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Successful summer for Walpole American 12A
After a surprising 1-0 loss in the District 11 Finals of the Williamsport Tournament dashed their hopes of competing for a Massachusetts State Championship, the Walpole American 12A Little League team proceeded to lose only one game the rest of the summer (17-1 record) and finished the season with an overall record of 28-3 (all...
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Aggie, 4-H host model car workshop
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Young members of the community came out to the Norfolk Agricultural High School to apply their science skills making model cars as part of the Massachusetts 4-H program last Thursday. 4-H is a youth development program out of the University of Massachusetts that works with kids on different projects...
Kids learn Spanish with music
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Kids and families at the Needham Library had a great time singing, dancing and learning Spanish last Monday morning.
Marcos Valles, the man behind Rockabye Beats, entertained all in attendance with his upbeat musical program that taught the tots different words and phrases - among them numbers, colors, and body...
History Center hosts country concert
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As the sun descended behind Newman Elementary School last Tuesday, families, friends, and members of the community listened to country music while enjoying some homestyle barbecue. The Needham History Center & Museum hosted a festive country concert that had kids playing on the lawn on the warm summer night....
5K Run/1 Mile Walk registration open
The 8th annual Charles River Center 5K Run/1 Mile Walk is a fun family event that is scheduled for Sunday, September 23, at 11:00 a.m. The USA Track and Field-certified course begins and ends at the Charles River Center, 59 East Militia Heights Drive, Needham, and loops through the scenic back roads of Wellesley and...
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Youngsters ready for school in Medfield
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last Thursday morning, young kids were running around at the Memorial School playground enjoying popsicles as they prepared for the start of kindergarten.
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MSH Strategic Reuse Master Plan released
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The Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee has announced the release of the Medfield State Hospital Strategic Reuse Master Plan for the State Hospital site after four years of intensive effort.
Residential, cultural, commercial, retail, and recreational uses are incorporated into the plan. Key features include:
• Diverse housing types addressing needs for seniors,...
From Medfield to Faneuil Hall
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A year ago on August 26, the musical “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History” began performances in Massachusetts at First Parish Unitarian Universality Church in Medfield. Playwright Thea Iberall said, “On August 26th, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted, and so that date became Women’s Equality Day....
Starcatching in Sherborn
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By Maria Makredes
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Dover-Sherborn Summer Drama presented “Peter and the Starcatcher” from August 22-25 at the Sherborn Community Center. If they endeavored to catch stars and present them, then they did so in fine form, via a nearly two-hour production. Students from rising seventh graders to rising seniors participated in the program,...
Library celebrates summer with cupcakes
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The only thing better than eating a cupcake is decorating it with just the right amount of frosting and sprinkles.
Last Thursday, kids at the Dover Library made their own perfect cupcakes. The warm summer day brought a crowd of parents, guardians and children to take part in the...
Lifetime Learning offering landscaping class
With fall approaching, it is now time to begin thinking of Dover’s ever popular Lifetime Learning classes. The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, with the support of the Dover Council on Aging, are sponsoring a Lifetime Learning class: “Landscape Experiences and Trends” with Kevin Doyle.
In this two-session discussion, Kevin will share many of...
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Raider football ready for battle
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a 4-6 record and a first-round loss at the hands of Middleborough in the Division VI playoffs a season ago, the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School football team is looking improve its record and return to the postseason again in 2018.
“We want to spread the ball around on...
Westwood kids wiggle, giggle at storytime
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Kids learned while having fun as they sang songs, played games and listened to stories at the Westwood Library last Tuesday morning.
The Wiggle and Giggle Storytime had the little ones learning about different animals, words, and numbers - not to mention dancing like airplanes and singing a fun song...
Westwood’s Venkatesh ascends the stage
On Saturday, July, 14, Mayuri Venkatesh, a rising sophomore at Westwood High School, performed her “Bharathanatyam Arangetram” - a South Indian Classical dance debut recital - at Norwood High School. Arangetram literally means “ascending the stage.”
Venkatesh dazzled an audience of nearly 400 guests during a 3-hour solo performance.
Mayuri, daughter of Westwood residents Dr. Maitreyi...
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Hens & Hogs Club celebrates victories
The Powisset Farm Hens & Hogs Club is celebrating the success of four of its members who recently showed their pigs at the Bolton Fair on Friday, August 10. Among the winners were (left to right): Lee Ammons, 16, of Wellesley (Grand Champion Showman and Best in Show Hog), Toby Taft-Pearman, 9, from Westwood, Jessica...
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Xaverian’s Mariano places first in Falmouth
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Xaverian rising senior and Quincy native John Mariano placed first in the boys Tommy Cochary High School Mile on Saturday, one of the many parts of the festivities surrounding the famous Falmouth Road Race.
Mariano finished with a time of 4:29.19, edging out the competition by less...
Library hosts blues artists
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Music lovers filled the Wellesley Library last Tuesday night to listen to guitarist Paul Speidel and Danielle Miraglia play some old-time blues. The performance, sponsored by Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries, brought around 70 members of the community to the Wakelin Room to hear classic blues hits and...
Montague ‘roughs it’ to prevent malaria
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By Matt Liberman
Hometown Weekly Intern
It’s easier for Joel Montague to list the countries that he hasn’t visited rather than the ones that he has. He wrote a book on postcards in French Colonial Cambodia and has a collection of antique health posters from France.
While many people his age are golfing, or fishing,...
A Cappella Singers seek new members
The A Cappella Singers (ACS), based in Natick, are a women’s chorus which sings both accompanied and a cappella music. The chorus is currently welcoming prospective new members who have prior choral experience and/or can read music in all parts (Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto I and Alto II) to join them at their open...
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