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2026 Dog Licenses

2026 Dog licenses are available at the Town Clerk's Office. The last day to register your dog without a late fee is February 28, 2026. Late fees are $25.00 PER dog.

Dogs may be licensed by mail, in person or on- line. Payments made in person at the Town Clerk’s Office are cash and...

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Missing dog located

By Meghan Foley

Photo credits: Needham Police Department via Facebook

On January 27th, Needham Police made a Facebook post announcing that they had located a dog who had been missing for six days. The police say Lala was “dumped” and had been on her own during the snowstorm while police, fire, animal control, and...

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Neighbor’s good deed helps MFD extinguishes house fire

At approximately 2:40pm on January 27th 2026, the Medfield Fire Department was dispatched to reported smoke coming from the attic of a two-story single family home. Upon arrival, crews encountered heavy smoke showing from the attic area of the home. 

Firefighters initiated an aggressive interior attack and located active fire in the attic...

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Lending a Helping Shovel

Dear Editor, 

I would like to publicly thank a young man by the name of Greg who stopped when he saw me shoveling my front stairs this morning and offered to do the job for me. 

My husband and I are both seniors and he is disabled. Having help with digging out from today's...

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Thank you to our First Responders

To the Editor: 

I want to publicly thank the Dover fire and police for rescuing a neighbor's dog recently. 

The dog went onto the ice on the Charles River and halfway fell into the frigid water and was desperately holding onto the ice with its front legs and howling in fear.

The...

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Local stars to perform at A Cappella Night

You won’t want to miss A Cappella Night once again presented by Medfield Music Association (MMA) on Friday, February 6, 2026, at Medfield High School at 7pm!  At least seven or more talented local a cappella groups are set to perform with headliner “Beezlebubs” from Tufts University.  The lineup of ensembles scheduled to appear...

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Middle School compete in Walpole’s first Debate Tournament

This past Saturday, Jan. 24th, 2026, the Walpole Middle School Debate Team hosted its very first in-house tournament. Led by co-founders and coaches Ramu Muthukaruppan and Tanay Singh, as well as advisors Phillip Gingras and Thomas Warren, the tournament provided students with the opportunity to apply the skills they had been developing in weekly...

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Special Town Meeting February 2 

There will be a Special Town Meeting on Monday, February 2, 2026 at Westwood High School Gymnasium (200 Nahatan Street).

• Check-in: 5:30PM and meeting begins at 6:30PM

• In an Open Town Meeting form of government, voting takes place in person during the meeting. To vote on any article on the upcoming  Special...

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Local stars to perform at A Cappella Night

You won’t want to miss A Cappella Night once again presented by Medfield Music Association (MMA) on Friday, February 6, 2026, at Medfield High School at 7pm!  At least seven or more talented local a cappella groups are set to perform with headliner “Beezlebubs” from Tufts University.  The lineup of ensembles scheduled to appear...

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Foundation awards grant to NOAH

Dedham Savings Community Foundation awards grant to Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc.

January 20, 2026 – Dedham Savings Community Foundation has awarded a grant to Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) to support its bilingual (Spanish and English) Affordable Housing programming. Grant funds will strengthen NOAH’s efforts to address the shortage of affordable housing...

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Needham Wrestlers shine at Mt. Hope Invitational

The Needham Rockets wrestling team delivered a strong performance on Saturday, December 20, at the annual Sharon Lombardo Tournament held at Mt. Hope High School in Rhode Island. Competing against twelve teams, Needham earned an impressive fourth-place finish overall.

Six Rockets placed among the top five in their respective weight classes, with four wrestlers...

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Chocolate Café to Support Dover-Sherborn Performing Arts Students  

Dover-Sherborn Friends of the Performing Arts (FoPA) will host its popular Chocolate Café fundraiser on Sunday, February 1, from 1:00–4:30 p.m. at Lindquist Commons and Mudge Auditorium at Dover-Sherborn High School.

The afternoon event will feature performances by elementary, middle school, and high school performing arts groups, offering community members the opportunity to...

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Middlesex Sheriff’s Office HIPAA breach notification

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) is providing official public notice of the results of an investigation into a breach of security that occurred in January 2025.

Over the past year, the MSO has worked closely with state and federal law enforcement partners including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Massachusetts State Police,...

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Kristen Evans retires as Principal of Sheehan

Kristen Evans remembers walking into Westwood’s Sheehan Elementary School for the first time at the start of the 2007-2008 school year. She was about to take the helm as principal.

“I was excited and I was scared because I was taking over for a woman who had been in the Westwood community for over...

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Triumph for Needham High Robotics

On Saturday, December 20, the bustling energy of the FIRST FTC Qualifier in Revere was the stage for a significant display of skill and spirit from the Needham High School Robotics Club. The club, a vibrant community of 47 students, fielded three distinct competition teams: T-10, the all-girls/non-binary HackHers, and Liquid Oxygen (LO2).

The...

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Open Fields Community Theater Presents “Seussical”

Dover, Sherborn, Natick, Medfield, Wellesley, Needham, and Surrounding Towns – Get ready to let your imagination soar! Open Fields Theater proudly presents its spectacular production of the whimsical family musical, “Seussical,” featuring the exceptional talents of young performers from our local community. The show is set to captivate audiences at the Dover-Sherborn High School...

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Pedestrian fatally struck in Walpole

On Saturday, December 27, 2025 at approximately 1:20pm the Town of Walpole's Emergency Communications Center began receiving multiple emergency calls for a serious motor vehicle / pedestrian crash in the area of 1400 Washington Street.

Upon arrival, police and fire emergency personnel located an 82-year-old male party down in the roadway suffering...

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Tragic fire results in death on Christmas Eve

Photo courtsy of WCVB Boston

On Christmas Eve, 2025, the Needham community was struck by tragedy when a four-alarm fire broke out on Woodworth Road. Firefighters from the Needham Fire Department and mutual aid departments battled heavy fire and smoke in challenging conditions.

Tragically, the fire claimed the life of 21-year-old Kayla Renee Corrigan. Two...

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Two-alarm garage fire in Sherborn

Photo courtsy Sherborn Fire & Rescue Department

Early in the morning, on Sunday, December 28 Sherborn firefighters responded to a building fire on Colonel Isaac Way. A Sherborn Police officer on routine patrol first reported the blaze.

Upon arrival, crews found a large, two-story, three-car detached garage fully involved in fire. Several vehicles...

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Drake Maye supports The Bean Farm

By Julia Beauregard Hometown Weekly Editor Drake Maye has brought forth a successful season for the New England Patriots with a record of 11-2 and found his holiday spirit in Westwood. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Maye and his wife visited the Bean Family Farm on Clapboardtree Street to pick out their Christmas tree. The Bean Family Farm has been...
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