By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
March certainly came in like a lion with a nor’easter at the beginning of the month that left many without power. Just days later, Massachusetts was hit with another nor’easter – this time bringing wet, heavy snow to the Greater Boston area.
Dover Sherborn Regional Schools closed on Thursday, March...
On the pleasant afternoon of March 4, the Wellesley Chamber Players performed two amazing piano trios composed by two Viennese composers, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, in Beveridge Hall, Dana Hall School. Pianist Jayoung Kim, a Dana Hall School faculty member and artistic director and founding member of the Wellesley Chamber Players,...
After November’s theatrical treat, “Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street,” the Wellesley High School Drama Society will present an original comedy, “What’s Fair is Faire.” Performances will be on Thursday, March 15, at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m.
Under the expert direction of WHS Drama Specialist Stephen...
A winner of numerous awards and a featured artist in several books, impressionist painter Margaret McWethy will conduct a landscape oil painting workshop on Saturday, March 24, at the Warren Building in Wellesley. The workshop is for artists who have previously used oils and want to strengthen their ability to construct the foundation...
The Wellesley High School CyberPatriot team has finished No. 1 in Massachussets.
Wellesley's team, comprised entirely of juniors, competed in the highest division of the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, landing in first place (above such other schools as Mass. Academy of Math and Science and MIT's Lincoln Laboratory).
The mission of CyberPatriot is to...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In the craft room of the Tolles Parsons Center, the home of the Wellesley Council on Aging, the rhythmic whirring of Rosetta Solari’s sewing machine drowns out the sound of chattering voices. Hard at work, four seniors cut, stitch, and stuff the fabric of the community service teddy bears.
The...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Let the games begin.
On the rainy afternoon of January 23, the Wellesley Free Library organized a variety of Olympic-themed activities for children and their caregivers to participate in. From 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Wakelin room was transformed into the PyeongChang arena, where children could imagine themselves...
Wellesley’s Rho Epsilon Omega was chartered on January 23, 1988 to advance the purpose and ideals of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the oldest Black sorority for college-educated women. The chapter has rendered outstanding service to the Boston-MetroWest area since its inception and sponsors activities that address the ongoing global challenges faced by women, youth, and...
The Wellesley Conservation Council (WCC) recently received a $3000 grant from the Wellesley Turkey Trot Foundation (WTTF) to design and add interactive plant identification markers along the trails at its Guernsey and Pickle Point Sanctuaries.
The markers will provide common and scientific names of selected plants and trees. Visitors can use their...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Since its establishment in its present form in 1993, the Davis Museum has been a reliable spot to enjoy arts and culture for students and visitors of Wellesley College. Free and open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, the Davis Museum offers incredible collections from around the globe.
With...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
For many of us in Massachusetts, St. Augustine is just another pin on the map - another tourist destination in sunny Florida.
Just a few decades ago, though, St. Augustine was the site of the bloodiest civil rights campaign.
The campaign is the subject of the documentary “Passage at St. Augustine:...
The Wellesley Garden Study Group celebrated their 65th anniversary with a festive holiday luncheon party. It was a wonderful occasion to honor some of the original charter members - Ms. Polly Gardener and Ms. Libby Bachman were the honored guests representing the original charter members. Both ladies have contributed creatively to the club’s...
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Wellesley High School recently presented “Brothers Sing On!”, an all-male a cappella festival hosted by the Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus. This unique concert brought together talented male singers young and old, all united by a shared love of a cappella music.
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Loyalty. Compatibility. Kindness.
These are character traits of the dog, the eleventh position of the Chinese zodiac. Chinese communities around the world will be celebrating the Year of the Dog for Chinese New Year, their most important holiday.
Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the date for Chinese New Year changes...
On Saturday, January 27, over 950 music students from schools across the eastern part of Massachusetts traveled to Needham High School to audition for the 2018 Eastern District Junior Music Ensembles. Students have been preparing for these auditions with their director’s guidance over the past several months.
The Wellesley Performing Arts Department has announced that 43...
Wellesley Boy Scout Troop 185 held their winter Court of Honor on Monday, February 5, at the Italo-American Club. The masters of ceremony were Zane Salameh and Glen Manglapus, Troop 185's co-senior patrol leaders. They introduced the other leaders in the Troop and coordinated the awards ceremony. Since the previous Court of Honor in June...
Wellesley softball athletes are closer to getting long-awaited - and much needed - improvements to their fields next to the tennis courts along Washington Street. A proposal for improvements has been under discussion by the Community Preservation Committee, Natural Resources Commission, and Playing Fields Task Force for some months. The proposal recently took a big...
Wellesley College will host award-winning filmmaker Clennon L. King at the screening of his civil rights documentary about the bloodiest campaign of the entire movement, which directly led to the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing Jim Crow segregation from coast to coast.
King will introduce “Passage at St. Augustine:...
On Saturday, January 20, students from the Wellesley High School Music Department auditioned for the All-State Music Ensembles at Shrewsbury High School. Students qualified for these auditions by scoring in the top half of the Eastern District Auditions held in November. The musicians auditioned with approximately 950 students from across Massachusetts for one...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On February 2, the Wellesley Council on Aging welcomed Jeyanthi Ghatraju to the Tolles Parsons Center to educate the seniors on classical Indian dance and give a demonstration.
Jeyanthi has made it her mission to perform for charity and the underprivileged. She practices Bharatanatyam, a genre of classical dance, around...
