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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff Westwood High students and staff recently welcomed 12 foreign exchange students from China as a part of a new program at the high school. The students arrived in Westwood last Sunday, and attended a welcoming party hosted by students and host families at the high school. The students will...

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff Westwood’s streets and roads have received its highest marks yet in an annual engineering study commissioned by the town. Every five years, the Westwood Department of Public Works has the Beta Group, an outside engineering firm, analyze the condition of every one of Westwood’s public streets and roads....

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff The Westwood Community Chest hosted its annual charity dinner and auction on January 25 at the Chiara Bistro in Westwood. Over 100 people attended the event, which included servings of international food and wines, along with a silent auction and raffles. The event was sponsored this year by Roche...

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The IAM Strong Foundation, which seeks to shatter the stigma surrounding teen mental health issues, is pleased to announce its second grant cycle. The grant cycle opened on February 1 and will extend through April 1. Grants will be awarded on or before May 1. The first IAM Strong Foundation grant cycle took...

Xaverian Brothers High School has announced that Jacob Conca Ph.D., a 1994 graduate of the school, will succeed Mr. Domenic Lalli as principal effective July 1, 2016. An Attleboro native, Conca was a member of the National Honor Society, football, swimming and track teams at Xaverian. After graduating from Amherst College, he received...

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The Westwood Historical Society is hosting a program Tuesday February 9 at 7:30 p.m. on Historical Landscape Architecture at the Fisher School located at 830 High Street in Westwood. Carissa Demore, Preservation Services Manager at Historic New England in Waltham will be giving the lecture. Her lecture is entitled "Landscapes for the...

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Forty people packed the community room at the Westwood Senior Center last week to learn how to get free, clean electricity from the sun, as the Westwood Environmental Action Committee (WEACt) hosted the forum “Put your roof to work: Solarize and save.” The greater efficiency, fast falling price, and tax and cost...

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The Westwood Freemasons will be hosting a blood drive on February 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Westwood Masonic building, 655 High Street. Staff from the Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women's new bloodmobile will be on hand to staff the drive. Donating takes less than an hour of a donor’s time. A pancake-waffle...

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Starting on February 10, the First Baptist Church of Westwood will sponsor a free beginners’ sewing class for students age twelve and older. The sessions will be held in a classroom at the church from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on seven early release Wednesdays this spring: February 10 and 24; March 2, 16...

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The Westwood Clergy Association is inviting the entire community to an Ash Wednesday Service on Wednesday, February 10 at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 95 Deerfield Avenue. The Rector of St. John’s, the Rev. Dr. Jennifer Phillips said her congregation is enthusiastic about this interfaith service that begins spiritual preparation for...