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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Needham boys basketball knocked out in quarterfinal
By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham High boys’ basketball team reached the Div. 1 South quarterfinal with a decisive 64-51 victory over first round opponent Durfee (the Rockets led by as many as 20 in the fourth quarter against the Hilltoppers), but the Rockets could not get past No. 11 seed BC...
Westwood’s Hale Reservation hosting Paint Night
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Hale Reservation’s second annual Paint Night will take place on Thursday, March 10 from 7-9 p.m. at Powissett Lodge.
Participants can pick up a brush to create a custom designed finish line painting for a great cause. Over 50 percent of all ticket sales will support the runners’ fundraising efforts. For...
Westwood Cub Scouts hosting Pinewood Derby
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The Westwood Cub Scouts will hold its annual Townwide Pinewood Derby on Saturday, March 12 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
All events will be held in the Downey School Cafeteria. Weigh-in will be held on Friday night beginning at 8:00 p.m. Cars will be sequestered after weigh-in and judged by a...
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...
