Undaunted, H.Y.P.’s Ozer fights on
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Needham’s Dennis Ozer is many things. He is a father and husband. He is the co-owner of H.Y.P. Studio, a yoga and pilates facility with branches in Medfield, Needham, and Wellesley. He is, in the words of his wife, Debra Goodman, “the mayor of everything” and “like the Tasmanian...
Primary Election Day in Massachusetts
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Thursday, September 8 saw primary elections take place across the state of Massachusetts. The results of these elections will decide whose names are on the ballot for the major parties in the November general elections. Positions ranged from our representatives in Congress to the local Sheriff, and many...
Preschool Page Turners at the Medfield Library
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The morning of Thursday, September 8 was a busy one for children’s librarian Kim Tolson. It featured back-to-back-to-back children’s programs, which culminated in Preschool Page Turners at 11:30 a.m. The preschoolers listened to a classic tale, “The Tortoise and the Hare.” After the story, the 3-5 year-olds listened...
Medfield water woes continue into autumn
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
The word is out: Massachusetts' communities are facing something of a water shortage, and Medfield is no exception. After a summer that has seen a large-scale drought in the Bay State, some residents are returning from their summer vacations assuming that the worst is behind the community.
Not so, says...
Knitting for a Cure scarves available
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Medfielders can help raise money for cancer on Medfield Day by making a donation to the American Cancer Society in exchange for hand knit scarves.
Hand-knitted scarves are free at Medfield Day, September 17, with a donation to the American Cancer Society. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.
Scarves of many different...
K is For Kindergarten at the Pfaff
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A bakers dozen rising Kindergarteners showed up at the Pfaff Center for a two-day program on Wednesday, August 31 and Thursday, September 1. The class, named K is for Kindergarten, was designed to give the kids a sneak peak of what kindergarten will be like. From 9:30 a.m....
Woodcarving at the Center in Medfield
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Tucked away in a room at the Center across from the Kingsbury Club, a group of men diligently carved away at their newest projects. From an intricately carved bird with wood-burned features to a basic Santa Claus for the newest comer, these craftsmen were creating fantastic carvings out...
Medfield Library waves goodbye to summer
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
You couldn’t miss it. A massive inflatable obstacle course stood behind the gazebo in front of the Medfield Library on Tuesday, August 23, to celebrate the end of summer and the library’s Summer Reading Program.
“Today is just a reward for the hard work of the kids who...
Trust publishes Vine Lake Cemetery app
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The history of the local and wider Medfield community is in many ways buried in the past at Vine Lake Cemetery’s Old Section. Vine Lake Preservation Trust has recently launched a new mobile application and website enhancement, mapping each of these gravesites on satellite maps, and linking the memories and histories of the...
A walk in the park
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Kira LaFosse-Baker, Engagement Site Manager at Rocky Woods, stops at a fork in the wooded trail. Around her, children look left and right as she procures a trail map. LaFosse-Baker points to the map, then to a yellow spray-painted dot on the side of a tree. The kids' eyes...
Self-styled superheroes at the Pfaff
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
This week, and all year round, Drama Kids International has offered a weeklong course for local kids at the Pfaff Center. 24 kids signed up for the regular Drama Kids program this last week, plus an additional seven in an acting academy film program that has spun off...
Extreme Earth in the Pfaff Center
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
For a week, young geologists learned a bit more about just how our world works. From Monday, August 15, to Friday, August 19, campers enjoyed the Extreme Earth program at the Pfaff Center.
“This program focuses on geology, mostly, so today we are doing geodes, we made wind...
Neponset Watershed facing severe drought
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Massachusetts is experiencing a significant drought this summer, with the Neponset Watershed categorized as an area facing "severe drought".
During an average rainfall year, stream flows in the Neponset River are heavily impacted by water withdrawal, loss of groundwater recharge from paved areas, and groundwater that leaks into aging sewers and gets carried...
Movies presented by Medfield Library
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
An inflatable screen similar to an air mattress with a screen on it was erected behind the gazebo near Medfield Public Library. The open green area, which was filled with provided wooden seats and patrons who had brought their own seating, played host to a peaceful outdoor evening for...
Expresso Yourself on August 27
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Get ready to share stories, songs, and poems about your cats and dogs (or anything else).
Even if you aren't a pet owner, you should try to make it to The Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse at 7 p.m. on August 27 at First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Medfield. Held on the last Saturday of...
Poor Sports: Medfield Little League dreams dashed by poor sportsmanship
Summer Olympics inspire Super Creations
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By Lue Mileti
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Olympics have sparked inspiration in athletes’ eyes since their beginning in 1896. Today, that spark finds itself in the Medfield Public Library during an event called Super Creations.
Open to any and all, Super Creations is a weekday event from 3-5 p.m. that extends from June 27 to...
The play’s the thing
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
That's what the audience is told, at least. For most of it, though, this balmy evening under a blue sky seems a million miles from "rotten." Pleasant, perhaps. Certainly relaxing. Maybe even a little eye-opening. This is the Gazebo Players of Medfield’s...
Quidditch sweeps Medfield and the globe
