By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Although it was an exceptionally dreary last Saturday, families from all over flocked together at the Bellforge Arts Center for an enchanting afternoon. This year marked the second annual Fairy Walk. Locals were encouraged to explore the grounds at the Bellforge to see the magical...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
After much anticipation, Medfielders gathered together at various points throughout this past weekend to take part in Medfield Historical Weekend. Historical sites were open to the public during this weekend long event, after two challenging years; these sites had been previously shut down, due to...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
On Friday, April 14th, The Center at Medfield was pampered by the freshman and junior cosmetology students from Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School. The students provided hand and arm massages to the seniors and manicures while music played in the background.
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
This past Saturday, Sherborn families gathered together outside of the Sherborn Library, bonding over coffee and donuts. All of the attendees eagerly anticipated the event of the day: The High Flying Dogs led by Mike Piazza. Piazza is the number one professional K-9 frisbee performer...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
The Medfield Public Library (MPL) opened its doors to former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt at the beginning of the month. Eleanor Roosevelt was played by Sheryl Faye, from Sheryl Faye Presents: Historical Women, Making The Past Present. The event was hosted by Medfield Historical Society,...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
On Wednesday, April 19th, a variety of creatures sparked curiosity at the Dover Town Library (DTL). The sold-out event brought families from all over to the library community room in the midst of April vacation.
Curious Creatures, which is a live and...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Dover and Westwood seniors ventured out to Powisset Farm, on the first warm day of spring, to give their hand at making Vietnamese dishes. COA regulars eagerly anticipate these monthly cooking classes to enhance their culinary prowess.
Powisset’s Chef Thi was excited...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Spring has officially sprung! Which means that baseball is back in action. To celebrate, the Walpole Council on Aging recently hosted a “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” event which proved to be a huge success. Seniors had the luxury of eating hot dogs, popcorn,...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
On Wednesday, the Center at the Heights (CATH) welcomed Red Sox Hall of Famer, former catcher, and sports broadcaster Bob "Monty" Montgomery, along with WCVB sports reporter Mike Dowling. Dowling conducted an interview with Montgomery, retracing various aspects of his career before, during, and after...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
It was late March, and the bare trees and crunching of fallen leaves beneath my feet gave the impression that it was a warm October afternoon. It had been many months since I had last hiked through the trails at Rocky Narrows, though on one...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
On April 5th, Hale Education welcomed featured poet Queen Hodge to their monthly poetry night. The emcee of poetry night, Will C., warmly welcomed the guest poet to Hale and invited her to participate as the featured poet after being blown away by her works....
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
At the end of March, as we closed out the winter months, Medfield Public Library (MPL) opened its doors for art to bloom within every room. The Medfield Garden Club teamed up with talented high school students from Medfield High School to create this stunning...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Now spanning four decades, the Needham History Center and Museum celebrated their fortieth annual Pansy Day! Needhamites gathered at the grounds of the History Center to celebrate spring with pansies galore.
Needhamites strolled the grounds of the lawn in front of the...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Seniors gathered in the game room at The Center at The Heights (CATH) last Thursday to watch the opening day game for the Boston Red Sox.
COA staff members passed out peanuts, popcorn, cracker jacks, and soda out to the seniors, with...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Local children hopped down to the Pfaff on Friday, March 31st to partake in some bunny-themed fun, for a Peter Cottontail Celebration. This annual event has been occurring for over five years now.
The children slowly trickled into the room, eagerly awaiting...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
This past Saturday the Congregational Church of Needham, United Church of Christ (UCC) hosted their annual Just-4-Fun Egg Hunt. Children ranging from pre-k through grade 5 were invited to come hunt together for over one thousand candy-filled eggs. The event was anticipated to have over...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
The Center welcomed spring with entertainment and dessert. On March 23rd, only three days after the first day of Spring, COA staff hosted an ice cream social, which was perfectly paired by a fan-favorite performer, Patrick Durkin.
While Durkin played the keys...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Although BINGO is a weekly event at the Walpole COA, last Friday seniors welcomed new BINGO callers on Friday afternoon; Cassie and Gini from Girl Scout Troop 62389 of Walpole.
While the Girl Scouts set up for the game, the seniors enjoyed conversations over coffee and...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Westwood community members were transported to the Celtic lands through the tunes and tales relayed by the talented multi-instrumentalist, Jeff Snow.
“This afternoon, we’re going to touch on all of the Celtic land.. We don’t leave any of it out!” The performer told the crowd. Snow...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
The day before St. Patrick's Day, Dover seniors celebrated the occasion with their annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon. The event was originally scheduled to take place the Tuesday prior, but due to poor weather conditions, the event was pushed forward.
