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Rebel hockey dominant on senior night
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
It’s been a special season for the Walpole High School boys varsity hockey team, who entered Saturday night’s grudge match and senior night contest with archrival Norwood at 19-0-1 and having already clinched the Bay State Conference title. The Rebels continued their hot play against the Mustangs in...
Needham Robotics Club
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The Needham High School Robotics Club recently attended a competition at Waltham’s Gann Academy, where T-10 went undefeated in the seeding rounds before finishing in second place before the elimination rounds. They also won the highest award, the Inspire Award, qualifying them for state...
Needham Bank Great Hall Concert Series presents an Evening with Rockapella
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Rockapella has become one of the world’s most sophisticated, lasting, and imitated vocal groups around today. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more influential group out there in this new era of network television a cappella shows like NBC’s The Sing-Off, movies like Pitch Perfect, and innumerable college vocal groups that own the corner of cool...
February snow blankets Needham
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Stormy weather in February had townspeople scrambling to stock their pantries, procure sand and salt, and hunker down for a one-two punch of winter storms whipping through the Bay State.
The first of the two storms began on the morning of Thursday, December 9, dropping over a foot of snow - beginning on the...
Needham Art in Bloom receives award
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Needham’s Art in Bloom, celebrating its ninth year exhibiting Needham High School student artwork with floral interpretations by the Beth Shalom Garden Club members and participants from the Needham and Kalmia Garden Clubs, was recently honored with an Exemplary Project Award from the Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education.
The Foundation states that...
Needhamite Goody exhibits quilts at Arboretum
Needhamite Pamela Goody will be having a solo quilt show at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. It is the first quilt exhibit to be featured in the Arboretum’s Hunnewell Building, which serves as the visitor’s center.
The exhibit will run through May 7. An artist demo and talk will be held on April 1...
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Raider and Rocket hockey excite on senior night
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
One of the more historical high school hockey rivalries in the state of Massachusetts had its latest chapter written on Wednesday night, as the Wellesley Raiders netted three late goals to stun Needham and secure the 2-0 season sweep over their arch rivals to the East in dramatic fashion...
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Medfield is side-by-side with Berklee World Strings
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By Geena Matuson
Hometown Weekly Staff
For the first time in its history, Berklee World Strings performed a side-by-side concert with Medfield Strings Orchestra on Wednesday evening. This was, in fact, the first time Berklee World Strings had performed side-by-side with any middle or high school program, and it was truly sensational. Berklee World Strings...
Expresso Yourself Coffee-house celebrates birthday
Feb. 2016. Eddie Love talks about how he bought a harmonica 50 years ago and couldn’t figure out how to play it. He’s a big, balding truck driver with the remnants of a white ponytail. The audience starts fidgeting, but then Eddie pulls out his harmonica and croons out “Shenandoah” with such sweetness that all...
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Warrior hockey earns back-to-back victories
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield High School boys varsity hockey team is back over .500 following two consecutive victories over Wilmington (3-2, makeup game) on Monday and Masconomet (5-2) on Wednesday, as they improve to 9-8-1 on the year.
Following a scoreless first period of play, the Warriors were able to net...
MYBS Buy-A-Brick program is back
Medfield Youth Baseball and Softball (MYBS) has invited the community to join the 75+ Medfield Youth Baseball & Softball families, friends, and local businesses that have already purchased a brick to put their personal stamp on the new Swain Concession Stand at Metacomet Field.
Are you looking to support your local community and take advantage of...
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February snow blankets D-S
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Stormy weather in February had townspeople scrambling to stock their pantries, procure sand and salt, and hunker down for a one-two punch of winter storms whipping through the Bay State.
The first of the two storms began on the morning of Thursday, December 9, dropping over a foot of snow - beginning on the...
And the secret to love is…
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
What exactly is love? If you ask a hundred people, you get a hundred and twelve different answers.
Four-year-olds say it’s their parents, or “trucks and trains.”
College students will say “A subjective, over-inflated word we’ve created for intensely liking something,” or “an example of unconditional happiness you experience when close...
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Community Forum on recreation in Sherborn
The Sherborn Planning Board invites all residents to the second of a series of public forums on the new draft General Plan for the Town on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Sherborn Town Hall. This forum will focus on shared goals for Sherborn’s recreational resources:
• Open Space Recreation: hiking, biking and...
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Conscientious Cocktail Party a crowd-pleaser
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A capacity crowd celebrated Sherborn’s forests and trails at the Community Center Friday evening, February 3. This was SFTA’s second bi-annual “Conservation Connections: A Conscientious Cocktail Party.”
Almost 170 cheerful participants of all ages shared terrific food from Zaftigs Delicatessen, took chances on an array of mostly local raffle prizes, and enjoyed live jamming...
Raider hockey headed to tournament
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After skating to a 0-0 tie with Ashland on Saturday, the Dover-Sherborn High School boys varsity hockey team has earned a pair of 4-1 victories in two of their last three games, taking down Holliston and Minuteman Regional to finish the regular season at 11-8-1 (6-6-1). The win...
Town meets to discuss budget
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By Richard McDonough
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On Tuesday, February 7, the Westwood Finance and Warrant Commission met to discuss the finical status of Westwood regarding schools, local business and public works. The committee met in the Community Meeting Room to discuss the changing budget conditions and to ensure that public funds are being used appropriately...
Westwood COA hosts Super Bowl party
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The entirety of New England was stunned on Super Bowl Sunday when the Patriots came back from a 25-point deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons and win the game. The night of, people went crazy, running into the streets of Boston and partying the night away. However, a large...
Men’s Club hosts Public Safety construction report
Two major public safety buildings are in process of completion, one for Police and one for Fire.
The new police station features triple the space of the existing police station. It includes a safer intake, a booking and detention area, space to meet modern evidence and retention requirements, community rooms and dedicated space for weapon...
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