host a symposium on ecological gardening design and techniques at their home, The Gardens at Elm Bank. The symposium will empower home gardeners to become the stewards of their landscape. Presenters will introduce attendees to the basic principles and benefits of ecological gardening - gardening in...

Holiday House Tour featuring classic cars

Holiday House Tour featuring classic cars

Car enthusiasts will not want to miss this year’s Dover Library Holiday House Tour, as guests will get the chance to visit a unique “workshop” that is part of one of the properties. There, the homeowner painstakingly rebuilds and restores classic cars. His 1972 Green Porsche 911s (one of only 6 in the world), 1982...

CRS faculty present at PEN Conference

CRS faculty present at PEN Conference

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This October, six faculty from Charles River School (CRS) presented at the Progressive Education Network (PEN) National Conference. Four teachers from the PreK – 2 team hosted the workshop “The Compassion Project: A multiage approach to fostering empathy and perspective-taking in PreK – 2nd grade.” CRS fourth grade teachers led a workshop entitled...

Footlighters present fresh, Southern comedy

Footlighters present fresh, Southern comedy

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Walpole Footlighters transported their opening night audience from the quiet suburbs to a perfectly-kept veranda as they watched the wild lives of four middle-aged women unfold in “The Savannah Sipping Society.” The Jones Hope Wooten comedy, directed by Wendy Stuart, held its opening night on October 20, and...

Olympian sets record straight about depression

Olympian sets record straight about depression

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter If you’ve watched the past three Summer Olympic Games, you’ve probably heard the name Allison Schmitt announced a few times. Since her debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Allison has become an eight-time Olympic medalist on the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team and has seen success at the...

Porkers still unbeaten, ranked third

Porkers still unbeaten, ranked third

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 1-1 tie with No. 5 Wellesley on October 3, the Walpole High School varsity field hockey bounced back with two straight shutout victories over Framingham (5-0) and Milton (6-0) this past week to stay at No. 3 in the latest Boston Globe state field hockey rankings,...

Library offers half-day hangout spot

Library offers half-day hangout spot

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter As the bells rang for early dismissal, Westwood’s middle school students planned their afternoon downtown with friends. While some stopped at the local coffee shop for a Frappuccino and a snack, others headed straight to the Westwood Public Library to hang out with friends and get a head start...

Walpole marches for breast cancer awareness

Walpole marches for breast cancer awareness

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and at Walpole High School, everybody knows it. Walpole High’s Student Council spends hours and hours each year planning and prepping for the various activities to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. This year, Student Council planned the second annual Walpole High...

Walpole addresses Alzheimer’s and discusses dementia

Walpole addresses Alzheimer’s and discusses dementia

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Alzheimer’s is one of those cruel and heartbreaking diseases that has an impact on more than just the person suffering from it. It affects the lives of family and friends, too. While there is not yet a cure for Alzheimer’s and dementia, Julie McMurray from the Alzheimer’s Association came...

Preteens find perfection in new author

Preteens find perfection in new author

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Libraries and bookstores house countless pages of stories waiting to be picked up by avid readers. One particular 304-page book flies off the shelves as preteens grab copies, soon to be sucked into the precise, yet chaotic, world of Elly Swartz’s “Finding Perfect.” To discuss her highly praised debut...

Artist Scotti displaying at library

Artist Scotti displaying at library

Artist Diane S. Scotti will be showing two special exhibits at the Walpole Public Library this month. The first, in the large common room area, is a large-works show of some related and unrelated subjects. Two 3x3-foot canvases of starlings in flight are alongside eggs, which are nestled in their beds of straw. The second exhibit...

Governor Baker stumps in Walpole

Governor Baker stumps in Walpole

Governor Charlie Baker offered an enthusiastic endorsement of State Senate candidate Jacob Ventura at a Walpole rally on October 7, ahead of the Special Senate Election scheduled for Tuesday, October 17. The rally, which also included speeches by Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, Selectmen chairman Eric Kraus, Walpole Chamber of Commerce president and former State...

Simon Curtis says hello to ‘Christopher Robin’

Simon Curtis says hello to ‘Christopher Robin’

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By Peter Kougias Hometown Weekly Intern Simon Curtis’ latest film, “Goodbye Christopher Robin,” depicts the grim origin of the classic “Winnie the Pooh” tales. The story revolves around the dysfunctional relationship between writer A.A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son, Christopher Robin (Will Tilston). Set post-WWI, Milne struggles raising his son due to PTSD, conflicts...

Warriors down Wolverines, move to 5-1

Warriors down Wolverines, move to 5-1

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor A week after beating Holliston for the first time in over a decade, the Medfield High School football team hosted Westwood on Friday evening for their final TVL regular season game before the MIAA playoffs. Behind a strong defensive effort, the Warriors (5-1, 3-1) defeated the Wolverines (1-5,...

Wolverines battle with Warriors

Wolverines battle with Warriors

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor A week after beating Holliston for the first time in over a decade, the Medfield High School football team hosted Westwood on Friday evening for their final TVL regular season game before the MIAA playoffs. Behind a strong defensive effort, the Warriors (5-1, 3-1) defeated the Wolverines (1-5,...

Garden Club enjoys Powisset Farm lunch

Garden Club enjoys Powisset Farm lunch

For its first meeting of 2017-18, the Westwood Garden club was treated to a lunch at Powisset Farm in Dover. D.A. Hayden, general manger of Powisset Farm, gave a talk about the farm. She then introduced Chef Didi Emmons, who did a cooking demonstration and had her cookbook for sale. While Chef Emmons was preparing a...

MCPE celebrates 30 Days for 30 Years

MCPE celebrates 30 Days for 30 Years

The Medfield Coalition for Public Education (MCPE) launched its “30 Days for 30 Years” fundraising campaign on October 16. MCPE is a non-profit organization which raises funds for the benefit of all five Medfield Public Schools in the form of educational grants. To read more about these grants, or to contribute to their 30th Anniversary...

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