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Nora Searle Fun Run coming soon
The fourth annual Nora Searle Memorial Fun Run to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will be held on Sunday, October 1, rain or shine. With an 8:00 a.m. start at the Pine Hill Elementary School in Sherborn, the Fun Run will finish at the Dover-Sherborn Regional Schools athletic fields, in Dover. The 4.02-mile Fun Run winds...
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Home knocks: Ryan era underway at DS
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Of the many exciting local high school sports stories throughout the 2016-2017 athletic year, maybe none were more inspiring than the Dover-Sherborn Regional High baseball team’s run to an Eastern Mass Division III title and state finals appearance.
Baseball is a player’s game, but much of DS baseball’s success...
Dover Days set for September 9
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Friends and neighbors are gearing up for Dover Days on the Town Green on September 9 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Dover PTO planning committee has been hard at work preparing a fun day for all, with plenty of games and great prizes. There will be old favorites - Connect4, Wheel of...
Unity Farm hosting Garden Club meeting
The Boggestow Garden Club of Sherborn has invited the community to join them at their September 5 meeting, which will take place at Unity Farm and Sanctuary at 17 Unity Lane in Sherborn. Participants will be given a guided tour of this new and expanding farm and the sanctuary where aging ponies and other animals...
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Traveling planetarium comes to Wellesley
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Wellesley Free Library invited guests to gaze at the night sky inside the library’s Wakelin Room on Tuesday, August 22, just before sunset. That may sound a bit strange, as the only star visible before nighttime falls is the sun, and because the library visitors were indoors in...
Strachan leads BC football into battle
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It’s been quite the journey for Boston College linebacker and Wellesley native, Connor Strachan. Since arriving in Chestnut Hill in the summer of 2014 for preseason training and conditioning, the St. Sebastian’s product has done nothing but impress and improve, and it has resulted in Strachan emerging as...
‘Suspiria’ spellbinds 40 years later
By Peter Kougias
Hometown Weekly Intern
In August of 1977, an Italian horror movie slipped into American drive-ins and grindhouse theaters. While promoted as a sleazy exploitation flick, “Suspiria” has lived on as a dashing example of horror film class.
“Suspiria” tells the story of American student, Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper), who travels to prestigious Tanz Dance Academy...
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WOW celebrates community in Wellesley
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Over the weekend, the World of Wellesley held a summer gathering at Warren Park to celebrate community. Boston families and new families were welcomed alike over sandwiches, fruit and other refreshments. Over 200 people were in attendance, welcomed by organizers Allison Britton, Kate Griffith, Sajida Khudairi, Russ Cramer and WOW...
Teen Center holding Back to School Party
The Wellesley Teen Center will be holding its Back to School Party on Saturday, September 9, from 7-9 p.m. at Welllesley Middle School. The party is open to all Wellesley kids in grades 6-8, and will feature a DJ and dancing, photobooth, dodgeball, Wii and more.
All current Teen Center members are welcome. There will be...
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Cub Scouts recruiting new members
Boys in grade 1-5 are invited to join Wellesley’s Cub Scout Pack 140. Membership in the Cub Scouts entails camping, overnights at museums and ballgames, citizenship, service and just plain fun. During the school year both the Pack and each Den meet once per month.
Minimum annual dues are $75 per scout. To join the...
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Charles River Center holding road race
The Charles River Center will hold its 7th Annual 5K Run/1-Mile Walk on Sunday, September 24, at 11:00 a.m. This USA Track and Field-certified course loops through the scenic backroads of Needham and Wellesley, beginning and ending at the Charles River Center, 59 East Militia Heights Drive, Needham.
All abilities are welcome, and the first 300...
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Schulers, Bowers to be honored at TPC
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Longtime community leaders and Wellesley Council on Aging activists John and Dwin Schuler and Mary Bowers are being recognized as outstanding individuals for their significant contributions to the Town and to the Council on Aging over many years. Two prominent rooms at the new Tolles Parsons Center (TPC) will be named in their...
Library hosts therapeutic concert
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Massachusetts native Mark Lipman visited the Walpole Public Library on August 17 for an intimate concert in the Community Room, thanks to the Friends of the Walpole Public Library. As a successful musician and music therapist, Lipman provided his audience with impressive vocals and a sense of peacefulness as...
Knaus concludes American Art series
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
What is art?
Well, there is no easy answer.
Beth Knaus of ArtMatters showed various forms of art since the 1950s as she concluded her three part art series, American Art, hosted by the Friends of the Walpole Library in the library’s Community Room. Before beginning, Knaus warned her...
Residents demonstrate in Walpole
Over 50 people gathered on the Walpole Common on Saturday, August 19, at a peace vigil standing for equality and justice for all and against hateful messages of intolerance and racism. Organized by the Walpole Peace and Justice Group, people from Walpole and surrounding towns - including members of Action Together Walpole and the Wrentham...
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Frattasio, Goss, Damren taking over at Wesleyan
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Hockey is one of those sports where everybody knows everybody, especially here in New England where hockey is life. Oftentimes, relationships between hockey teammates and rivals can last a lifetime, and sometimes, rivalries can turn to friendship. Throughout their upbringings in adjacent towns, Westwood’s Allie Damren, Walpole’s Cici...
Local swimmers excite in summer championships
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With the summer coming to a close, the Suburban Summer Swim League held their final joint meet of the season last Saturday, with members of the Walpole Barracudas, Medfield Marlins, Sherborn Snappers, Needham Sharks, and Westwood Waves all participating.
Walpole’s Lindsey Ahmed and Bridget Abril, as well as Julio Borto, helped guide the...
Westwood presents ‘Beauty and the Beast’
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Imagine having only five days to memorize the entire script of the world-renowned Broadway musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” Seems impossible, doesn’t it?
Westwood Recreation Department’s musical theatre co-directors, Scott Gagnon and Christina Listro, along with musical director, Gealyn “Gea” Comune Clegg, helped make it possible as they worked with...
Westwood Children’s Library heads outdoors
