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Needham’s Bridget Akinc running marathon for CASA

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

When Bridget Akinc moved to the Boston area almost 20 years ago, it became a dream to run in the Boston Marathon. That dream will be fulfilled in April when the Needham resident joins thousands of other runners at the starting line in Hopkinton...

Needham High students collaborate on art installation

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

During the months of February and March, Needham High students will be taking part in a collaborative art installation with visiting artist Jodi Colella, as part of the school’s Own Your Peace initiative.

Students will write messages on strips of fabric about how...

Needham Art in Bloom offers taste of spring

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Outside the temperatures were hovering in the mid-30s, but inside the Needham Library on Saturday afternoon spring had sprung thanks to the eighth annual Needham Art in Bloom display organized by the Beth Shalom Garden Club.

Scattered over both floors of the library were nearly...

Westwood church to host jazz performance

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On Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m., First Parish of Westwood presents an exciting concert, “Nostalgia Jazz,” performed by The Worcester Jazz Collective. The concert will be held in the Meeting House at 248 Nahatan Street. Tickets are $15 ($10 for seniors, $35 for a family of up to five), and...

‘Library’s Congress’ wins Needham Civics Bee

By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Sunday afternoon, 15 teams of Needham community members competed at the high school to find out who knew more about local, state, and federal government in the annual League of Women Voters Civics Bee.

The winning team was “The Library’s Congress,” which included Sandra...

Needham primary voters select Kasich and Clinton

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The voters of Needham took to the polls on Super Tuesday to voice their opinions for who should be the presidential nominee for the Republicans and Democrats heading into this fall’s national election.

With more than 7,500 voters casting ballots, former Secretary of...

Scouting for Food to benefit Needham food pantry

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Saturday, March 19 at 8 a.m., Needham Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will be collecting bags of food to be delivered to the Needham Community Council Food Pantry for the annual Scouting for Food collection.

The bags will be passed out...

Asylum Quartet plays Needham concert series

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The saxophone quartet Asylum Quartet kicked off the second half of the 2015-16 Great Hall Concert Series with a performance on Saturday night that included Needham student musicians.

The concert packed Powers Hall on the second floor of Needham Town Hall and the ensemble showcased...

Walpole boys hockey ends tourney drought in shootout

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The crowd was packed into Rodman Arena for the playoff opener, as the Walpole High boys’ hockey team went in search of its first tournament victory in seven years against perennial power Archbishop Williams in a Div. 1 South first round game.

The atmosphere...

Siemens tax agreement passed at Walpole Special Town Meeting

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Walpole Town Meeting representatives passed a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement between the Town of Walpole and Siemens at a Special Town Meeting on March 7 with a vote of 76-51. The Tax Increment Financing agreement would grant Siemens a reduction in new property taxes for a proposed $300 million expansion project the company...

Walpole High opening ‘Once on This Island’ this weekend

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff Walpole High theater students are preparing to open their winter production of “Once on This Island,” which will premier on March 12 at 7:30 p.m. A second showing will occur on March 13 at 3 p.m. Both performances will be held at the Walpole High auditorium. "Once On This...

Sanders and Trump win Walpole primary

Walpole voters nominated Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders to be presidential nominees during the March 1 Massachusetts presidential primary. A total of 8,300 of Walpole’s 17,163 registered voters participated in this year’s presidential primary. Republican front-runner Donald Trump took both Walpole and the Massachusetts nomination with a large lead. He picked up 1,805...

February closes out a mild winter in Walpole

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February was bracketed by a 64-degree maximum on February 1 and a 65-degree maximum on February 29. Within the month, there was an additional day of over 60-degree weather and seven more days exceeding 50 degrees. The record low for the month was set on February 14 with a temperature of -12 degrees....

Author to discuss 1919 World Series at the Walpole Library

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The infamous 1919 World Series will be covered by local author Charles Fountain, starting at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16 in the Community Room of the Walpole Public Library. Fountain’s book is titled “The Betrayal” and it has all the details of the scandal that led to the birth of modern baseball. In...

Harp orchestra to perform at Walpole church

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The New England Irish Harp Orchestra will be performing at Epiphany Parish, 62 Front Street in Walpole on Sunday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. NEIHO has been delighting audiences since 2005. The group performs traditional Irish tunes and original pieces sure to delight senses and fill hearts. The orchestra members range in age...

U.S. Navy Band Performs at Wellesley High

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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent The United States Navy Concert Band, the premier wind ensemble of the U.S. Navy, put on a wonderful performance Monday night, playing for an audience of over 1,300 people at Wellesley High. Hosted by Wellesley POPS, the free event required reserving a ticket and was sold out weeks ahead of...

Wellesley Students Get Excited About Science at Hardy Science Night

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By Rama K. Ramaswamy A hand-full of Wellesley’s elementary schools organize and run annual extracurricular STEM programs. Bates School has it’s “Magnificent Day of Play” whereby students participate in making creations out of cardboard and other materials and Upham School has it’s “Invention Convention” wherein students bring in posters about their inventions and STEM-inspired ideas. Hardy...

Wellesley Students Win Art and Writing Awards

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"] By Rama K. Ramaswamy Wellesley High students received 23 awards spanning several diverse categories, including Art Portfolio, Writing Portfolio, Photography, Printmaking, Digital Art, Painting, Drawing and Illustration, Sculpture, Jewelry, Personal Essay/Memoir, Short Story, Poetry, Writing Portfolio Poetry and Fashion in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Wellesley Middle School successfully came away with 14...

A Capella at Wellesley Acastock Blows Audience Away

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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent The Katherine L. Babson, Jr. Auditorium at Wellesley High had another packed house Friday night for the annual Acastock a cappella concert. The enthusiasm for a cappella groups at the high school has grown significantly over the last several years, as what started as one small group of students...

Dream Season Comes to an End for Wellesley Girls Basketball

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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff It was a ride that 15 players and their coaches will never forget. They won their first 11 games and had their time of their lives, referring to themselves as a “band of sisters” and priding themselves on their teamwork, notably their “we-fense.” But on Monday night they tried to do...

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