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NHS track athletes perform at Nationals

Needham sent two individual athletes and one relay team to National Track and Field Indoor meets this past weekend.

Senior captain Kyler McNatt earned All American Honors by placing 5th and running a 25 second PR of 14:45.04 in the Boys Championship 5K. He competed at the New Balance Indoor...

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NHS ‘Newsies’ delights audiences

By Beatrice Beutel
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

The overture filled the theater with recognizable musical motifs as the curtain opened to reveal a minimalist scaffold set with a projection newspaper background. Needham High School’s production of “Newsies” fulfilled all of one’s expectations for this timeless classic, while also...

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NAA to host painter Sam Vokey

On Tuesday, April 5, at 7:00 p.m., for this year’s joint virtual demonstration, the Needham Art Association and the Wellesley Society of Artists are pleased to welcome award-winning oil painter Sam Vokey. Any painting is only as strong as the underlying scaffold of the geometric design. Sam will explore key elements of design...

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Four Needham artists in NEWS show

The New England Watercolor Society’s (NEWS) upcoming exhibition by its Associate Members will be conspicuously represented by the Needham Art Association, as four of its members have had their paintings accepted and will be on display during the months of March and April. The four paintings are “Ski New England” by Victoria Garbe,...

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Natasha Huss plays Carnegie Hall

The same weekend in January that Boston tied its record for biggest single-day snowfall, Natasha Huss, a freshman at Medfield High School, made her way to NYC in strong wind and frigid air. At Carnegie Hall, she performed Prelude in C sharp Minor Ops. 3 No. 2 by Rachmaninoff on grand piano in...

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Zullo hosting virtual talk with glassblower

As a trauma psychologist supporting survivors of some of the world’s worst tragedies for 25 years, Kevin Becker tapped into glassblowing a decade ago as a creative escape from his counseling work.

At 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, via Zoom, attendees of Becker’s “Meet the Artist” talk hosted by...

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6th grade Medfielders are champs

Back Row (left to right): Sam Nolan, David Arnold, Kevin Sabourin, Owen Goodband, Cam Burman, Steve Rahley. Front Row (left to right): Will Keaveney, Will Baker, Cooper Gage. Not in Photo: John Barker.

The Medfield 6th grade boys team have recently been crowned Metrowest Division Champions...

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Medfield 4th graders are champions

Coaches: Sara Sokolowski, Joe Bachand, Justin Kittredge. Players, back row left to right: Josie Frascella, Caleigh Kittredge, Brooke Bean, Jordan Bachand, Sage Sokolowski. bottom row: Lucy Buldoc, Jordan Heavey, Camryn Hennessy, Averi Urquhart, Josie Henebry. (Lucy Biggar missing in photo).

A team of Medfield fourth-graders has something to celebrate this...

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Derevyanko, Zullo Gallery hosting Ukraine benefit

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia to a Ukrainian father and Russian mother, award-winning jazz saxophonist and Medfield resident Anton Derevyanko was determined to find ways to support loved ones affected by the war in Ukraine.

Tapping into his talents and jazz network, Derevyanko has organized two back-to-back, 75-minute live benefit...

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Troop 89 donates to Medfield Animal Shelter

Recently, Troop 89 Senior Patrol Leader Kenny Manning met with a representative of the Medfield Animal Shelter to deliver a donation from the funds raised during the troop's 26th annual Christmas tree pick-up fundraiser. 

"We are proud of our tradition of helping others and supporting our community," said Troop 89...

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Dover-Sherborn sisters running Marathon

Meg Hyde, from Sherborn, and her sister, Cassie Thomson, from Dover, are running to raise money for Brigham and Women’s Hospital Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation. The foundation was born out of the Boston Marathon bombing tragedy where Gillian Reny, then a high school senior, was one of the 39 critically injured...

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Dover Stands With Ukraine readies event

Dover Stands With Ukraine is inviting the community on Wednesday evening, March 30, at the Dover Legion, for an event lifting up our Ukrainian families and providing humanitarian assistance to their homeland during this critical time. Neighbors are invited to grab some tickets, head over to the Legion, feed...

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Walpole’s Foley leads Lowell in scoring

By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor

Scoring goals has always been what Walpole native Conor Foley does. During the winters, Foley helped lead the boys hockey team to its first ever Super Eight berth in 2017 as a sophomore before captaining the team as a senior....

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Cooper McCann, Youth of the Month

The Needham Exchange Club has recognized Cooper McCann from St. Sebastian's as its Youth of the Month. He is a member of the Cum Laude Society for his outstanding academic achievements and won the Harvard Book Award for “excellence in scholarship and character”. McCann has played baseball, hockey and...

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Tapples take stage at Hard Rock

By Beatrice Beutel
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

After two and a half hours of various musicians performing their 20-minute sets in an epic battle of the bands, The Tapples finally took the stage. They opened with an original song, “Streets in the Evening,” which immediately had the audience...

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Brewmaster Brian Flach joins 7th Wave

Brewmaster Brian Flach has joined 7th Wave Brewing Company of Medfield. Flach has been working with beer since interning with New England Brewing Company in 2008, before becoming head brewer at Tullycross Tavern (Manchester, CT), Boston Beer Works (Framingham), John Harvard’s Brew House (Framingham), and Back East Brewing (Bloomfield,...

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‘Beauty and the Beast’ makes visits

Days before sixty Dover-Sherborn High School students perform “Beauty and the Beast” at Mudge Auditorium, they took their show on the road, visiting the two elementary schools in the regional school district: Pine Hill and Chickering. The elementary school students were delighted to see some of their favorite Disney characters come to life...

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Dover Church worship featuring bluegrass band

The Dover Church, located at 17 Springdale Avenue in Dover, is welcoming the community to join it for a special worship service featuring bluegrass gospel music on March 27 at 10:00 a.m. The music will be provided by the Pilgrim Bluegrass Gospel Band, founded by Dover residents Geoff and...

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DSHS readies ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Dover-Sherborn High School is bringing the enchanted world of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” to the stage in Mudge Auditorium on Thursday, March 17 at 6:30 p.m.; Friday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, March 19, at 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

It has been three years since the...

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Thurston Welcome Club heads to Hale

On Wednesday, February 2, Mother Nature watched over the Thurston Welcome Club as it headed to Hale Reservation. The Westwood area had just received about 20 inches of snow, yet the temperature was unseasonably warm. The conditions were perfect for snowshoeing.

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