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Jacob Conca named principal of Xaverian Brothers High School

Jacob Conca named principal of Xaverian Brothers High School

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...

Needham students to spend vacation week in Guatemala

Needham students to spend vacation week in Guatemala

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff Thirteen Needham High students will be spending February vacation in Xeq’ol, Guatemala as part of a service trip for local nonprofit organization, School the World. The students will be building a playground in the same community that last year Needham students helped construct a new school. In addition, the...

Westwood Historical Society to hold historic landscaping program

Westwood Historical Society to hold historic landscaping program

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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...

Westwood Environmental Action Committee hosts solar forum

Westwood Environmental Action Committee hosts solar forum

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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...

Kids build fun at Needham ‘Engineering Extravaganza’

Kids build fun at Needham ‘Engineering Extravaganza’

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Saturday at Newman Elementary School, Let’s Build Engineering Fun for Kids and the Needham Science Center hosted the first Engineering Extravaganza for families to participate in fun, hands-on activities that tested engineering knowledge and sparked creativity.

From artistic robots to a cantilever challenge...

Westwood Freemasons to hold blood drive

Westwood Freemasons to hold blood drive

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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...

Westwood First Baptist Church to sponsor free sewing class

Westwood First Baptist Church to sponsor free sewing class

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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...

Westwood girls basketball wins over Medfield

Westwood girls basketball wins over Medfield

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff The Westwood High girls basketball team faced off against Medfield on January 27, and handed Medfield its first loss at home since 2007 with a score of 54-38. The Wolverines opened the game with an early lead. Medfield briefly pulled ahead early in the first quarter, but the Wolverines...

Westwood churches to hold interfaith Ash Wednesday service

Westwood churches to hold interfaith Ash Wednesday service

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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...

A Cappella Go big hit at Needham High despite snow

A Cappella Go big hit at Needham High despite snow

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff On Saturday, Jan. 24, Needham High’s talented a cappella groups took the stage with collegiate singers for the annual A Cappella Go fundraising concert and, despite the snow storm that hit the area that night, drew a packed house to the school’s auditorium. The groups ran through their repertoires...

Town of Needham to ‘Go Red for Women’ on Friday

Town of Needham to ‘Go Red for Women’ on Friday

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff On Friday, Feb. 5, the Town of Needham and Beth Israel Deaconess - Needham (BID-Needham) will join forces to raise awareness about heart disease and strokes by wearing red. Needham will honor Go Red for Women Day, a program of the American Heart Association, which draws attention to the...

Glee Club to perform ‘Singing Valentines’ in Needham and Wellesley

Glee Club to perform ‘Singing Valentines’ in Needham and Wellesley

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After a very successful debut last year, the Highland Glee Club is excited for the return of its “Singing Valentine” program in Needham, Newton and Wellesley.

The group will send a group of singers to perform three classic love songs to your Valentine at his or her home, workplace,...

Students at Johnson Middle in Walpole enjoying new makerspace

Students at Johnson Middle in Walpole enjoying new makerspace

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff Students at Johnson Middle are enjoying building, designing and learning at a new makerspace that opened at the school recently. The new classroom is loaded with tools and equipment to let students get creative, build and learn. The classroom features 3D design tools including a 3D printer and 3D...

Walpole Board of Selectmen approves Siemens tax agreement

Walpole Board of Selectmen approves Siemens tax agreement

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff The Walpole Board of Selectmen has approved the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement between the town and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics at a meeting on January 26. As a part of Siemens’ proposed $300 million expansion project of its Coney Street facility, the company is asking the town of Walpole for...

Walpole teens hosting charity Paint Night

Walpole teens hosting charity Paint Night

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By Douglas McCulloch Hometown Weekly Staff Two Walpole teens are planning to host a Paint Night fundraiser to raise money for amputees. Walpole High seniors Catherine Shivers and Samantha Chauvin are planning to host a Paint Night fundraiser at Finnegan’s Wake on March 20 at 2 p.m. The fundraiser will on raise money for Catherine’s Cause,...

Register of Deeds to speak at next Walpole Historical Society meeting

Register of Deeds to speak at next Walpole Historical Society meeting

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The next meeting of the Walpole Historical Society will be held at 7 p.m. on February 25 in the Community Room at the Walpole Public Library. Norfolk County Register of Deeds William P. O'Donnell will speak about the historical nature of the Registry and the Register's efforts to modernize and computerize the vast number...

Walpole Express holding free introductory hockey clinic

Walpole Express holding free introductory hockey clinic

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The Walpole Express invites boys and girls to Rodman Arena on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. for a Try Hockey For Free clinic as part of Hockey Weekend Across America. During the clinic, youth ages 4-9 are encouraged to experience ice hockey for the first time and learn the basic skills in...

Walpole RB Foundation supports local boy

Walpole RB Foundation supports local boy

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The RB Foundation, a local non-profit organization that helps families in need, is proud to lend its support to Liam McGourty, an 8-year-old boy who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. DMD as its known is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness. Until recently, boys with DMD usually did not survive...

Nomination papers now available for upcoming Walpole town election

Nomination papers now available for upcoming Walpole town election

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Nomination papers for the Annual Town Election in Walpole are now available at the Town Clerk’s office. The Annual Town Election in Walpole will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2016. The Walpole Town Clerk’s Office is located on the first floor of Town Hall, 135 School Street. Town Hall...

Walpole drug awareness coalition announces next meetings

Walpole drug awareness coalition announces next meetings

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The Walpole Coalition for Alcohol and Drug Awareness has announced the dates of its next two meetings. The coalition will meet on February 8 at 10 a.m. at the Walpole High School Media Center, and will hold a repeated meeting at 7 p.m. at the Walpole Town Hall Main Meeting Room for those not...

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