New Lions chapter roars into Wellesley
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Milkweeds for butterflies
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Sustainable Wellesley (SW) is offering a new variety of milkweed plant this season: asclepias tuberosa.
“We are so happy with the support that Wellesley residents (and some folks from neighboring towns) have shown for the monarchs,” said Laurel Landers from Sustainable Wellesley. “Through our initiative, neighbors have planted more than...
Ward mashes Wellesley Williamsport to victory
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After winning their respective districts in early July, the Walpole American and Wellesley North 12-year-old Williamsport All-Star teams met on Wednesday night at Ryan Field in Charlestown for their first round-robin matchup in the state sectionals. Behind a five RBI performance by Hagan Ward (three-run home run, two-RBI...
Library acquires St. George painting
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William “Bill” St. George, who passed away in March of 2015, was a late-life artist of great talent who made paintings of his native Walpole, among other subjects. One of those home-town paintings is titled “Main Street,” and is a lively and colorful view of Walpole’s central thoroughfare as seen from the tip...
Gazebo Players present ‘Merchant of Venice’
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By Mary Kate Nolan
Hometown Weekly Intern
On the evening of June 22, a throng of people, pets, and blood-thirsty mosquitoes gathered at Rocky Woods Reservation in Medfield to see the Gazebo Players of Medfield present William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” on opening night.
The Gazebo Players’ summer production will soon be performed at...
Children’s Theatre delights audiences with ‘Pinocchio’
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By Peter Kougias
Hometown Weekly Intern
Last week at the Walpole Footlighters Playhouse, Walpole Children’s Theatre (WCT) presented their production of “Pinocchio.” The classic tale follows the notorious puppet who desires to be a real boy. The production opened on Friday, July 21 to great acclaim from its audience.
Gepetto (played by Riley Mulroy) creates puppets....
Preto, Walpole Williamsport battle in sectionals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After winning their respective districts in early July, the Walpole American and Wellesley North 12-year-old Williamsport All-Star teams met on Wednesday night at Ryan Field in Charlestown for their first round-robin matchup in the state sectionals. Behind a five RBI performance by Hagan Ward (three-run home run, two-RBI...
Corcoran thrives in Bruin development camp
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly
What goaltender James Corcoran did in 2016-2017 for Walpole High School hockey will forever be remembered after he recorded a state-leading 14 shutouts (postseason included) and allowing just 11 goals throughout the entire regular season, pioneering the Rebels to their first Super Eight berth in program history.
On July 6,...
Project VAN promotes service
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
For 20 years now, Project VAN (Volunteers around Needham) has been providing youth entering grades eight through twelve with the opportunity to participate in one-day community service projects around the Needham community. On Thursday, July 20, Project VAN was at Mitchell Elementary School helping with beautification outside.
“Typically we...
NASA engineer to Skype with Library
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The Children’s Department of the Needham Free Public Library is offering children ages 8 and up the unique opportunity to Skype with a NASA engineer. The event will begin with a 20 minute presentation about NASA’s plans for Mars and the Deep Space Exploration System (Orion and SLS). After the presentation, the engineer...
MacAfee following in father’s footsteps, and then some
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Only the elite of the elite are able to attend the United State Military Academy in West Point, New York. The class schedule and grueling amounts of training that the cadets go through on a typical day at West Point is hard enough on its own.
Add in...
Rube Goldberg comes alive at library
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Rube Goldberg drew 50,000 cartoons over the course of his lifetime, depicting some of the craziest, wackiest, and most complicated ways of completing simple tasks. His illustrations included using a magnifying glass with the sun to create an alarm clock, or knocking over a domino using a series of...
Gazebo Players present ‘Merchant of Venice’
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By Mary Kate Nolan
Hometown Weekly Intern
On the evening of June 22, a throng of people, pets, and blood-thirsty mosquitoes gathered at Rocky Woods Reservation in Medfield to see the Gazebo Players of Medfield present William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” on opening night.
The classic play follows Bassanio, a young Venetian who wishes...
Medfield music CDs on sale
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If you’re looking for great music from Medfield students, look no further. The award-winning Medfield High School Music Program produced two CDs this year – one for the Jazz Band, and another a compilation featuring Concert Band, String Orchestra and Concert Choir – and both are on sale at Park Street Books for...
Drometer earns track All-Scholastic
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
In 2017, few athletes were more dominant on the track than Medfield native and Thayer Academy sophomore Owen Drometer, who took home the ISL and New England crowns in both the 800 (1:57.13) and 1500 (4:03.46) meter races and was awarded the honors of ISL MVP.
Drometer finished...
40Back? Fixing Medfield’s affordable housing problem
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
For the past few years, Medfield residents have been fighting to ensure that the Medfield Meadows development never makes its way off paper. The initial plans for the development included over 200 units and a modern architectural style and size that many residents believed did not fit with...
First female firefighter paved way for progress
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The phrase “glass ceiling” has been in use quite often lately, especially with the last election. However, years before breaking the glass ceiling meant having a female candidate for president, there were glass ceilings breaking every day in ways that may have been overlooked.
Renee Foster broke her own...
Exhibit combines love of art, horses
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By Amie Speroni
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Photographer Judy Brown spent her Texas childhood dreaming of "Living on a farm surrounded by animals. In suburban Massachusetts a couple of years ago, I discovered that my fantasy farm exists in real life just up the street." This lifelong love of animals, an interest in detail, and an...
Summer Concert Series thrives in new location
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Alexis Madison isn’t quite sure how long the Summer Concert Series has been going on, but she knows it’s a well-established Sherborn tradition. The Friends of the Sherborn Library have been putting it on since the Friends Board Member moved to town, which was four years ago. “It’s probably...
Dershwitz earns silver in Madrid and Montreal
