The Rotary Club of Wellesley is set to host Rick Cram on January 22.
Rick Cram equips leaders and their teams with proven strategies to successfully lead themselves and others through change. Based on over 30 years of consulting for hundreds of companies and speaking at 1,000 events, he found that the people who plan to...
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Tigers outlast injury-struck Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After having their five-game win streak to start the 2018-2019 snapped by Brookline on Tuesday night, the Wellesley High boys basketball team returned home to square off against rival Newton North on Friday.
Unfortunately, the injury bug has ravaged the Raiders (5-2, 3-2) over the last few weeks,...
Library Friends host annual meeting
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The Friends of the Walpole Public Library held their annual meeting in December with Dr. John Warren, Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as keynote speaker. President Philip Czachorowski summarized the year and recognized retiring officers and board members, as well as the ongoing work of volunteers. Sally Rose was reelected as treasurer...
Walpole merciful in win over Wellesley
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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South Street Center draws in seniors
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Schmalz, Lady-Rockets sweep Redhawks
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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‘Ragtime’ Jack Radcliffe wows Needham seniors
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday afternoon, Needham’s seniors were treated to “Ragtime” Jack Radcliffe’s unique brand of great music and self-proclaimed terrible jokes as he gave an hour-long concert at the Center at the Heights (CATH).
Radcliffe began by giving the crowd a brief history of country music, introducing himself as hailing...
Line dancing provides stress-free exercise
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While vacations and cold and flu season cut the number of dancers at Needham’s Center at the Heights, the enthusiasm did not seem diminished in any way as Hsiu-Hui Chen led her pupils through stretching exercises, “The Cupid Shuffle,” and a John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever”-inspired number...
Van Duser, Novick playing Homegrown Coffeehouse
Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick are set to play the Homegrown Coffeehouse on Saturday, January 26, at 8:00 p.m.
Together as a duo for more than forty years, Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick have performed in concerts, clubs and festivals all over North America and Europe. Like a good marriage, their music has wed...
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Pamela Gardner named Library Director
The Board of Trustees of the Medfield Memorial Public Library recently announced the appointment of Pamela Gardner as Library Director. Gardner served as interim director since June and was appointed the new director at the Trustees Meeting on Thursday, December 13.
Gardner received her Bachelors degree from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, and her Masters...
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Medfield’s Letai skating for Team USA
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Short-track speed-skater Julia (Julie) Letai has qualified for the 2018-19 US Speedskating World Cup Team, as well as for the Junior World Team. Eighteen-year-old Letai, who graduated Medfield High as president of the class of 2018, will race for the USA in Montreal, Canada on January 26-27, then Dresden, Germany, on February 2-3,...
A5 spreads human trafficking awareness
Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Though it tends to be a subject many of us avoid in casual conversation, the A5 Club at Medfield High School has made it their goal to get people talking about human trafficking and how to help its victims.
The main goal of A5, which stands...
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Medfield hockey still unbeaten after tie
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Powisset Farm hosts intimate cooking class
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Powisset Farm hosted a cooking class taught by cookbook author Leigh Belanger in their barn-kitchen last Wednesday afternoon.
With sauces sizzling and popping, knives clunking on cutting boards, and steam billowing out of pots and ovens, Belanger walked seven students through the techniques and processes of preparing ingredients,...
Reinstein to present on general stores
The Sherborn Council on Aging is set to host Ted Reinstein, who will present a program on general stores, on Thursday, February 7, from 12-1:30 p.m. The program will be held at Pilgrim Church (25 South Main Street, Sherborn). Admission is $3 per person, and includes lunch and the talk.
The general store, as old as...
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Dover Library, CRS host STEM program
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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WOW’s Chalmers encourages civic coordination
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
World of Wellesley (WOW) President Michelle Chalmers addressed the Rotary Club of Wellesley last Tuesday night as part of a developing mission to unify the resources of Wellesley’s many civic groups.
“There’s a lot of amazing organizations doing amazing things,” Chalmers said at the outset of her speech, “and nobody...
Walpole’s new senior center impresses all
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After Laurel St. Pierre was done giving her brief introduction to the brand-new Walpole Co-operative Bank South Street Center, she opened the floor to a brief question and answer period. One of the seniors from the Council on Aging wanted to know if the whole building was for them...
Walpole furniture bank serving community
New Life Furniture Bank of MA, a non-profit organization committed to providing gently-used, donated furniture and other necessary household items at no cost to clients recovering from homelessness, has announced that it has served more than 1,800 families and individuals since its creation five years ago. In addition, as the organization’s outreach continues to grow...
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MLK Day observance planned
An observance for Martin Luther King Day will be held at United Church in Walpole on Monday, January 21, starting at 6:30 PM. People are invited to join with a candlelight vigil in front of the church, located on 30 Common Street. At 7:00 p.m., the observance will move into the church for readings and...
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