Hometown Weekly Staff
Hometown talent converged last month when long time Hometown cartoonist Tim Jones and up-and-coming Hometown artist Carter Witham met for the first time at Comic Con’s “ConTropolis” convention at the Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlborough. Jones as a featured guest artist at the convention and Witham...
Hometown Weekly Staff
Despite the threat of rain in the forecast, Memorial Field came to life once again as the Needham Exchange Club brought the Fourth of July festivities to Needham. The July 3rd festivities kicked off around 5:30pm as crowds gathered to check out the food tents, pony rides,...
Almost a year into the construction of the new Pine Hill Elementary School on Gay St., the School Building Committee (SBC) is happy to report that the project is going well.
“Thanks to the diligence of our general contractor and the hard work of both our project manager and our...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
This spring, the Walpole Cultural Council held their second annual, town-wide writing contest, Walpole Writes. The contest was open to all residents of Walpole, elementary school students through adults, and to nonresident students at Walpole schools.
Entries were...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On June 21, an enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the first concert in the Summer Sounds series at the Bellforge Arts Center. On the sunny, summer solstice evening, folks of all ages relaxed on picnic tables, blankets, and chairs, enjoyed BBQ from Ribpublic’s...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Sunday, June 18th, 2023 Needham hosted its second annual pride event “Needham Has Pride”. The event was co-hosted by First Parish in Needham and The Congregational Church of Needham and the day was filled with love and color.
by Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday, June 13th, dozens of children and caretakers flocked to Westwood Public Library (WPL) for Toddler Jam Time with Sarah Gardner, an energetic 45 minute program designed just for little musicians. “I like to think of it as band practice,”...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
June marks National Pride Month, and for the first time, Westwood held its first–hopefully–annual Pride Celebration, courtesy of the nonprofit Inclusive Westwood. The event took place at the Council on Aging on Nahatan Street from 2 pm until 5 pm on...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Neponset River Regional Chamber of Commerce (NRRC), together with the Metro South and the United Regional Chambers held a fun Sumer Kickoff Bash on June 15 at the Norwood Space Center’s Outdoor Courtyard at 83 Morse Street in Norwood.
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
There was a heavy downpour on June 17, but participants at Hale were fortunate to observe the Juneteenth holiday in the spacious, warm, and dry Powissett Lodge building. As people arrived, the event began with a delicious soul food buffet by...
Medfield High School’s (MHS) boys’ hockey team put on their first annual street hockey tournament on June 17th at MHS. Captains of next year’s Varsity team, Owen DuRoss, Charlie Hardiman, Gavin Marmai, and Zach Palmer, organized a fun day that raised money for the Varsity and JV teams for the 2023-2024 season.
Kids from grades...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Playing from behind for the first time in the MIAA Division III state tournament, Medfield High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse made a strong final push but could not overcome their semifinal opponents from Norwell High School. The team’s dominant playoff run,...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Babson College’s MacDowell field was the site of a “three-peat” on Sunday afternoon as the Dover-Sherborn High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse team secured their third consecutive MIAA Division IV state championship, a 10-9 victory over top-seeded Ipswich.
The...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Collaboration of an Artist and a Scientist: Exploring Bones was presented on Monday evening, June 12, at the Needham Public Library. In this talk, Professor Sandra Shefelbine, of Northeastern University, and local artist Colleen Pearce discussed their recent combined scientific research...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On a rain-soaked Friday afternoon at Polar Park in Worcester, second-seeded Medfield High School Varsity Baseball battled fourth-seeded Oakmont for the MIAA Division III state championship. The 12-inning marathon eventually went the way of the Spartans, who ended the Warriors season...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“The LGBTQ+ History of Massachusetts” hosted by the Tewksbury Library and available through several other towns including Dover was an hour-long webinar about historically queer people in Massachusetts and surrounding states.
Joan Ilacqua, the Executive Director of The...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
KJ’s Con, a busy, local, pop, rock, and country duo, played chart-topping hits in the dining room at the Heritage of Sherborn on Friday, June 9th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. The musical duo consists of Kara Curnane Joseph, from Medfield,...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Westwood High School Varsity Boys Lacrosse played a pair of close contests in the MIAA
Division II tournament, outlasting North Attleborough at home on Monday, June 5, before falling just short against Duxbury in the round of 16...
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham High School Varsity Boys Lacrosse ran roughshod in the round of 32 of the MIAA
Division I tournament, defeating Natick by a final score of 16-6 on Tuesday, June 6. The Rockets’ season would come to close,...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday, June 10, the Friends of the Westwood Public Library held a fun book sale on the second floor of the main library. Friendly volunteers greeted shoppers and helped them to find books in their areas of interest. Children’s books...
