age 97, passed away on Wednesday. March 15, 2023, at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Born in Toronto, Canada on November 1, 1925, he was the son of the late Hugh Allen - LeRoy and Fanny Stewart. He was raised in Canada, where after losing his father at...
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Edna Jean Hurley
sadly passed away on March 14th, 2023, after a brief illness.
Edna was born May 4th, 1924. She was the daughter of Everett and Edna (Innes)
Crittenden of Nova Scotia, Canada. She retired from Charles Court East Condominiums where she was an office manager...
Burton Stern
It is the rare 85 year old man with a full head of hair, but that was Burton Stern. Burt grew up in Allston, however, he loved Needham, his home for 48 years and the place he raised...
7th Grade Girls win Metro championship
Pictured left to right are (Back Row ) Peter Cumming, Chris Olenik, Somer Higgins, Meghan Olenik, Georgia Foscaldo, Abby Broderick, Catherine Riggins, Bridey Sullivan, and Dave Higgins. (Front Row) Brynn Aldrich, Lydia Mynahan, Elizabeth Cumming, and Sophia Duffy. Not Pictured: Lyla Manning.
While the Medfield High...
Medfield’s first and only all-girls scouts troop
On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, three girls from a co-ed Cub Scout Pack became the first girls in Medfield to complete the organization’s traditional crossover ceremony to advance from Cub Scouts to Scouts BSA. The girls will...
David M. Daniels
63, of Medway since 1994, died suddenly on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Nancy L. (Juda) Daniels for the past 43 years.
Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 14, 1959, he was the son of the late...
NCS Office offers self-defense classes
Norfolk County Sheriff (NCS) Patrick McDermott announced today that the Sheriff’s Office has partnered with the Vanessa T. Marcotte Foundation to develop a series of free self-defense classes for Norfolk County residents. A soft-launch of the program on March 7th was filled to capacity with a waiting list of...
WPL announces Youth Poet Laureate application
Westwood’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Lynne Viti and the Westwood Public Library have announced that applications for the position of the Town of Westwood Youth Poet Laureate opened on March 10th, 2023 and continue until April 7, 2023. This is a newly created position, established on February 27 by the...
Walpole House residents clean-up the community
At the beginning of the month, The Guild for Human Services’ Walpole House residents helped their community by picking up trash and litter around their neighborhood. Walpole House is home to five adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Walpole House Manager Isaiah Anjoh says he looks forward to monthly community outreach days like...
Needham boys rocket into Final Four
The Needham boys (#5 seed) traveled to Lawrence on Saturday night to take on the #4 seed, Central Catholic, in MIAA state tournament round of eight. Not only did the players make the trip, but the students and fans did too. Central Catholic's gym looked and sounded like Needham North. Central got out...
Bertucci’s closes its doors
By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Another one bites the dust - or, in this case, crust. Needhamites were surprised to discover earlier this month that their local Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizzeria has permanently closed. Though reactions on social media ranged from sadness over the loss of a favorite restaurant to...
Elaine Kassel
88, of Needham, MA, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Monday, February 20. Elaine was a world traveler, relentless advocate for Democratic principles, civil rights and women’s causes, an active volunteer in the...
MAP Save the Whales club
The “Save the Whales” Club at the K-1 MAP site ran sponsored laps (one and a half football field lengths), sold popcorn, lemonade, flower and herb seeds, collectible glass plates, whale stuffies and whale stickers to raise money for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation organization (WDC) in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
8th graders win Junior High Hockey Championships
Bottom Row left to right: Danny Duggan, Peter Shaughnessy, Kevin Nee, Brendan O’Connor, Robert Felice, Brian Mullis . Top Left to right John Shaughnessy, Liam Connelly, Brayden Gordon, Will Foscaldo, Jack Blake, Colton Hermann, Collin Borteck, Colin O’Leary, Owen Mix, Nathan Keefe, Mason Paguio, Max Weber . Coaches left to right Stephen Nee,...
BAC announces annual Fairy Walk
Bellforge Arts Center (BCA) is pleased to announce the date of the second annual Fairy Walk
on April 29th, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (RAIN DATE of April 30th) It’s almost spring and...
DS students move to regional Spelling Bee
Sonali Koo, winner of the DSMS Spelling Bee
The School Spelling Bee season comes to a close in the Dover Sherborn Schools with two students moving on to Regional competition.
In its fourth year of participating in the...
A Backyard Chronicle: Red Fox
By Nicholas Freedman, age 8, Needham, MA
It was Sunday morning and I was watching T.V.. My brother was eating pancakes. Suddenly, he said, “Fox in our backyard!” I ran to the window and saw the fox near the fence. He was just standing there and staring at our house...
DS students to perform The Music Man
Life in the town of River City is hard to come by. To create this astonishing portal into a world of a town that is shocked by a singing and dancing con man, Dover-Sherborn High School turned to the marvelous Sheridan Miller.
Sheridan Miller is a member of the Dover...
Ashes to Go serves Westwood commuters
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Westwood’s clergy aims to keep faith accessible to all, especially during the upcoming season of Lent. The Reverend V. Michael Bousquet Rector recognizes that not everyone can make it to worship in the...
Daniel Moore to Direct Westwood Ringers
The First Baptist Church of Westwood recently announced that Daniel K. Moore of Rumford, RI, has accepted the position of Director of the Westwood Ringers.
Those in the audience at the Ringers’ concert last spring will recognize Dan who directed the handbell choir for a...
