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WEF sponsoring Steiner-Adair presentation
The Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) will present “The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood & Family Relationships in the Digital Age” on Tuesday, March 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the WHS Auditorium.
The community is welcomed to join the WEF for an engaging evening with Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair. Through presentation and skits, Dr. Steiner-Adair will help parents understand...
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Westwood children love to knit
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Knitting can evoke images of seniors in a circle, chatting about their week while barely even paying attention to their needles, the motion is so second nature. However, the engrained concept of knitting as something for the elderly is one being challenged. This past week at the Islington Branch...
Patriots Cheerleaders hosting open auditions
The five-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots Cheerleaders will hold open auditions for the 2017 squad on Saturday, March 4, inside the Pieri Gymnasium at Dean College in Franklin, Mass. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., with the day concluding at 7 p.m., for those advancing past all rounds of the preliminary tryout.
From a biochemical...
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Third graders scrimmage at varsity game
Two third-grade teams of Westwood’s in-town basketball program received quite a thrill last week as they scrimmaged at halftime of a boys varsity basketball game. The boys of “Michigan State” (coached by Micah Smith) and “Kentucky” (coached by Mike Lowney) had a great time, and relished the experience playing in front of a packed gym...
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OPR School Principal Fortin looks back
By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The day he had been waiting for was here.
That 1988 September morning, Eric Moskowitz bounded through the school yard and walked straight into his new fourth grade classroom at the John Eliot Elementary School in Needham.
The year earlier, he’d walked to school every day with a neighbor who raved that Stephen...
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Stanley & Grimm to play Library
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Celtic duo Stanley & Grimm entertain with a celebration of traditional music through old and new interpretations of jigs, reels, and songs played with lively fiddle, guitar, and voice. Fiddler Nikki Engstrom and singer/guitarist Sean Brennan create a musical journey through a bounty of fiddle tunes and ballads of all origins, alongside modern...
United Church packages 14,200 meals
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In conjunction with its youth group’s 30-hour “Fast For Food,” United Church in Walpole hosted a meal packaging event on Saturday, February 4 for the benefit of Rise Against Hunger (formerly Stop Hunger Now), an organization that has perfected a dried-meal package that can be shipped anywhere in the world to alleviate hunger...
Exchange Club recognizes Youths of Month
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The Needham Exchange Club recognizes four graduating high school seniors in its Youth of the Month and Youth of the Year programs. Additionally, its Scholarship Program provides recognition and financial assistance for graduating seniors.
The first two Youths of the Month awards for 2017 were to Nisreen Ghogawala, the daughter of Zoher and Tasneem...
Trevor the Juggler awes at library
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Trevor Pearson has been juggling professionally for over 16 years, which absolutely shows in his performance. His list of previous performances includes shows at Foxwoods, Gillette Stadium, throughout Cape Cod, and for the Boston Red Sox. This past Wednesday, Pearson performed at the Needham Public Library, offering his talents...
Educator Stephen Fortin looks back
By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The day he had been waiting for was here.
That 1988 September morning, Eric Moskowitz bounded through the school yard and walked straight into his new fourth grade classroom at the John Eliot Elementary School in Needham.
The year earlier, he’d walked to school every day with a neighbor who raved that Stephen...
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Catching up with Medfield
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While Medfield may only have a population of 12,000, it is often deceptively easy to keep up with the goings-on around town. Town Administrator Mike Sullivan shed some light on upcoming important events in the town, and the highlights residents should know to be as informed as possible. The two biggest...
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Community Garden accepting plot registrations
Registration for the town-owned garden on Plain Street opens for the year on March 2. Plots are available on a first-request basis.
Plots come in two sizes: 600 square feet – more than enough space to supply a family of four or more – and half-sized plots of 300 square feet for those new to gardening...
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Three Sherbornites to become Eagle Scouts
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Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1, Sherborn, invites friends and neighbors from Sherborn to attend an Eagle Court of Honor for Keith Thomas Brockway, Hunter Lee Gregory, and Scott Bethel Sirri. These young men have recently completed all the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout and will receive the award at the...
Steen to address Local Garden Club
Dr. Paul Steen will address the subject of tropical plants, those that many call “house plants,” at the March meeting of the Chicatabot Garden Club on March 14. Coffee will start at 9:00 a.m., with the program beginning at 9:30 in the Dover Library Meeting Room, lower level.
Dr. Steen is a retired internal medicine physician,...
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Girl Scouts compete in Racer Rally
Sherborn Girl Scouts competed in a “Racer Rally” competition on February 4. In this design and engineering activity - in the tradition of the beloved Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby - the girls and their families built small race cars that each had to be 5 ounces or under, then sent them down an electronically-timed track....
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‘Pippin’ production puts pit on stage
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“Pippin,” the dazzling, multi-Tony award-winning, fourth wall breaking extravaganza is coming to the Dover-Sherborn High School stage from March 16-18.
“Pippin” is not your average every day musical theatre experience, especially for a high school production.
In fact, you won’t find the show’s pit orchestra in the pit - you’ll see the musicians on stage...
Wellesley Chamber Players enchant at library
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On the afternoon of February 12, as the snow was softly falling, a brave group of library patrons ventured out for an hour of chamber music. Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments.
The Wellesley Chamber Players are a collective of students...
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Wellesley Wellness Retreat upcoming
On Saturday, March 4, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the women of Wellesley and surrounding towns are invited to gather for a retreat focused on smart self-care. Topics are of special interest to mothers, but all are welcome.
Sponsored in part by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the second annual Wellesley Wellness Retreat will take place...
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Chambers Players to give Dana Hall concert
The Wellesley Chamber Players will present its third concert of this season on Sunday, March 5, at 3 p.m., at the Dana Hall School in Wellesley. This concert is one of four performed this year at Beveridge Hall for the Wellesley community and its neighbors.
The program will feature Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D major, “Ghost,”...
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