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Deeper Than The Skin to play Needham

Deeper Than The Skin to play Needham

Deeper Than The Skin is set to play at the Homegrown Coffeehouse on Saturday, May 4, at 8:00 p.m. Richmond, Virginia, the James River, two friends - one Black, one White - one from the North, one from the South. Greg Greenway’s ancestors grew up beside the river; Reggie Harris’ ancestors were most likely brought up...

Ben Railton presents ‘We the People’

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Today, there seems to be one question being asked when it comes to our identity as Americans: what makes each one of us Americans? Is it something as simple as where we were born or where we have citizenship? Or perhaps it is how long our family and culture has been...

Wamps outlast Foley, Rockets

Wamps outlast Foley, Rockets

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The last time Needham and Braintree baseball met was last June in the Division I South semifinals, a game that Needham won 5-4 via a walk-off en route to the Division I state championship. On Monday, the Wamps and Rockets met for the first time since their epic...

Medfield Garden Club hosting Spring Plant Sale

Medfield Garden Club hosting Spring Plant Sale

The annual Medfield Garden Club Spring Plant Sale is set for Saturday, May 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, 26 North Street, Medfield. The sale features perennials from members’ gardens, including many varieties of flowering and foliage plants, edibles, succulents, small shrubs and gently used gardening articles. Massachusetts Master Gardeners...

Challenge Success Team announces survey results

The Medfield Challenge Success Team has announced that the results of a student survey were presented to parents by a representative from the non-profit Challenge Success. The survey, conducted by Challenge Success, was given to Medfield High School students in January and was completed by 734 students. "We are happy to be able to present the results...

Duxbury hands Medlax first defeat

Duxbury hands Medlax first defeat

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The No. 4 Medfield High boys lacrosse team has pumped its way through the first eight games of their 2019 season, scoring an average of 19.5 goals per game and surrendering just 3.12 per game en route to an 8-0 start. On Saturday, the Warriors traveled to face...

Medfield students count on Marissa Gumas

Medfield students count on Marissa Gumas

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff It isn’t a shock to anyone who knows her that Marissa Gumas, a seventh grade math teacher at Blake Middle School, is one of the finalists for Massachusetts’ 2020 Teacher of the Year award. Anyone who walks into Gumas’ classroom will immediately be struck by the colorfulness of the space. Most of...

Strong second half lifts Raiders past Wolverines

Strong second half lifts Raiders past Wolverines

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Dover-Sherborn’s Cam Raycroft (29) moves the ball up field on a clear with Westwood’s Conor Donohue (2) hot in pursuit on the ride.

Dover-Sherborn’s Cam Raycroft (29) moves the ball up field on a clear with Westwood’s...

Tile Painting FUNdraiser on tap

Tile Painting FUNdraiser on tap

The Friends of the Dover Library are conducting a Tile Painting FUNdraiser. Everyone from very young children to teens and adults will have an opportunity to design and paint tiles that will be permanently displayed inside the Library. The tiles will not only add beauty to the library, but present a unique way to celebrate community....

CRS hosts Climate Change Fair/Panel

CRS hosts Climate Change Fair/Panel

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CRS student Erin Grimm sorts trash, recyclables and compost.

CRS student Erin Grimm sorts trash, recyclables and compost.[/caption] “Climate change” are words we hear every day. While we all try to do our part by recycling, composting, and carpooling, 7th graders at Charles...

Eyemobile tests seniors at Pilgrim Hall

Eyemobile tests seniors at Pilgrim Hall

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Pat Mulhall, Sherb and Sherb Jr. check-in patients for the Eyemobile.

Pat Mulhall, Sherb and Sherb Jr. check-in patients for the Eyemobile.[/caption] On Thursday afternoon, the Sherborn Lions, a nonprofit offering free health screenings through the Lions Club...

Town Band to celebrate American Composers

Town Band to celebrate American Composers

On Sunday, April 28, the Wellesley Town Band will pay tribute to some of America's well-known and most loved composers. Featured in the program are composers of the 19th and 20th centuries who have contributed to the musical fabric of American life with their marches, jazz, patriotic, Broadway and film music. Under the direction of Wellesley...

Withrow teaches kids about writing tools

Withrow teaches kids about writing tools

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Tuesday afternoon, Steven Withrow visited the Wellesley Library to teach a small group of kids all about ways poets and authors play with language to describe things without using pictures. Withrow, a teacher, poet and author of “A Poem is a Chameleon,” came from Falmouth to teach...

One Tree Makes a Big Difference

One Tree Makes a Big Difference

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Wellesley Middle School Girl Scouts, in partnership with Wellesley Natural Resources Commission, have completed a community project to show how one tree impacts air quality by placing informative labels on public trees along Central Street in Wellesley Square. Scouts collected data on the trees between Weston Road and Abbott Street with Town of...

Top-ranked Harbormen fight off Raiders

Top-ranked Harbormen fight off Raiders

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Two Division I powers met for a little early-season non-conference showdown on Thursday afternoon as the top-ranked Hingham Harbormen hosted the Wellesley Raiders in the semifinals of the 2019 Coaches Challenge Cup. Despite a pair of goals from standout junior attack-man Carl Callahan, a 7-0 run by the Harbormen...

Michelle’s Menagerie comes to Westwood

Michelle’s Menagerie comes to Westwood

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff April vacation was in full swing when nearby towns were stricken with a series of rainstorms. Luckily for the children of Westwood, Michelle Debye and her Animal Menagerie were in town for a visit. On Thursday, April 18, Westwood's Islington Branch Library was filled with people. Children sat...

Bouldings debut ‘Magical Strings’ in Westwood

Bouldings debut ‘Magical Strings’ in Westwood

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Philip and Pam Boulding, a Celtic song duo from Washington state, have played all over the world together for forty years. On Tuesday night they made their Westwood debut. And while their instrument playing was impressive, it was just a small part of what the duo does. Philip built...

Maureen Obey art show at library

Maureen Obey art show at library

Maureen Obey will be holding a solo show called “Through My Eyes” at the Main Library during the month of May. Maureen is an active member of both the Westwood Artists and the Norwood Art Association. She has shown her work at the Norwood Fine Artist Gallery and Studio. She has been painting seriously for...

Rachel Revere recalls riveting story

Rachel Revere recalls riveting story

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Every Bostonian knows the story of Paul Revere and his midnight ride, thanks to the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. To alert the city of the where British troops were traveling from, Revere rode his horse to the Old North Church, knowing the devised signal: “One if by...

Potters Place show/sale fighting hunger

Potters Place show/sale fighting hunger

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In keeping with its mission to share and teach the pottery experience to the public, the 23 members of Potters Place will hold a fundraiser to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry on the weekend of May 3-5. Proceeds from the sale of select, hand-made pottery at the cooperative’s 28th Annual Spring Show and...

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