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Westwood High senior hosts ‘Hoops for Hunger’ tournament
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
Westwood High senior Davonte Higginbottom hosted a charity basketball tournament to benefit the Westwood Food Pantry last Friday.
With 66 students participating, the Hoops for Hunger basketball tournament raised a total of $402, which will be donated to the Westwood Food Pantry.
For most high school seniors with sports ambitions, they...
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Tree Falls Onto Needham Home
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
A large tree came crashing down onto a home in Needham last Thursday.
The tree fell onto a single-family home at 62 Noyes Street during a period of heavy rain and strong wind in the afternoon.
The home, which dates back to 1877, is currently up for sale, and...
Needham DPW Begins Flushing Hydrants
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
You've seen them around town or perhaps at the end of your street. The "FIRE HYDRANT FLUSHING" signs are like the crocuses of the public works world, heralding the start of every spring with their appearance. Perhaps you've taken them for granted for years, knowing only that they exist,...
As Seasons Change, Residents Return to Charles River Peninsula
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
"This is sort of a hidden place," Molly Ladd said as she calmly escorted a legion of leashed dogs into the back of her SUV. "Not many people know about it." Ms. Ladd, a visitor from Brighton, was one of a small handful of people who had stopped by...
Boston Marathon Coming Through Wellesley
Wellesley Woman Runs for Late Husband
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By Robert Rosen
Hometown Weekly Staff
Dr. Terri Halperin planned to run the Boston Marathon this year to commemorate her 40th birthday with her husband, Dr. Michael Davidson.
Unfortunately, Davidson, the Director of Endovascular Cardiac Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was killed last January when the son of one of his former patients shot and...
Gala Raises Money for Robots
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By Robert Rosen
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Wellesley Free Library Foundation recently hosted a Gala to raise money to purchase two robots for the library and it was a stunning success as it raised over $250,000.
With 285 people attending, the gala sought to purchase the robots, which will be primarily used to teach coding. The...
MRSA Confirmed at Wellesley High
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By Robert Rosen
Hometown Weekly Staff
A single case of MRSA was confirmed at Wellesley High on Wednesday, April 6.
MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a type of staph infection that is resistant to many antibiotics and frequently causes skin infections.
Principal Jamie Chisum sent a letter home to parents alerting them of the infection, noting...
Hardy Community Members to Run Marathon
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
When asked why Hardy parents Anna Garcia-Miller and Jennifer O’Neil-Sebaratnam and fourth grade teacher Felicia Moran decided to run the Boston Marathon, they all rallied around supporting METCO, which provides the opportunity for an integrated public school education for children of color from racially imbalanced schools in Boston by placing...
Jazzing it up for METCO
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By Robert Rosen
Hometown Weekly Staff
On Thursday, April 7, the jazz ensembles from all four schools in Dover-Sherborn performed at Mudge Auditorium as part of the DS Jazz Spectrum Concert.
The event was used as a fundraiser for the METCO Family Friends program, and raised almost $800. There are 40 METCO students who attend the...
Middle School Students to Perform One Act Comedies
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The Dover-Sherborn Middle School drama students are spending after school hours rehearsing comedic timing and slap stick humor for the upcoming spring plays.
This is the fourth year that the middle school one act plays will be directed by Dover-Sherborn High students. The student directors chose their own plays, and for the last three...
This Old Town: On the 19th of April in 1775
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By Richard DeSorgher
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
School is on vacation next week; many families will take off to warmer points, those with eyes towards college are off touring the institutions of higher learning, student athletes will be getting into shape for upcoming spring sports and many others will use the vacation week to work on...
Westwood High Model UN enjoying fourth year
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By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
A group of Westwood High students have been busy solving international crises, preventing wars and fighting climate change, among other projects through Westwood High’s Model UN club.
Model UN aims to provide its members with immersive simulations of global politics. Traditionally, the simulations have students taking on the...
Car Break-ins Increase Across MetroWest
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By Robert Rosen
Hometown Weekly Staff
Law enforcement officials throughout the MetroWest area are on the alert after a sharp increase in motor vehicle break-ins over the past couple of months.
Many of the incidents across several towns appear to be linked and the same perpetrators are still at large. The vehicle thefts have been a...
Westwood resident running in the Boston Marathon
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On April 18, 30,000 runners will begin at the starting line in Hopkinton ready to complete the 120th Boston Marathon. Joining those athletes is Kirsten Boger of Westwood, who is part of Team Summer Learning, a group of runners raising money to support campers at both Hale Reservation and Courageous Sailing. ...
Downey PTO hosts Daddy Daughter Dance in Westwood
Harvey Leonard to speak in Westwood
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Harvey Leonard, Boston’s top meteorologist, will give a presentation at the next Westwood Men’s Club meeting on April 21 at 9 a.m.
Widely regarded as one of Boston’s top meteorologists, Harvey Leonard is WCVB Channel 5’s chief meteorologist. He will reveal what happens behind the green screen to compile a concise, interesting and...
Medfield native explores childhood home
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By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
It wasn’t long before the end of World War II when Bob Knight came back to live in the house he knew as a child. Now, the Medfield native got a chance to visit the house he hadn’t been inside for nearly seven decades.
Though his old home felt strangely...
Medfield resident donates time to trim trees at Hinkley Pond
