by Rama K. Ramaswamy
June 21 marked the longest day of the year and the official beginning of summer. What better way to mark the occasion than with the Wellesley Recreation Department’s sponsorship of the summer concert held on the green next to the Town Hall?
The Wellesley Town Band delighted its hometown audience with...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Thanks to the always-growing and popular youth program, many boys and girls grow up in Wellesley with lacrosse in their blood. In past years, the hard work and training that goes on for years in the youth program has translated into players such as Matt Dziama (Virginia) going...
On Monday, July 3, Walpole celebrated Independence Day as it has for over fifty years: with a parade, festivities, and fireworks.
[caption id="attachment_19548" align="alignright" width="600"] Photos by Elizabeth Collotta[/caption]The celebrations began around 6 p.m. as the town’s Fire Engine Parade began making its...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After a 10-1 defeat at home to Walpole two weeks prior, revenge was certainly on the minds of James Voss and Medfield Legion Post 110 6 on Thursday evening when they traveled to Bird Middle School for a rematch with Cam Martin and company. Despite a hot start...
By Ned Sheehan
Hometown Weekly Intern
On Thursday night, dozens of swimmers and their parents gathered at Central Pool in Walpole for the first Suburban Summer Swim meet of the 2017 season, as the Walpole Barracudas narrowly defeated the Medfield Marlins in an exciting swim meet that saw Medfield battle to the bitter end despite...
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Yoga offers a wide range of exceptional benefits including increased flexibility, relaxation, and improved energy, among others. While yoga for adults abounds, children’s yoga can sometimes can an afterthought.
However, this is not the case for Kristin Mulligan, who has been teaching children’s yoga at the Walpole Public Library...
Each year, the Norwood Evening Garden Club awards a scholarship to a graduating senior of the Norfolk County Agricultural High School who has good scholastic achievement, outstanding citizenship, and who is pursuing a degree in horticulture, agriculture, floriculture, conservation, environmental science or horticulture in its widest aspect. This year, the scholarship was awarded...
By Mary Kate Nolan
Hometown Weekly Intern
"Shelter dogs aren't broken. They’ve simply experienced more life. If they were human, we would call them wise. They would be the ones with tales to tell, stories to write. The ones dealt a bad hand and responded with courage. Do not pity a shelter dog. Adopt...
By Peter Kougias
Hometown Weekly Intern
Hidden above Main Street, The Zullo Gallery is a quaint space featuring a powerful exhibit this summer.
The Mass Art Provocation is a display of artwork from fourteen seniors that focus on important issues of the day. The class instructor, Irena Roman, and gallery director William Pope collaborated for...
By Ned Sheehan
Hometown Weekly Intern
On Thursday night, dozens of swimmers and their parents gathered at Central Pool in Walpole for the first Suburban Summer Swim meet of the 2017 season, as the Walpole Barracudas narrowly defeated the Medfield Marlins in an exciting swim meet that saw Medfield battle to the bitter end despite...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After a 10-1 defeat at home to Walpole two weeks prior, revenge was certainly on the minds of James Voss and Medfield Legion Post 110 6 on Thursday evening when they traveled to Bird Middle School for a rematch with Cam Martin and company. Despite a hot start...
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The weekend of July 7, the Needham Rotary Club held its first-ever carnival at Needham High School. From 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, rides and games galore were stationed in the upper parking lot.
Four...
As it does every year, Needham celebrated July 4 with a bang, bringing people both from in and outside of town to enjoy the fun and fireworks. The celebrations represent some of the oldest July 4 festivities in the country.
Sponsored by the Needham Exchange Club, the party began on Saturday evening with music,...
By Gabe Stern
Hometown Weekly Intern
Over 50 kids ranging from ages 4-10 packed the Needham Public Library’s community room last Friday, July 7, to kick off “When You Read You Score,” a summer reading event hosted by the Boston Bruins and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
The event, which tours libraries throughout Massachusetts and...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After going undefeated for the first time in decades and winning the Bay State Conference outright, it’s safe to call the 2016-2017 season an incredible success for the Needham High School swim team.
Needham began the season in dominant fashion with a victory over Catholic Conference power Boston...
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
There is a hidden gem in Sherborn - a quiet little trail that offers a peaceful spot to sit in the woods and enjoy the serenity a small patch of forest can bring.
Located behind the Pine Hill Elementary School is the entrance to the David Doering Nature Trail....
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Going back 17 years, if you said at some point in the distant future that Erron Kinney would be a chief, you’d likely believe he’d be spending his Sundays at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
But, it turns out that that would not be the case.
Snap back...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After a 10-1 defeat at home to Walpole two weeks prior, revenge was certainly on the minds of James Voss and Medfield Legion Post 110 6 on Thursday evening when they traveled to Bird Middle School for a rematch with Cam Martin and company. Despite a hot start...
The new spinoff in the X-Men franchise, “X-Men: New Mutants” began filming today at the former State Hospital grounds in Medfield. Small signs directing cast and crew to the State Hospital grounds have been spotted along Route 109 in Westwood and Medfield.
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This Old Town
by Richard DeSorgher
Medfield has always had a strong patriotic tie to Independence Day. It stems from the overwhelmingly patriotic spirit that was clearly evident here and seen from the first signs of troubles with Great Britain in the early 1770s. As early as 1773, when Bostonians were feeling their rights were...