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Abby O’Sullivan wins McCabe Award

Abby O’Sullivan wins McCabe Award

Walpole's Abby O'Sullivan, who will enter her junior year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) this fall, has been awarded the Carolyn McCabe Award. The McCabe Award is presented to the most outstanding female athlete in the sophomore class. O'Sullivan, a field hockey player, paced the NEWMAC with 1.25 goals per game overall and tied for second...

Norfolk Aggie creates clean energy jobs

Norfolk Aggie creates clean energy jobs

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Most teachers will tell you that when a kid comes back from summer break, all too often they will say that they both did and learned “nothing.” And even among those kids who found summer jobs, it’s hard to imagine that they learned a wide variety of life...

Keegan takes home first in Ehrlich Mile

Keegan takes home first in Ehrlich Mile

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Local youth swimmers from all across MetroWest competed in the Jim Ehrlich Mile Swim at Dug Pond in Natick on Friday. Among the towns and Suburban Summer Swim League teams competing were members of the Sherborn Snappers, Walpole Barracudas, and Needham Sharks, as well individuals from Medfield and...

SJST presenting ‘High School Musical’

SJST presenting ‘High School Musical’

Saint Joseph Summer Theatre (SJST) is performing "High School Musical" on August 8-10. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. This show will mark the return of SJST to the Saint Joseph School stage, located at 90 Pickering Street in Needham. SJST is a student-run...

Kids remember Moon landing with craft

Kids remember Moon landing with craft

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Just days after the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, kids at the Needham Library celebrated in their own way by making galaxies in a cup. To start the craft, each participant was given a ping pong ball - their own personal planet - pinned on a nail. With dozens...

From Medfield to Bangkok

From Medfield to Bangkok

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Electric Time Company, Inc. of Medfield has created a 20 foot (6.1m) diameter canister clock for the new Bang Sue Central Station in Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand. When it opens in January 2021, it will be the largest railway station in Southeast Asia. The station will have 26 platforms and is 274,192 square meters...

Medfield kids show off imaginations

Medfield kids show off imaginations

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff A child’s mind is a thing of wonder. Nobody ever truly knows what children will imagine. On Tuesday, July 23, kids in the Medfield Library spent an hour playing ImagArena and tested the limits of their imagination. Before the session began, kids played a mini game by looking at...

Afternoon of Music has everyone dancing

Afternoon of Music has everyone dancing

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter While the image of the school dance, with awkward boys and girls standing on opposite sides of a room, may make you nervous about going to a dance as an adult, The Center at Medfield’s “Afternoon of Music” should put those fears to rest. Featuring the musical stylings...

Just Dance brings community together

Just Dance brings community together

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter For years, choreographed dances like the Macarena, electric slide, YMCA, cha-cha slide, and the wobble have brought people too shy to come up with their own moves onto the dance floor. Unsurprisingly, the younger generations has digitized this phenomenon into a video game - and it was on...

CRS students investigate plastic ocean waste

CRS students investigate plastic ocean waste

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In a new project this year, 5th graders at Charles River School explored the impact that plastics have on oceans. They began by collecting and sorting plastic that they encountered at snack and lunch; in just 16 days, they collected 700 plastics like snack wrappers, cups, and silverware. As one student said, “To truly...

Sand sculptures adorn Farm Pond

Sand sculptures adorn Farm Pond

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff One of the most beloved, time-honored summer traditions is a good-old friendly sand castle building competition. On Saturday, July 21, Sherborn’s Farm Pond hosted its 35th competition, and there were plenty of participants on the scorching day. Each section of the competition was roped off with coral pink tape, and...

The voices of Christine Grudinskas

The voices of Christine Grudinskas

By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent Singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” was Christine Grudinskas’ way of handling cancer. But the story isn’t about a woman with cancer. It’s about a woman living her life with a glad heart. And whenever life presents a challenge for this Westwood woman, singing and praying bring her solace. Grudinskas’ voice can be heard most Sunday mornings inside St....

Dr. Salinas elected to ABCUSA Board

Dr. Salinas elected to ABCUSA Board

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The Rev. Dr. Stephanie Salinas, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Westwood, has recently been elected to the Board of General Ministries of the American Baptist Churches in the USA. The Board is the governing body of the denomination, and Dr. Salinas will be the director representing the American Baptist churches in...

Senior Center holds summer beach party

Senior Center holds summer beach party

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Tables were decorated with pineapples and palm trees, beach balls rested on bookshelves, there were flamingoes painted on the windows and everyone was wearing leis at the Westwood Senior Center’s fourth annual summer beach party. But it was the steel drumming of Toby Tobas and the fresh food...

Historical Society shows off Hazelton painting

Historical Society shows off Hazelton painting

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter The Wellesley Historical Society has a ton of cool items, and not a whole lot of space to show them off. To try and remedy this issue, the society has begun holding a monthly “show and tell,” during which they bring in one of their historical items, discuss...

WN members enjoy Thirsty Thursday

WN members enjoy Thirsty Thursday

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On a perfect summer evening, a contingent of Wellesley Neighbors recently enjoyed Thirsty Thursday on the terrace of the Wellesley College Club. “Of course, anyone can enjoy Thirsty Thursdays, but going with friends makes it more fun,” says WN Activities Chair Maureen Donlon. “Like many of our activities, the group aspect gets people...

Morses Pond storytime delights

Morses Pond storytime delights

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter With the weather outside being so nice this summer, even the most diehard bookworm is going to want to venture outside of the library. So on Tuesday morning, July 9, the Wellesley librarians brought the library to Morses Pond with an event for children four years and under...

Walpole girls love STEM class

Walpole girls love STEM class

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Today, there is more of a push than ever to encourage girls to join STEM programs, whether it be at a national or even local level. To that end, SWENext (Society of Women Engineers) members Aishwarya Velu and Jenna Allman have organized a program this summer to get local Walpole girls...

Big Ryan tells tall tales

Big Ryan tells tall tales

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Sometimes, kids have so much energy that it is impossible for them to sit still, even during story time. The Walpole Library had the best solution for this type of predicament on Monday, July 15. Big Ryan, a well-trained storyteller, stopped by to tell these kids some great stories,...

Walpole Legion rallies past Braintree

Walpole Legion rallies past Braintree

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Walpole and Braintree High baseball met three times this past spring, twice in the regular season and once in the Super Eight tournament, with Walpole prevailing 4-1 in the tournament’s opening round. Despite high school season now being in the rear-view and the majority of the players that...

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