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Jim Messina Band playing Great Hall
The Great Hall Performance foundation will welcome Jim Messina on Saturday night, March 16, at 8:00 p.m.
Few musical artists' résumés list membership in a band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Fewer, still, can lay claim to being a founding member of the seminal band credited with creating country rock. Only...
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McIntyre’s 20 advances Lady-Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Sophomore sensation guard Kiki McIntyre has been an X-factor for the Needham...
Medfield women build crafts and confidence
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Bri Ozanne was having a rough morning.
Thursday afternoon at the Medfield Library, Ozanne was teaching the group of women that had come...
Medfield’s Eng places third in New England
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Medfield senior track star Ryan Eng has quietly put together an absolutely stellar season over the last several months, earning himself the TVL MVP. He is bound for Globe and Herald All-Scholastic honors, as well.
At the TVL championships, Eng finished first in both the 55-meter hurdles and...
Muckstadt lifts Raiders to Central semifinals
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018-2019 season has been an extremely special one for the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys varsity basketball team. A year after squeaking into the state tournament with a 10-10 record and falling in the first round to Whitinsville Christian, DS entered the postseason with a chip...
‘Chicago’ production to include art show
Dover Sherborn High School Drama will present the legendary show, “Chicago,” at Mudge Auditorium on March 14–16, with the largest high school cast in DSHS history. To bring “Chicago” to life, in addition to the 68 students in the cast, a total of over 100 students are helping with lighting, crew, sound, set design, painting,...
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Young inventors make grabbers at library
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
“Has anyone ever used any robots?” was the key question asked of children at the Dover library on Thursday, February 28. Some children nodded.
If they hadn’t before, they were going to learn today.
Children came to the Dover Library, back fresh and well-rested after finishing their February break,...
Powisset kitchen serves up success
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Farms have always been a place of entertainment. Children love to come see the animals, and adults love the fresh produce. But Powisset Farm offers an added bonus: it hosts cooking classes.
Four to five times a month, Powisset invites a chef to teach people how to cook....
Raptors swoop into Walpole Library
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
On Friday, February 22, Walpole Library's Community Room had some special visitors. In the room, there were three wooden crates, and one that resembled a cat carrier. But these were not felines.
As children and their parents entered, they could hear the sounds of the birds ruffling their feathers. “What’s...
Walpole Library commemorates Black History Month
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Throughout the month of February, the Walpole Public Library has reserved a corner of the children’s section to for an educational display about Black History Month. Featuring a board of notable African Americans from throughout history and a section of accompanying books, the display intends to educate kids about...
McInerney, Lady-Rebels seeded first in South
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018-2019 Walpole High girls varsity hockey team has sneakily become a wagon.
Much thanks to the play in net from senior goaltender Kiera McInerney, as well as a steady dosage of offense production from senior forwards Audra Tosone and Meghan Hamilton, the Lady-Rebels (16-3-1) ended their regular...
Marie Maciejko, WHS students’ ‘other mother’
By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
When Marie Maciejko (pronounced “ma-cheko”) was growing up in Westwood in the 1950s, a tinny jingle piercing through the humid air in summer would set mouths watering. The ice cream truck was about to turn the corner, and that meant a rambunctious rush to find Papa Joe in his garden.
Papa Joe,...
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Rotary Club plans major spring event
The Rotary Club of Westwood is making plans with the bunny for a major spring event.
On Sunday, April 7, from 8:30-11:30 a.m., Rotarians will present music, face painting, bunny craft, gifts from the bunny’s basket, other characters for photo ops, and delicious breakfast food. The social spring event will be followed by an Easter...
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Antonucci already a big name at Providence
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018 high school lacrosse season was all about Westwood High star attack-man Jake Antonucci, who fired home a ridiculous 75 shots into the back of the net and tallied 19 assists, all while becoming Westwood’s all-time leading scorer (214 goals, 89 assists).
After leading Westwood to the...
Walpole observes MLK Day
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Over 30 people attended the Martin Luther King Day Observance held on Sunday, February 10. The observance started with a candlelight vigil on the Walpole Common for 30 minutes. It then moved into United Church in Walpole for readings, reflections, and light refreshments. Participants read excerpts of Martin Luther King’s speeches and sermons....
Westwood Valentines celebrate special day
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
At the Westwood Council on Aging’s Valentine’s Day Party, on top of the seniors, volunteers and workers that came to enjoy the festivities, there were appearances by a state representative, a chair of the Westwood select board, and the King.
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Lady-Rockets stun Raiders in Reilly finals
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In the finals of the Reilly Winter Classic on February 18, the Needham and Wellesley High girls varsity basketball teams played one of the most remarkable girls basketball games in recent memory. Both teams have played against each other since sixth-grade MetroWest and in AAU, so there is a tremendous rivalry between these...
Poet Bouvard shares poems, hard truths
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday night, February 14, the Wellesley Library hosted former Brandeis professor, author of twelve nonfiction books, and poet Marguerite Bouvard, who read from her new book of poetry, “The Flame of Life.” There were many different subjects broached in the works she read. However, it was the plight of migrants...
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Troop 185 holds Court of Honor
Wellesley Boy Scout Troop 185 held their winter Court of Honor on Monday, February 4, at the Italo-American Club. The masters of ceremony were Ben Lussier and Russell Hornung, Troop 185's co-Senior Patrol Leaders, assisted by Henry Boyd, Sage Lapides and Cameron McKeever. They introduced the...
