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Medfield’s McCarthy spearheading coat drive

Medfield’s McCarthy spearheading coat drive

Medfield High School junior Kaitlyn McCarthy has partnered up again with Coats for Kids and Anton’s Cleaners to collect winter coat donations as the cold weather rolls in. Winter coats for both children and adults are gladly accepted. Coats for Kids’ goal is to collect, clean, and distribute coats to those in need. The foundation started...

Medfield hosts youth sports discussion

Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden has announced that the Medfield Public Schools recently held a panel discussion with prominent local athletes and industry experts on the topic of youth sports participation. The discussion, “Help Your Young Athlete Win the Race: Finding Balance in Youth Sports,” was held Monday, October 28, at the Blake Middle School library. The event...

McCarthy helps Harvard to strong start

McCarthy helps Harvard to strong start

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It should be to the surprise of absolutely nobody in Medfield that former MHS basketball star Maggie McCarthy is doing big things this fall for the Harvard women’s basketball team. A sophomore guard, the Medfield native has logged an average of 36 minutes a game during Harvard’s 3-2...

Sherborn demonstrates the power of quilt

Sherborn demonstrates the power of quilt

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff After a rough day, most people come home, get into their pajamas, and wrap themselves in their favorite blanket. That is not always the case for people receiving cancer treatment. As a way to make the fight against cancer a little more comfortable, volunteers at the Unitarian Universalist...

Dover Holiday Holiday House Tour Sunday

Dover Holiday Holiday House Tour Sunday

The Dover Library Holiday House Tour will be held on Sunday, November 24, from 11:30 - 3:30 p.m. This marks the 31st year of this popular event, which is held to benefit the library's many programs and services. A beautiful Farm Street Colonial is one of four houses featured on Tour this Sunday. The house was...

Raider field hockey wins state

Raider field hockey wins state

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off a thrilling 1-0 victory against Sandwich in the Division II South finals, the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School field hockey team capped off their 2019 season with a state title on Saturday at WPI. Following a 2-1 victory against North sectional champ Lynnfield in the state semifinals...

FBC prepares for Holly Fair

FBC prepares for Holly Fair

Preparations for the traditional Holly Fair are well under way at the First Baptist Church of Westwood. The fair will be held in the church’s Fellowship Hall on Saturday, December 7, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tables will offer baked goods and other food items, Christmas crafts and decorations, knitted and crocheted items, other...

Temple Beth David hosts Westwood community

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Part of living in any community revolves around understanding and celebrating the differences in religion, belief and culture of one’s neighbors. But the chances to explore these different cultures - and particularly faiths - is often limited. Enter Faithful Women in Action, who have organized an opportunity to introduce their fellow Westwood residents...

Alex Frank inspires Westwood students

Since graduating from Westwood High School in 2008, Alex Frank has built an illustrious athletic and academic career. First, she played NCAA Division 1 lacrosse at Northwestern University, where she helped her team win three national titles. Then she moved into coaching, with stints at Boston College and the University of Colorado. Now she is...

Annual Candy Drive largest to date

Annual Candy Drive largest to date

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This past week, Wellesley Dental Group hosted its 12th Annual Candy Drive - the largest one in size and scope to date. This year, they had a record number of 17,000 students across 52 schools and 15 towns in the MetroWest and Greater Boston area participate. Together, the community collected 13,237 pounds of...

Post Office tour delivers for seniors

Post Office tour delivers for seniors

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter There are certain places you have likely visited a million times, but have never gotten a full view of how they actually operate. The Wellesley Hills Post Office building on Washington Street is likely one of those places. Last Tuesday afternoon, though, the Wellesley Council On Aging peeled back...

Robotics and fun at the Maker Space’s CoderDojo

Robotics and fun at the Maker Space’s CoderDojo

The Maker Space at the Johnson Middle School in Walpole was busy hosting one of its CoderDojo events on Saturday, November 2. CoderDojo Walpole is a volunteer organization focused on teaching kids how to code in a fun, free, informal environment. The theme of the event was “Fun with Spheros.” Dojo attendees, who are 4th-6th graders,...

Resilient Rebels outlasted by Harbormen

Resilient Rebels outlasted by Harbormen

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off a 31-19 victory against Milford in the Division III South quarterfinals, the No. 4 seed Walpole High football team traveled to Hingham on Friday night with a spot in the sectional title game on the line. In what has been a bit of an up-and-down season...

Camy/David 5K runs through winter weather

Camy/David 5K runs through winter weather

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter With so many 5Ks, 10Ks and fun runs happening around Massachusetts, many have tried to stand out in unique and quirky ways. Whether it’s by making runners traverse obstacles courses, encouraging runners to wear zany clothes, having people pretend to be zombies, or throwing powdered balls of color...

Bridge named for Fandrey

Bridge named for Fandrey

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On May 10, 1996, Captain Joseph R. Fandrey, a Needham native, died when two helicopters collided during a training exercise in North Carolina. On Saturday, the bridge on Highland Avenue spanning Route 128 was named in his honor, and a brief ceremony was held to commemorate the occasion. To...

1st Lieutenant Finneran returns home

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff   There is hope amongst all military members’ families that their loved ones return home unharmed. Unfortunately, that it is not always the case. Like many men, Joseph Finneran joined the army on December 18th, 1941, following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Just over a year later, 1st Lt Joseph Finneran...

Ledbury lifts Rockets over Raiders

Ledbury lifts Rockets over Raiders

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Whenever Needham and Wellesley have met on the soccer pitch in the playoffs in recent years, there have been two major common denominators: the weather has been terrible, and the game has been an instant classic. Both of these trends continued on Thursday evening as the No. 12...

Medfielders go on moving mission trip

Medfielders go on moving mission trip

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This past June, nine high schoolers from Medfield and two chaperones travelled to both Tucson, AZ and Douglas, AZ on a mission trip organized by St. Edward Church and Frontera de Cristo (a border ministry located in the sister cities of Agua Prieta, Sonora, and Douglas, AZ). The unique purpose of the trip...

Dale School Building Project update given

Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden and School Building Committee Chair Mike Quinlan have provided the community with an update on the Dale Street School Building Project. On Oct. 15, Medfield's School Building Committee met with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) — a state agency that works with communities to support educationally-appropriate, flexible, sustainable and cost-effective public school...

Rainforest Reptiles slither into library

Rainforest Reptiles slither into library

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Rainforest Reptiles slithered their way into the Medfield Library on Friday afternoon, with Sarah Fleischmnn bringing her snakes, lizards and tortoises to a crowd of excited children. Fleischmann has a unique background; she has worked with animals for ten years and has even worked with grey wolves and rattlesnakes in the past. After talking...

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