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Walpole Library blood drive welcomes donors

Walpole Library blood drive welcomes donors

By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter While it may be uncomfortable or time consuming, donating blood is indisputably a selfless act that can save lives. Though not every person is eligible to donate, those who are make it a point to donate whenever they possibly can. The Red Cross made making a difference convenient for local residents...

Needham artist’s collection featured at library

Needham artist’s collection featured at library

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter As visitors of the Needham Free Public Library walked up the steps to the second floor, their eyes were drawn to the beautiful splashes of color on the wall of the Friends of the Needham Public Library Gallery. This summer, the gallery showcased the paintings of Paula Pitman Brown,...

Adams Farm celebrating 20th anniversary

Adams Farm celebrating 20th anniversary

The staff at Adams Farm is inviting the community to join them for an all-day celebration at the farm (located on 999 North Street) on Saturday, September 30, commemorating its 20th anniversary. A rain date is Sunday, October 1. There will be activities for all ages all day long, beginning with a bird-watching walk at...

Labor of love

Labor of love

On Labor Day morning, area runners took to the streets of Walpole for the 44th annual Walpole Labor Day Road Race. The road race, which was comprised of three separate races - a 5K, 10K, and one-mile fun run for kids - brought out runners and spectators alike for a beautiful holiday morning. The top three...

Back to school

Back to school

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Gone are the days of running through the sprinklers in the backyard and lounging around the house all day, and in are the days of jotting down notes in a spiral-bound notebook and hauling a stuffed backpack home every day. For Dover and Sherborn, Walpole, Medfield, Needham and Wellesley,...

Library to feature poster exhibit

Library to feature poster exhibit

A new exhibit at the Walpole Public Library can best be described as “Art that wears its politics on its sleeve.” The exhibit consists of posters from several countries, and the causes they espouse are many. Posters on display are about issues like the Spanish Civil War, migration, anti-fascism, Angolan independence, censorship and other subjects. In...

4-H members compete in swine show

4-H members compete in swine show

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Members of the Powisset Farm Hens & Hogs 4-H Club of Dover recently competed in a swine show at the Worcester County 4-H Fair in Spencer, MA. Participants were judged on their abilities in the show ring and the appearance of their pig(s). Their pigs were judged for market and breeding suitability....

Crafters unite for library quilting evening

Crafters unite for library quilting evening

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter If a person threw around the word “appliqué” in conversation, one might think the person had just taken a trip to Paris and is practicing some newly learned French. However, this is a common word to a quilter, which obviously refers to a needlework technique to create a pattern...

Westwood’s drummer boy

Westwood’s drummer boy

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By Shelly Santaniello Hometown Weekly Correspondent You can learn a lot about a town’s history by strolling through one of its cemeteries. New Englanders are fortunate to have cemeteries with gravestones dating back to the colonial period. Old Westwood Cemetery, located on the corner of Route 109 and Nahatan Street, has many noteworthy memorials and...

FBC goes on mission to Alaska

FBC goes on mission to Alaska

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A group from the First Baptist Church (FBC) of Westwood has recently returned from a week spent at the Kodiak Baptist Mission on Kodiak Island, AK. The mission serves a community where there is significant need due to both poverty and the remoteness of the island. The team worked with children and adults,...

New school year, new beginnings

New school year, new beginnings

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Gone are the days of running through the sprinklers in the backyard and lounging around the house all day, and in are the days of jotting down notes in a spiral-bound notebook and hauling a stuffed backpack home every day. For Dover and Sherborn, Walpole, Medfield, Needham and Wellesley,...

DS thespians perform ‘Anne of Green Gables’

DS thespians perform ‘Anne of Green Gables’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter “Anne of Green Gables” has become a classic story since its publication in 1908. The novel has since been adapted for television and film, as well as for the stage. The stage adaptation, “Anne of Green Gables – The Musical” was even performed before Queen Elizabeth II. While it...

Dover Lifetime Learning announces classes

Dover Lifetime Learning announces classes

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Dover Lifetime Learning has announced two of its upcoming classes. They are described as follows: Philosophy: Democracy & Tyranny Would you prefer to live under a benevolent and thoughtful tyrant or a self-interested majority? Although we usually consider democracy and tyranny as being diametrically opposed to each other, they are more intimately related than would...

Boosters hosting Sprint Triathlon

Boosters hosting Sprint Triathlon

The Dover-Sherborn Boosters will host it's 13th annual Sprint Triathlon on Sunday, September 17. The race starts at 8:00 a.m. at Farm Pond in Sherborn with a .25 mile swim in this pristine pond followed by a 14.8 mile bike ride through the scenic roads of Sherborn and Dover. The race culminates with a 3.4...

4-H members compete in swine show

4-H members compete in swine show

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Members of the Powisset Farm Hens & Hogs 4-H Club of Dover recently competed in a swine show at the Worcester County 4-H Fair in Spencer, MA. Participants were judged on their abilities in the show ring and the appearance of their pig(s). Their pigs were judged for market and breeding suitability....

Students roll back to school

Students roll back to school

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Gone are the days of running through the sprinklers in the backyard and lounging around the house all day, and in are the days of jotting down notes in a spiral-bound notebook and hauling a stuffed backpack home every day. For Dover and Sherborn, Walpole, Medfield, Needham and...

Modifiers car show coming in September

Modifiers car show coming in September

On September 16, the Modifiers annual car show will return with its “classic cars, people and fun.” What makes this show special is not only the color, excitement, and noise, but that the majority of proceeds go to The Wellesley Food Pantry, next door to the Wellesley Community Center, and the United States Marine Corps...

Fuller Brook Park restoration concluding

Fuller Brook Park restoration concluding

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The town of Wellesley’s milestone project to restore historic Fuller Brook Park, the two-and-a-half mile linear park winding through the center of the community, is coming to an end. Planning and design work began in 2009, and actual construction in the park, which most town residents refer to as the “brook path” because...

Arts on the Green coming to Elm Bank

Arts on the Green coming to Elm Bank

The Gardens at Elm Bank will open its gates free to all for the third annual Arts on the Green on Wednesday, September 13 from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Members of the community are encouraged to soak up the last of summer by wandering the gardens, enjoying live music, and strolling through Elm Bank’s Art Walk....

WTP announces annual Cone Crawl

WTP announces annual Cone Crawl

Wellesley Theatre Project has announced its fifth annual Cone Crawl to be held on Sunday, September 10, from noon through 5 p.m. Community supporters, students, parents, and folks wanting to have a crazy fun time visiting the best cone shops around are invited to purchase a WTP fifth annual Cone Crawl ticket for $10 each....

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