Those visiting Buckmaster Pond recently might have noticed a special addition – a beautiful stone engraving honoring the life of Eddie Thomson.
Workers put the finishing touches on the engraving May 14, fittingly using the color black, which was Eddie’s favorite.
At the top, it reads “Ne Obliviscaris”, which in Latin means...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
If you’ve ever done a StoryWalk, you know the tranquility that comes from the potent combination of being outside and enjoying a children’s book. StoryWalks, in which pages from a children's book are installed in regular intervals along an outdoor path, are especially perfect for...
The Westwood Artists are planning a show on Saturday, June 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Senior Center lawn, located on 60 Nahatan Street. The show will feature watercolors, acrylics, oils, pastels, glass, pottery, upcycled material, jewelry, knitting, weaving, felt, mixed media and photography - all done by Westwood residents.
This show...
The group poses for a photo at Habitat for Humanity’s newest project on Highview Street.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While technically trees had already been cleared and a large machine had already started digging up the ground, on Monday afternoon, South Shore Habitat...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Through out the pandemic, the Westwood Council on Aging has helped local seniors handle all the changes and precautions that came as a result of COVID-19. Now, as the state approaches life without coronavirus restrictions, the staff of the Council on Aging is ready to...
Questions from Fox Hill Village seniors concerned COVID variants, potential sterility from the vaccine, and a potential HIV vaccine.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last Tuesday afternoon at the Fox Hill Village Auditorium, Drew Weissman’s father, Harold, sat at the front of the crowd...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Westwood Public Library is inching closer to reopening. In the meantime, staff members are excited to invite people back for scheduled visits, during which time they can safely find new reads and talk to staff members that they have missed during the pandemic.
One of the Cardinals shows off some good fundamentals during a ground ball drill.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While many older kids played in summer leagues, played pickup games with friends or just found that the baseball skills they’d developed over the years...
With a mixture of plastic and burlap bags, the group set out from Twin Post Road towards Hale Reservation.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If you’ve spotted giant bags of trash laid out on the sidewalks of Westwood this week, you may have wondered...
The design choice for the new school was named the “tree” option.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday night, the Westwood School Committee held a meeting to outline why they felt a consolidation of Hanlon and Deerfield Elementary Schools would be the town’s...
Emily Parks outlines her recommendations for a return to in-person, five day a week learning.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday night, the Westwood School Committee unanimously approved a motion to send all of Westwood’s students back to school for in-person learning, five...
Getting students outside to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a priority for educators, but it is also a challenge for those working in during a New England winter. A grant provided by the Dedham Savings Community Foundation is making it a little easier for teachers and students at Westwood’s Martha Jones...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Like every community, Westwood has seen its fair share of COVID cases. Almost a year ago, the virus put a stop to everyone’s normal routines. Now with vaccines rolling out and an increased urgency to return to normal, multiple teams in Westwood, including the Fire...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
An escape room activity is a fun way to spend an evening. It almost always includes puzzle-solving, memory games, and some complicated riddles that lead to players solving one momentous puzzle at the end. On Wednesday, February 17, patrons of the Westwood Public Library participated...
Town employees lined the streets to pay respect to Troiano.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last week, the Westwood community lost a cherished member known for his dedicated service to the Westwood Department of Public Works, where he was employed for twenty-five years. Billy...
Charles and Nancy Donahue of Westwood have generously donated 132 college courses on DVD - each containing 24 half-hour lectures - to the Westwood Library. Particularly during this time of pandemic and social distance, the Donahues feel the courses would be of great benefit to local students and their families.
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
There are few Americans who didn’t learn about the Pilgrims’ 1620 landing in Plymouth. It’s hard to ignore, especially since there’s a national holiday that rolls around every November dedicated to the efforts of Pilgrims to make this land their new home. But the story...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Bob DiCicco, a Westwood resident, knows the danger of COVID-19 and the damage it can inflict personally.
At the start of 2020, Bob was going about his life as usual. As a singer and actor, he has a creative mind...
As the snow piles up, residents of Westwood are welcomed to join the Adopt-A-Hydrant program. Residents who join will help keep the over 600 fire hydrants around town clear and accessible for emergency services.
Those who sign up will help their community by clearing snow around their assigned hydrant,...
In what might be Hometown Weekly's most extreme understatement of the still-young 21st century, we at the paper are confident in saying the last 365 days won't soon be forgotten.
With a world-stopping pandemic, contentious US presidential election, and demonstrations for racial equality dominating headlines around the globe, it won't...
