Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, previously-scheduled Relay For Life live events across Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire through June have suspended. Many now have moved online, and are participating on Sunday, June 7, in a virtual experience called Hope From Home. Participants may register for their local event at http://RelayForLife.org and then on...
While the Walpole Lions have been organizing food drives for the local pantry for many years, this year, as with just about everything else, has taken on a new look. In lieu of collecting food outside supermarkets, the club has sent funding to the pantry to cover some of their additional costs in...
The virtual NAMI Family Support Group will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. using zoom.us, so the next one will be on Tuesday, May 12. NAMI will offer this until in-person meetings are again possible. This group is for caregivers of persons with mental illness. Visit namimass.org...
The COVID-19 crisis is having its own effects in Medfield. As of April 23, Medfield has seen 23 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, with 14 recoveries. Beyond those catching this disease, many friends and neighbors have been impacted through job losses or other hardships.
As the local foundation serving the...
On May 21 at 7:00 p.m., Medfield Coalition for Public Education (MCPE) will host its annual meeting. This year’s event will be held virtually. All members of the Medfield community are invited to attend as MCPE celebrates work done over the 2019-2020 school year. MCPE will share information about the projects funded this...
Hale has announced A Fort of Sorts, a free online event scheduled on Friday, May 8, from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Participants will join Vanessa Warshaw and use their imaginations to turn blankets, tarps, or other household items into personal hideaways, then listen as she reads "Curious George Goes to...
The Hunger and Homelessness Citizen Action Group at the Middle School has organized the first-ever DSMS Virtual Talent Challenge. The group's goal is to raise as much money as possible for the Greater Boston Food Bank. It has collected videos from students at DSMS and posted them on a website where people can...
Photo by Maureen Haswell
The community was in for a treat on the weekend of March 19-21, as Dover-Sherborn High School was preparing to present its production of “Mamma Mia,” featuring the music of ABBA.
The pandemic cancelled those plans. It did not, however, erase the hard...
Substance Prevention Alliance of Needham (SPAN) has announced an Al-anon meeting for parents who have a child navigating addiction. This is a new open-speaker style meeting, and all are welcome. Weekly meetings will begin starting Monday, May 4, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. via Zoom.
The Zoom link is
The Trustees has announced it is offering online ordering and no-contact pick-ups at four Greater Boston area farms - among them Dover's Powisset Farm - that operate farm stores and popular Trustees Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs. As one of the largest nonprofit owners of conserved farmland and operator of six working farms...
Ensign Peter Gelsthorpe, a native of Sherborn, Massachusetts, received his Surface Warfare Officer insignia during a ceremony held onboard USS James E. Williams, a guided missile destroyer, currently deployed in the Persian Gulf.
Gelsthorpe, who has served in the Navy for two years, is responsible for the navigation and safe...
Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden and School Building Committee Chair Mike Quinlan have provided on the Feasibility Study process of the Dale Street School Building Project.
The District submitted its Preliminary Design Program (PDP) to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) on March 27. Approval of the PDP by the MSBA marks...
Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances related to COVID-19, Needham Open Studios will not be able to be held as planned in May. Artists are disappointed that they cannot welcome the community into their homes and studios at this time, but have rescheduled Needham Open Studios to Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October...
The Town of Needham has announced that the Solarize Mass Plus Needham program will be extended to the end of May. The program is a cooperative effort between the state, the Town of Needham, and local volunteers spreading the word on the environmental and economic benefits of having a Solar PV system on...
The Dover Board of Selectmen voted on April 16 to adopt the following special options to respond to the impact of the current State of Emergency on Dover taxpayers.
Firstly, taxpayers have until June 1 to apply for property tax exemptions and deferrals. This includes the hardship deferral for those...
Children and families may sign up for two online summer reading programs at the Needham Free Public Library starting Friday, May 1, by visiting the library website at http://www.needhamma.gov/4747/Library and clicking on the Summer Reading link, or by visiting http://needhambeanstack.org.
Those who have registered for summer reading in past years...
Medfield Foundation has released it's April update. The COVID-19 crisis is having its own effects in Medfield. As of April 23, Medfield has seen 23 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, with 14 recoveries. Beyond those catching this disease, many friends and neighbors have been impacted through job losses or other hardships.
“Going Too Fast,” Westwood author Lynne Viti’s debut work of fiction, was released on March 31 by Finishing Line Press of Lexington, KY. This collection of short stories and flash fiction takes the reader back to the 1960's and '70's and the adolescence and early adulthood of women in that era. Catholic school,...
With the Senior Center closed until June 1 and town events cancelled, local students and teachers are looking for new ways to share music with Westwood’s seniors. Music Matters, a music appreciation program that was scheduled to take place at the Senior Center, has moved online to a YouTube channel for the remainder...
The Westwood Public Library is launching a new initiative, Westwood Reads Together, Apart: The 12 in 12 Book Challenge, inviting everyone in the community to join them in reading 12 books in 12 weeks, or 1 book each week until July 5.
As we continue to practice social isolation, it...
