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D-S band plays Canobie Lake Park
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Rising Nation has been invited back for a second year in a row to perform at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH. The band will be performing on Thursday evening, August 18, at 8:00 p.m. on the Midway Stage, a covered open-air pavilion near the center of the park. Rising Nation was one...
Sherborn hosts the Circus Minimus
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A circus in a suitcase is a hard promise to fulfill; yet, when the seemingly-benign brown case opened up and transformed into a tent, Kevin O’Keefe looked to be living up to his word. For the crowd of roughly thirty parents and kids at the Sherborn Community Center...
Walpole Junior Tennis serves up fun
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By Chris Foti
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Walpole’s pint-sized Roger Federers and Serena Williamses are having a ball this summer - and they’ve got an ace instructor showing them the way.
Jill Aldorisio is in her first year as Head Instructor for Walpole Recreation’s Junior Tennis development camp. She is running the program through the United States...
Boston Rebellion takes Walpole by storm
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Rain and recently cut grass filled the nostrils as one entered Adams Farm in Walpole this weekend to attend the Boston Rebellion US Cup. Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, saw a host of professional mountain bikers, as well as many amateur riders, descend upon the large...
Walpole’s July heat just short of all time record
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After a cool and cloudy weekend on the 9th and 10th, when the temperature did not get out of the 60’s, it turned hot. The average temperature for the month of 75.3°, which was 2.8° above normal, tied for the fifth warmest July of record. The average daily maximum for the last twenty...
Links at the Westwood library
By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Everyone knows that having fun isn’t hard with a library card, but for the young families of Westwood, membership was not required for mini-golf at the Islington branch of the library. Conveniently located at 280 Washington St. in Westwood, minutes away from Legacy Place in Dedham, Islington’s smaller, community-oriented branch of...
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Westwood Farmers Market delights citizens
By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On a characteristically hot Tuesday, July 26, those in a rush may not have noticed the Westwood Farmers Market taking place. Tucked in the St Margaret’s Parish parking lot, the Market was a tribute to locally grown food in a region largely dominated by convenient and air-conditioned supermarkets. The small market,...
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Rogers completes Eagle Scout Project
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John Rogers of Troop 3 Westwood recently completed his Eagle Project. The project refurbished an old destroyed picnic site in Lowell Woods off of Sandy Valley Road. The team of volunteers worked over 85 hours to completely renovate the picnic site. All of the old debris was removed and new wood chips were...
Sherborn Library clean-out
Sherborn Library patrons and local residents may have noticed the appearance of a large, blue dumpster on the lawn near the library’s main doors. In anticipation of the construction project, the library must be emptied. Library Building Committee (LBC) member Libby Yon is working with Library Director Elizabeth Johnston to coordinate the cleanout of nearly...
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Super Awesome Fun Time at Dover Library
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Super Awesome Fun Time is a hard name to live up to, yet the event at the Dover Library most certainly does. Hosting over one hundred young children and their parents four times a week, the event is meant to engage babies to toddlers in learning experiences within...
Sherborn COA promotes walking challenge
The Sherborn Council on Aging is encouraging residents to join its new walking challenge and win prizes while they get healthier. The American Heart Association and recent research has shown benefits of walking and moderate exercise (30 minutes a day). Walking can help:
• Reduce the risk of coronary heart disease
• Improve blood pressure, blood sugar...
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Solidarity gathering against racism
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
As part of Theodore Roosevelt’s Paris speech in 1910, he said, “it is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in...
Summer Art Workshop hosted by the WCC
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
This summer season, The Wellesley Community Center was home to an art workshop or “kid’s day camp for art” for the very first time. This program is the brainchild of Sprague School’s faculty member, Katilin Holzapfel. Holzapfel’s aim was to construct a half-day program for grade school students from this,...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…
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Actually, it’s a robot! Or, rather, two robots! The Wellesley Free Library is excited to announce the arrival of two NAO Robots. However, a proper introduction requires proper names, and that’s where the library needs your help.
From August 4 through September 9, the library is asking residents to suggest names for these...
Quidditch sweeps Medfield and the globe
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
“Rough game, quidditch.”
“Brutal. But no one’s died in years.”
The Weasley twins Fred and George say this to Harry just after he makes the Gryffindor Quidditch team in the movie adaptation of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” While not the best way to inspire confidence in an eleven-year-old, the...
New turf keeps Medfielders safe
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By Evan Mayer
Hometown Weekly Intern
In 2004, Medfield’s sport teams were granted a new turf field. Over a decade later, the turf has seen its better days. With the wear and tear from the constant tackling, sliding and diving, it is time for the turf to be replaced with new and better materials to...
The Zullo Gallery is decked out
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Overlooking the town hall, the library, the center of town and the sunset, patrons gathered at the Zullo Gallery’s weekly Thursday evening barbecue on its rooftop deck. The gallery itself is up a flight of stairs across from the Medfield Library. Founded in 1988, what once was a barren-looking...
Jazz Social hosted by COA
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On a balmy Friday afternoon, The Center at the Heights for the Needham Council on Aging played host to Ross Petot and his jazz band. The event was held for the annual ‘Friends Report and Meeting’ that takes place every July. The Friends are the fundraising branch of...
Quidditch sweeps the globe
