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Town Administrator presents budget message
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On February 2, the Town Administrator, James A. Johnson, presented Walpole’s town budget for the 2018 Fiscal Year. The plan “focuses on meeting the needs of the Town in terms of local services while also balancing the cost to the community’s taxpayers.”
For the Fiscal Year 2018, the data...
Historical Society throws Mardi Gras bash
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every year since 2004, the Needham Historical Society has hosted an annual Winter Gala. This year, the theme was Mardi Gras, and the celebration was as extravagant and lively as ever. With over 150 tickets sold (which is more or less the capacity of the Historical Society’s building), the...
Diabetes presentation coming to library
Dr. Qi Sun, a faculty member at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, will present a talk, "Type 2 Diabetes: Are Food Choices A Key to Prevention?", in the Community Room at the Needham Free Public Library on February 12 at 2 p.m. The talk is free and open to...
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Historical Society demonstrates ‘Beautiful and Bizarre’
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham has a rich and varied history, much of which even those who grew up here don’t know much about. One of the most unusual and interesting pieces of this history is the story of William Emerson Baker and his estate at Ridge Hill. One hundred and twenty years...
Medfield high schooler publishes first book
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly
In seventh grade, most students’ goals include getting good grades, making it through the year without any embarrassing interactions, and getting all your work done fast enough to hang out with your friends. Carina Christo, however, was not an average seventh grader. Today, she is not your average ninth grader....
Medfield sponsors parent talk
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Medfield Talks, a collaborative group of parent organizations and district leadership, is hosting a free talk, “Achieving Sanity & Success,” with Michael Delman, CEO, Beyond BookSmart, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9, in the MHS Lowell Mason Auditorium.
Prior to founding Beyond BookSmart, an academic/life skills coaching firm, Delman was co-founder...
Friends of St. Patrick help Walpole Ponds
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole’s Pond Management Committee (aka, Walpole Ponds) might not be the most recognized group in town, but their efforts are probably some of the most appreciated. Formed in 2010 with the sole purpose of reclaiming the ponds, the committee has achieved quite a bit in the past seven years...
Rebel hockey rolling, still undefeated
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Coming into the 2016-2017 season, expectations were high for the Walpole High School boys varsity hockey team.
“Our hopes are pretty high,” said head coach and Walpole Athletic Director Ron Dowd before the season began. “We have three solid leaders in Pat (Donovan), James (Corcoran) and Owen (Hunter),...
Volunteers help NewLife Home Refurnishing
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NewLife Home Refurnishing, a non-profit furniture recycling service located in the Walpole Station Business Center, welcomed a volunteer crew from the First Congregational Church in Norwood on Saturday, January 14. The volunteers helped unload furniture and organize it in the NewLife warehouse where families and individuals in need come by referral to choose...
Challenge Success at WHS
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by Rama K. Ramaswamy
Challenge Success (CS), a new initiative at Wellesley High School (WHS), in partnership with Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF), is addressing the growing concern regarding increasing levels of stress and anxiety. The program was launched just a week ago, much to the interest of the Wellesley community. A mere five minutes...
World Of Wellesley leads annual MLK Breakfast
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
The 17th annual World of Wellesley MLK Breakfast was called “a huge success” by attendees, who were estimated at over 100. Among this year’s highlights were keynote speaker Chuck Collins, the Harvard College Kuumba Singers, and an announcement by WOW President, Michelle Chalmers, that the non-profit organization intends to roll...
Wellesley bags it
by Rama K. Ramaswamy
The Wellesley Natural Resources Commission, along with Sustainable Wellesley, launched their WasteWise Wellesley campaign, part of which is its latest accomplishment, the bag ban. New signs have gone up all around town and at the Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility, featuring a new, graphic reminder to bring a reusable bag when shopping.
At the...
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Library rings in Chinese New Year
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Dover Library consistently makes a point to celebrate cultural events, and does so in the most incredible ways. This past week, the Library celebrated Chinese New Year with a series of events. The start of the week, however, was a performance by the Rhode Island Kung Fu &...
Dover Library makes Chinese paper lanterns
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last Wednesday, the Dover Public Library hosted the Rhode Island Kung Fu Club in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Though a stunning performance, this was not the only event the library offered in order to celebrate the beginning of a new lunar year. Last Thursday, the library offered...
Raider girls hockey continues to improve
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood and Dover-Sherborn/Hopkinton High School varsity girls hockey teams met on Wednesday evening at Canton Ice House, with the Wolverines prevailing 5-0 to improve to 11-3-1 on the season.
The Raiders (1-10-1) earned their first win of the season over Scituate on January 15 in the Nan Rheault...
Kate Findlen wins Good Person Award
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On January 23, Needham Youth Services hosted the eleventh Patrick C. Forde Good Person Memorial Award Ceremony. Honored this year was Kate Findlen, a pillar of service and strength in the community. This award was started after Patrick Forde, a Needham resident and community activist, passed away unexpectedly in...
Sonkin leads Rocket swim team to undefeated season
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The Needham High School varsity swimming team improved to 7-0 on the season over the last weeks with victories coming over Natick (104-82) on January 16, Newton North (130-55) on January 18, and Framingham on January 20.
Junior Serge Sonkin’s efforts in the 100-meter butterfly helped propel the Rockets to victory against Framingham...
NHS students on ‘High School Quiz Show’
By Ethan Lee
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Think fast!
The Needham High School Quiz Bowl Team travelled to WGBH studios on Saturday, January 21 for their first round matchup between Brookline High School in the channel’s eighth edition of “High School Quiz Show.” Results of the tie are classified until it is aired on WGBH 2 and WGBX...
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Needhamite Goody exhibits quilts at Arboretum
