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Mountains majesty at Wellesley Winter Wednesday
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Young Wellesley residents gathered in the library craft room on Wednesday, January 9, to work on some arts and crafts and learn local history as a part of the library’s and the Wellesley Historical Society’s Winter Wednesday series. With the help of the Historical Society, kids learned the story...
Busy winter schedule for Drama Society
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Wellesley High School Drama Society has had a busy schedule this winter, with several completed projects and numerous productions planned in the coming weeks ahead to fill the long winter nights.
Starting off the winter season, students from the Wellesley High School Moving Company, under the direction of...
Hale family fun day delights attendees
By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday morning and afternoon, Hale Reservation held a family fun day event across its 1,100 acres of land. The event replaced a smaller open house normally held in the off season, and was intended to both show the community what kids can do at Hale during the summer and, more...
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FBC presents poster to COA
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Recently, Christine Keddy, Associate Pastor for Family Education and Outreach at the First Baptist Church of Westwood, presented a framed poster of decorated handprints, created by a multitude of Westwood youth, to Lina Arena-DeRosa, Director of Westwood’s Council on Aging. It was decided that the colorful poster will hang in the hallway of...
Warriors, Wolverines skate to tie
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two old TVL rivals met on the ice at Pirelli Arena in Franklin on Saturday afternoon as the Medfield High boys varsity hockey team hosted Westwood.
Thanks to some stellar goaltending on both ends by Medfield’s Mason Matthew and Westwood’s Ben Goodrich, the teams were able to garner a...
Downey School webcast inspires thousands
Teaching children to be inclusive and compassionate is an ongoing mission in the Westwood Public Schools. When educators at the Downey School had the chance to make those principles resonate with the help of technology, a picture book and a dog, they seized the opportunity.
“This all stemmed from our ‘Same and Different’ curriculum, which...
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Historical Society prepares move to new home
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After nearly 45 years in its current residence, the Wellesley Historical Society will begin moving into its new home at 320 Washington Street in the spring of 2019.
Currently residing in the Dadmun-McNamara House just off Route 9, the Historical Society and its boundless collections of Wellesley town, club and...
Rotarians hosting Rick Cram
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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In a 49-12 victor over Wellesley High School, the Walpole Rebels wrestling team managed to show their superior skills, as...
South Street Center draws in seniors
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Last Wednesday afternoon, the Walpole Council...
Schmalz, Lady-Rockets sweep Redhawks
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
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Freshman Britt Nawrocki (8) scouts the scene and gets ready to make a pass on a two-on-one bid....
‘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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