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TD Garden beckons for Wellesley girls hockey

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

After an eight-day layoff, the Wellesley High girls’ hockey team got back to work this past weekend with two games in three days at the Gallo Ice Arena in Bourne.

The No. 3 seeded Raiders beat Medway/Ashland 2-0 on Saturday night and followed...

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Medfield boys hockey heading back to TD Garden

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Medfield High boys’ hockey team will make its second trip to the Div. 2 state championship game at the TD Garden in three years after the Warriors held off Scituate for a 2-1 win in the South sectional final on Sunday afternoon at...

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Westwood girls basketball battles to the end in loss

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Heading into the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s Div. 2 South semifinal at Massasoit Community College, the season looked over for the Westwood High girls’ basketball team.

The Wolverines, the top seed in the sectional, trailed No. 4 seed Hingham 42-30 and had only scored three points...

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Medfield girls hockey into quarterfinal

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Medfield High girls’ hockey team had not won a playoff game in program history before making a run to the Div. 2 semifinal last season. This year, it looks like the Warriors are making another run to try and reach the final at...

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Medfield girls basketball rolls past Medway

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Medfield High girls’ basketball team made quick work of its first round opponent, beating Tri-Valley League rival Medway 61-42 to advance to the Div. 2 Central semifinal against No. 2 seed Groton-Dunstable at Clark University on Wednesday night.

The Warriors (16-5) beat...

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Medfield boys basketball inches from final

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

With just 15 seconds remaining in Sunday’s Div. 2 Central semifinal at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Medfield senior point guard Evan Howells pulled up for a jumper that brought Big Blue within one of Marlboro.

After a pair of missed free throws, Medfield...

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Winter Blues concert returning to Medfield Legion

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Medfield American Legion, 110 Peter Kristof Way, will once again play host to a night of music to support the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and the Pediatric IBD Foundation (PEDI IBD). 

The eighth annual Winter Blues Concert, organized by...

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Astrid Hendren of Medfield writes book on handling trauma

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

When she was 32 years old, Astrid Hendren suffered a massive stroke when a brain aneurysm burst. Living with her two young children but with her family miles away in her natïve Netherlands and without close friends to lean on, Hendren turned to writing...

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Medfield student wins DAR Good Citizen Award

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Col. William McIntosh Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)  recently held a ceremony at the Needham Historical Society to present its annual Good Citizen Awards to five local high school students.

The chapter winner was Medfield High student...

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Westwood boys hockey ends postseason run

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff After picking up their first state title win since 2002 last season, the Westwood High boys’ hockey team fell to North Quincy in the first round of the Division 2 South playoffs 2-1 in OT. The game got off to a slow start as both teams remained scoreless through...
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Thomas Vagnini of Medfield is Tri-County salutatorian

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Tri-County Superintendent-Director Stephen Dockray announced this week that Jennifer Bowness of North Attleboro has been named the school’s 2016 valedictorian and Thomas Vagnini of Medfield has been named the salutatorian.

Vagnini earned the honor of salutatorian by achieving a GPA of 4.38...

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Westwood boys’ basketball falls to Scituate

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff The Westwood High boys’ basketball team fell to Scituate 59-55 in the opening round of the Division 2 South playoffs on March 2. The Wolverines were led offensively by junior Tim Giovino, who picked up a total of 14 points for Westwood during the game. The Wolverines faced an...
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Medfield Winter Carnival is this weekend

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The annual Memorial and Wheelock Winter Carnival will be held on Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Memorial School. The main fundraiser for the two schools will feature fun for the whole family as well as raffles and an auction. 

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This Old Town: Medfield residents invited to Spring Fling

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By Richard DeSorgher Hometown Weekly Correspondent

Calling all Medfield residents and anyone else for that matter. Open to everyone!

On Saturday, April 9 at the American Legion on Peter Kristof Way, the Medfield High (MHS) Alumni Association will host its fifth annual Trivia Night, a fundraiser for the scholarships given...

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Trump, Clinton win close primaries in Medfield

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Super Tuesday, Medfield voters took to the polls to vote on who the Democrats and Republicans should nominate for this fall’s presidential election. Republican voters chose Donald Trump and Democrats chose Hillary Clinton, but both by slim margins.

The 2,206 Republican voters...

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Westwood teacher ‘spreading the word to end the word’

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff On March 2, students at Thurston Middle learned how a word some students use hurts those with disabilities. Lily O'Brien, an eighth grade French teacher at Thurston, designed a banner to display in the school cafeteria during lunch times, and encouraged students to sign a pledge to stop...
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Medfield residents circulate petition against LCB proposal

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

A group of Medfield residents released a petition with 500 signatures against a proposed assisted living facility on Main St. The facility, which is was proposed by LCB Senior Living, would be located on a plot of land behind the Peak House and the...

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Westwood voters pick Trump and Clinton

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff Westwood voters chose Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton as presidential nominees during the Massachusetts presidential primary on March 1. A total of 5,779 of Westwood’s 10,855 registered voters turned out to make their pick for presidential nominees, which represents a 53 percent voter turnout overall. On the...
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Westwood High hosting fashion show on March 18

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The Westwood High Senior Prom Fashion Show will take place on Friday, March 18 at 7 p.m. in the Westwood High auditorium. The Westwood High School Class of 2016 invites the public to join them as they take the stage and model this year’s stunning prom fashions. For the past 14 years, this fun...
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Westwood R.A.Y. Award nominations now open

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The Westwood Rotary and Westwood Youth and Family Services (WY&FS) are seeking the public’s help in identifying young people in our community that have demonstrated a commitment to helping others. The organizations would like to celebrate these individuals by honoring them with the R.A.Y (Recognize-A-Youth) award. Recipients will have distinguished themselves through...
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