Baseball returns to Westwood
About: Hometown Weekly Staff
Recent Posts by Hometown Weekly Staff
MBTA to fix East Street bridge
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
A fix for the troubled East Street railroad bridge in Westwood is currently underway.
At the April 11 Board of Selectmen meeting, MBTA Director of Transit Oriented Projects Peter Paravalos presented an update on the ongoing proposal to raise the vertical clearance of the East Street Bridge.
The East Street...
IAM Strong 5K to be held on May 1
The Second Annual IAM Strong Foundation 5K Run and Walk will take place on Sunday, May 1.
The 5K off road course will begin at the Charles Flahive Field at Westwood High School at 9:30 a.m. There will be a 1.5 mile route for those preferring a shorter option, as well as an obstacle course...
Read more
Westwood Gridiron Club hosting Nine and Dine tournament
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
The Westwood Grid Iron Club’s sixth annual Nine and Dine tournament will be held on Monday, June 13 at the Norfolk Golf Club in Westwood.
Registration begins at 2:15 p.m. with a 3 p.m. shotgun start. The tournament will be followed by a wine tasting, appetizers and dinner by Conrad’s at the...
Westwood Woman’s Club enjoys Art Day
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
Members and guests of the Westwood Woman’s Club enjoyed a delightful day recently with a program by two local watercolor artists, Carol Ahearn and Barbara Gearon, who had a beautiful display of their paintings of iris, lilies, hydrangea, sunflowers, lady slippers and more.
Carol, who first painted in art class at Westwood High School,...
Baseball season begins
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
Walpole youth sports welcomed back baseball season as the Walpole Little League’s annual opening day parade kicked off through downtown Walpole.
Hundreds of kids from various youth sports donned their uniforms and met behind town hall before embarking on the parade down Main Street.
Many spectators took the opportunity to...
KPW hockey team wins South Shore Conference championship
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
The last game of the King Philip Walpole Youth Hockey season turned into the longest game, but ended in KPW's fifth league championship in 2015-2016 season.
The KPW Bantam 2 team and the South Coast Panthers skated a 2-2 tie into five overtimes before KPW finally pushed the game-winning goal across the line and...
Walpole Town Forest celebration
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
May 1 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Walpole Town Forest, one of the first town forests to be established in Massachusetts. To celebrate, the Walpole Town Forest Committee, with assistance from Walpole Recreation and various volunteers and town boards, will be hosting a 100th anniversary celebration on...
Walpole Cub Scouts give school a spring cleaning
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
A group of Walpole Cub Scouts recently completed a community service project at the Fisher School. Members of Pack 44 Den 3 met at the Fisher Elementary School in Walpole last week to clean up the school grounds. The scouts cleaned up litter and raked up the property. The boys also donated two...
Walpole Day Trolley Tour
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
This Walpole Day, explore Walpole’s most-identifiable landmarks and experience the town’s rich 291-year history with a chance to take a trolley tour through Walpole’s historic neighborhoods.
The Walpole Historical Society and the Walpole Recreation Department are partnering together to sponsor a historic trolley tour of our town on Walpole Day 2016, which will...
The fashion of ‘Downton Abbey’ at the library
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
“The Fashion at Downton Abbey” will be presented in the Community Room of the Walpole Public Library at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, sponsored by the Friends of the Walpole Public Library. All are welcome and there is no charge to attend.
Inspired by the popular PBS television series, this overview of late/post-Edwardian...
Girls Scouts seek Silver Award
Middle School celebrates ‘Raiders Rock’
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
On Friday, April 15, all students at the Dover-Sherborn Middle School came together to participate in the first annual “Raiders Rock” event. The event, sponsored by the DSMS Peer Leadership Club, was a school-wide 1-mile walk/run/roll for DSMS students, faculty and staff.
The goal of the event was to encourage a healthy lifestyle for...
Sherborn Square Dance A Huge Success
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
The Sherborn Girl Scouts held their annual Father-Daughter square dance on Friday, April 8. Over 140 Girl Scouts, fathers and partners gathered at the Pine Hill auditorium to do-si-do the night away.
Caller Beth Parkes from Bedford led the lively group through a wide variety of square dance moves. The evening included western-themed photo...
Dana Hall to host conversation on girls and campus culture
On Thursday, April 28, from 7–8:30 p.m., Dana Hall School will host “The Forum: A Conversation on Girls and Today’s Campus Culture.” This collaborative program is free and open to the public. Attendees should sign up at www.danahall.org/springforum16.
The Forum at Dana Hall School is a symposium series designed to examine a topic of particular relevance...
Read more
Needham Baseball runs over Boston English
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
The Boston Marathon wasn’t the only place to see runners this Monday as the Needham Rockets baseball team put on a marathon of their own with an 11-0 home win over Boston English. With this game in the books, the Rockets extend their early undefeated streak to 4-0. This record however,...
Chamber’s Cove Dedication
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Douglas McCulloch
Hometown Weekly Staff
A dedication ceremony was held last week to officially dedicate a memorial at Rosemary Lake in honor of long-time Needham High hockey coach John Chambers.
A plaque was installed and the area was officially named “Chamber’s Cove” in honor of Chambers. The plaque sits on the site of Chambers’ first...
Needham resident lobbys for Alzheimer’s research
Needham Tenacre student stand out in writing contest
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
Six Tenacre fifth graders—five Wellesley residents and one Needham resident—were honored for their essays in the 2016 Will McDonough Writing Contest. The Tenacre students were chosen from among thousands of entries across the state.
In the fifth grade category, Tenacre’s Eli Helzberg (Wellesley) won first place, and Jack Abbrecht (Wellesley) won second place. Louis...
Girls lacrosse falls to Walpole
