By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Winter break during the school year can be a tough time to entertain and educate children, who wants to learn when there’s snow on the ground? Walpole Public Library took (WPL) a fun approach to give kids fun activities and a way to encourage more reading, family bingo! The...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Trying to find the perfect wrapping paper, cut it perfectly, and wrap up gifts for your loved ones can be a challenge, especially if you find yourself short on paper or ideas to make those gifts special. Sherborn Library’s Wrapathon is a free event that has all you need...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
On December 16th, 1775 the world was changed forever as one of the most famous and influential authors of all time, Jane Austen, was born and started a legacy in her life that would change romance novels forever. Now, literature fans all over the world joined together to celebrate...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole Historical Society stepped back in time to celebrate the holidays this year with their Christmas Open House. The building in Walpole Center was done up with Christmas décor and staff and volunteers done up in vintage wear to ring in the season.
Over mulled cider, Christmas cookies, and...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
With the new year fast approaching, it is important to take time and look at the year we all had. Westwood Public Library (WPL) found a fun way to reflect on the year, with a trivia competition! Ready to test your knowledge on the key pop-culture moments, librarian Rosie...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sherborn’s annual Holiday Market transforms the historic 1858 Town House into a chandelier-lit, bustling marketplace with local artisans and small businesses, making it the perfect one stop shop for Christmas gifts and supporting local businesses.
The mail hall was filled with...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Looking back on history is the key to understanding our world, remembering those who came before us. But some of these people end up getting lost to history, through accidents or acts of censorship. Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) hosted Wellesley College Professor Octavio Gonzalez to share his talk...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Art has been at the center of communities since the dawn of civilization. Imagine a water ripple, where the first ring influences everything around it, that is what the Impressionist movement did to the art scene in Paris and beyond. Jane Blair from ArtMatters came to Walpole Public Library...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
With Thanksgiving feasts landing on tables around the country, author and former food writer for the Boston Herald, Clara Silverstein, brought us back to look at the first thanksgiving and what they did differently, and how some of our modern traditions were shaped. Her talk “Corn, Chowder, and Cranberry...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Theres nothing quite as American as football on Thanksgiving. Each year, Dover hosts the traditional Turkey Bowl at Chickering Playfields kicks the fall break off with a whistle blow. The Turkey Bowl is a flag football game, as the name might suggest, for kids in kindergarten through fifth grade...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) hosted local author Doug Most to discuss his latest novel “Launching Liberty: The Epic Race to Build the Ships That Took America to War.” This historical novel tells the story of President Franklin D. Roosevelt partnering with industrialist Henry Kaiser to create a fleet...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
Westwood Public Library welcomed New York Times best seller Peter Swanson, author of “The Kind Worth Killing” and “Eight Perfect Murders” to talk about his new book and the one he broke the mold for, “Kill Your Darlings” and the process that goes into his writing.
Swanson was a...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
It is that time of year again where the Walpole Fire Department (WFD) hosts their annual Open House. The doors open, trucks are brought out, and everyone is invited to see just what makes the Walpole FD who they are and what they can do.
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
For the Halloween season and to get the people of Westwood to look at the art of poetry in a more fun way, Westwood Poet Laureate Beth Swinning set up a Pursuing the Paranormal workshop at Westwood Public Library (WPL). What better way to lean into the holiday than...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
At a time when crafting can fall to the wayside in favor of responsibilities, Westwood Public Library (WPL) aims to give adults a chance to connect with their inner artist in this class from Pop up Art School. This class was to teach the basics of needle-felting, and so...
