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Edible Gardens build community
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Wellesley Garden Study Group, Wellesley Green Schools, and Massachusetts Horticultural Society teamed up last week to present a free program about the school garden initiative. Started in the 19th century by Mass Horticultural Society, the school gardens initiative provides a wealth of educational opportunities for students and schools. John Forti, director...
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Choral Society to perform Gilbert and Sullivan
The Wellesley Choral Society will present A Gilbert and Sullivan Mashup in Cabaret on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St. The Society’s casual pops-style, family-friendly entertainment includes complimentary refreshments as well as a silent auction and, of course, a wide selection of Gilbert and Sullivan songs.
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Dover Library hosts game night
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While many libraries are renowned for their children’s events, sometimes the events for other ages can be overlooked. The Dover Town Library is no exception to this. While they host a variety of wonderful programs for kids, including crafts and story times, the Library also offers events for those...
Sherborn Library has ceremonial groundbreaking
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
This past Saturday, an event of incredible symbolic importance occurred on a wintry morning in Sherborn. The groundbreaking for the new Library took place, an event long anticipated and welcomed with extraordinary excitement. Recently, the Sherborn Library took up its temporary residence within the Community Center across the street....
CDC battles hunger in a ‘Souper Bowl’
In celebration of the New England Patriots making it to the Championships, the Center for the Development of Children (CDC) decided to have a “Souper Bowl” of their own. The week of the big game, the children of the Center were totally pumped and wanted to become champions themselves by collecting as many cans of...
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‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’ wows Walpole
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Walpole Footlighters have been around since 1924, which makes it no surprise that their performances are both very well-attended and incredibly well-performed. February 3 marked the opening of their new production, “Don’t Dress For Dinner.” Showing through February 19, this is the second production of the 2016-2017 season,...
DA Morrissey hosts marijuana law seminar
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More than 160 regional public health, law enforcement, education and municipal leaders – including three from Medfield and six from Walpole - joined District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey at his “Marijuana Legalization – Community Strategies” last week to learn about the public health, safety and governance issues and problems related to the new...
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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