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Caterpillar Club meets at Elm Bank

Caterpillar Club meets at Elm Bank
By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Reporter Eight long legs crawling silently. Two large, multifaceted eyes with a pair of transparent wings. Short hairs covering professional pollinators. Spiders, dragonflies and bees were just some of the different bugs that kids learned about at The Garden at Elm Bank’s Caterpillar Club gathering, where young ones expanded their knowledge of...
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Walpole celebrates last summer concert

Walpole celebrates last summer concert
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By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Reporter Walpole residents came out to the common for the last summer concert of the season last Tuesday evening. The summer night was very hot as the sun sat low in the sky, painting the green open space a golden hue. Families sat in lawn chairs and on the grass, resting...
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Plimptonville walking tour on September 22

Plimptonville walking tour on September 22
The Walpole Historical Society has announced that on Saturday, September 22, a walking tour of Plimptonville will be conducted from 10:00 - 12:00, starting at the Lewis Statue, at the intersection of East Street and Plimpton Street. This year marks the 200th year of Plimptonville’s existence. George Ransom will be leading the tour. He is...
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Murray, Rebel soccer head into battle

Murray, Rebel soccer head into battle
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Despite a respectable 9-6-2 season in 2017, last year ended sourly for the Walpole High School boys varsity soccer team, who fell to eventual Division II South champ Oliver Ames, 2-1 in overtime, in the sectional quarterfinals. This season, the Rebels return some key names and will...
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Ceremony to commemorate historic Union Station

Ceremony to commemorate historic Union Station
Commuters using Walpole’s Union Station to get to and from work on the MBTA will now notice a new plaque signifying the structure’s status on the National Register of Historic Places. The plaque, funding for which was donated by Walpole native Colin Harding and was installed in May, represents the culmination of years of research and...
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Hamilton, Raider field hockey ready up

Hamilton, Raider field hockey ready up
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Despite a 12-4-2 record, the 2017 season came to tough end for the Wellesley High School field hockey team, falling 1-0 to arch rival Needham in the second round of the Division I South playoffs. This season, the Lady-Raiders will look to return to the state tournament and take...
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Stephanie Hawkinson hired for outreach position

Stephanie Hawkinson hired for outreach position
The Town of Wellesley has created a new outreach position to help organize and improve communication to residents about important news, events and special projects across all departments. The Executive Director’s office announced today that Stephanie Hawkinson has been named Communications and Project Manager and will guide the town in effectively conveying information that will...
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UU Wellesley offering OWL classes

UU Wellesley offering OWL classes
Starting this September and running through June, The Unitarian Universalists of Wellesley (known locally as UU Wellesley) will offer Our Whole Lives (OWL) classes free of charge to youth in grades 7-9. The classes will be held approximately twice monthly on Sunday evenings from 5-6:30 p.m. and will be facilitated by trained volunteers from the...
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Westwood kids ready for school

Westwood kids ready for school
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By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Reporter Young kids were out at the Martha Jones Elementary School to enjoy a cold popsicle and to meet some of their future classmates last Tuesday. To beat the heat, Principal Donna Tobin was handing out popsicles to the children on the hot August day. Principal Tobin personally wrote each of...
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Baby Kneads regional program starting soon

Westwood Early Childhood has partnered with the towns of Walpole, Medfield and Dover as part of the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Program to provide a special series for parents of babies ages birth through 6 months. "Baby Kneads" featuring Sheryl White will meet monthly on Monday mornings at 10:30 at the Westwood Main Library. The...
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Masse, Hawks take flight

Masse, Hawks take flight
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor By Xaverian football’s standards, a 3-3 regular season record that included losses to rivals BC High and Catholic Memorial is a disappointment. However, thanks to their strong schedule that included three convincing victories against Brockton (31-0), Malden Catholic (34-6) and Bridgewater-Raynham (32-7), the Hawks were still able to...
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Westwood’s Berardi still driven

Westwood’s Berardi still driven
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By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent Amidst the fear and adversity from immigrating to America, a young boy from Abruzzi, Italy found inspiration for a better life in the joy of a silver dollar — a fortune to a child and a pathway to his dreams. On August 8, 1955, 16-year-old Luciano “Louie” Antonio Berardi and his...
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Westwood embraces renovated senior center

Westwood embraces renovated senior center
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By Maria Makredes Hometown Weekly Correspondent On the morning of August 24, Westwood residents gathered to celebrate recently completed renovations to the Patricia Carty-Larkin Senior Center, named for the predecessor to current Director of the Council on Aging, Lina Arena-DeRosa. Arena-DeRosa has held the post of director for five years, the length of time it...
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Westwood ballplayers take title

Westwood ballplayers take title
Sometimes the road to the championship is long and winding. This was the case for Coach d'Entremont and Coach Zeuthen's 13 year-old team this summer. The Green Monstahs started their season in late June and it took until August 16 to bring home the hardware. After going 9-3 in the regular season to finish in...
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Act!vated Story Theatre delights at library

Act!vated Story Theatre delights at library
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By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Reporter Families thronged to the Wellesley Library last Wednesday night to watch the exciting visual storytelling of Act!vated Story Theatre. Children made themselves comfortable on the floor of the Wakelin Room as the theatre group performed folktales in front of an oversized book that revealed a different setting with each...
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Historical Society hosting Craft Beer Experience

Historical Society hosting Craft Beer Experience
The Wellesley Historical Society Craft Beer Experience event will be held on October 13 from 4-6 p.m. at the Wellesley College Club. Admission to this New England craft beer experience includes two beers or wine, delicious eats, a raffle and a chance at a door prize, all for $35. For more information and to purchase tickets,...
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Art in the Park winners announced

Art in the Park winners announced
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The nine-week “READ all about it” Art in the Park summer project officially ended on August 11. Since June 9, the 3D outdoor art installations, based on books of each artist’s choice, had delighted visitors to Bird Park and to the Walpole Public Library’s garden. The effort was sponsored by the Friends...
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Successful summer for Walpole American 12A

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

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...
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