The roads and parking lots at Hale remain open. “It’s is important to us, and to the community, that people have a place to go to walk, hike, and enjoy the outdoors,” said Hale Executive Director Eric Arnold. “We do ask that people follow proper social distancing guidelines when visiting.” Please check Hale’s...
The Medfield Employers and Merchants Organization (MEMO) Board of Directors is sponsoring an initiative to encourage community members to buy gift cards from MEMO businesses during these challenging economic times. The initiative is called Gift Card-A Palooza, and MEMO is offering a grand prize of $250 to a lucky winner.
By Stephen Press,
Hometown Weekly Editor -
I park my car and exit, taking a breath of fresh air and looking out at a skittish flock of starlings dancing in the field.
Over the last weeks,...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
Wednesday, March 25.
The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center up Route 27, through...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
Wednesday, March 25.
The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center up Route 27, through...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
Wednesday, March 25.
The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center up Route 27, through...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
Wednesday, March 25.
The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center up Route 27, through...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
Wednesday, March 25.
The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center up Route 27, through...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
We went from house to wood
For change of solitude.
Hands sanitized, car parked, checklist in hand, and not another human in sight (though plenty of vehicles in the lot), it’s time to get to work.
Today’s goal: scramble to...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
In recent weeks, all Medfield public buildings have shut their doors to everyone except for essential personnel. This means that Medfield’s often-active Council on Aging (COA) and Center are barren of any senior visitors - not to mention most of the staff and volunteers that...
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
Wednesday, March 25.
The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
There’s no coronavirus in the Capital Wasteland. There are mutated radscorpions, drug-addicted raiders, and power-armored super soldiers, but there’s no coronavirus. Ditto for the snowcapped mountains of Tamriel, the extremely hostile streets of San Andreas, and the rolling plains of New Austin.
By Ella Kohler
Hometown Weekly Intern
With the coronavirus outbreak growing more serious each day, it seems the world has been turned upside down. Many aspects of daily life, from working to socializing to schooling, have been changed dramatically — and life at Medfield High School is no exception.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“Why isn’t there anyone here?”
This was my first thought about a half hour into checking out the Hale Reservation’s Sen-Ki trail, when I hadn’t run into anyone despite it being late on a Thursday afternoon when everyone in the state had...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Whenever I’m in Walpole and start asking questions for Hometown Weekly, people assume this is where I’m from. I’m not, though. I’m from Braintree. And, if I’m being honest, my knowledge of Walpole’s geography isn’t that great. See, I’m in Walpole all the time, but...
By Maddie Gerber
Hometown Weekly Intern
Thursday, March 12, at Needham High School felt like a fever dream. Although classes were continuing as normal, everything seemed to be clouded in a haze of uncertainty as whispers about the coronavirus spread through the halls. Even within the classrooms, the discussions often veered...
By Mike Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The COVID-19 outbreak has paused the entire sports world. All areas and levels of the sports industry are hurting right now.
At the high school level, players are not able to compete. Along with being unable to make memories with teammates and stay active,...
