Category Archive for "Westwood"

Youth Lacrosse opens spring registration

Registration for the Westwood Youth Lacrosse spring season will open for the spring 2018 season on September 15. Westwood Youth Lacrosse is open to new and experienced male players who are in grades 1-8. To register, visit www.westwoodyouthlacrosse.com and look for the "Register Now" button. Individuals are encouraged to sign up by December 1 to...

Summer will soon be gone, and Glad Rags Thrift Shop will open its doors on Tuesday, September 19, to commence its 41st year. Located at 30 Hartford Street in Westwood (right off route 109 in the center of town), the shop carries a full line of of new and used clothing For men, women and...

Crafters unite for library quilting evening

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter If a person threw around the word “appliqué” in conversation, one might think the person had just taken a trip to Paris and is practicing some newly learned French. However, this is a common word to a quilter, which obviously refers to a needlework technique to create a pattern...

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By Shelly Santaniello Hometown Weekly Correspondent You can learn a lot about a town’s history by strolling through one of its cemeteries. New Englanders are fortunate to have cemeteries with gravestones dating back to the colonial period. Old Westwood Cemetery, located on the corner of Route 109 and Nahatan Street, has many noteworthy memorials and...

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A group from the First Baptist Church (FBC) of Westwood has recently returned from a week spent at the Kodiak Baptist Mission on Kodiak Island, AK. The mission serves a community where there is significant need due to both poverty and the remoteness of the island. The team worked with children and adults,...

Islington Branch Library hosts mini golf

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Who would have imagined that a one-room library could turn into a six-hole mini golf course in just a couple of hours? Well, for the second year in a row, Westwood’s Islington Branch Library transformed their cozy library into a challenging golf course for families to enjoy on August...

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Four girls from Westwood, Kristina Klauzinski, Nicola Midiri, Christina Eldamaa and Allisa Freiberger, were chosen to participate in the Junior Patriots Cheer Camp on August 10, which culminated in a performance to start the first 2017 pre-season game for the Patriots. Each of the girls took part in a cheer program, where they...

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Jennifer Lin, a former China correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer, will discuss her family memoir, "Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family," at the Westwood Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. Within the next decade, China could have more Christians than any country in the world. Through...

Westwood campers conduct ‘Top Secret’ experiments

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Westwood’s elementary and middle school students expanded their math and science skills this summer through the Recreation Department with Top Secret Science, a program focusing on hands-on STEM activities. The weeklong program gave the participants dozens of opportunities to explore the different branches of STEM, but the program overall...

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The Westwood Democrats held a casual social gathering at the home of Meg Moloney on the afternoon of September 19. Together, friends and neighbors enjoyed each other's company, discussed current issues that interested them, and also wrote postcards to local and national leaders....

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Westwood presents ‘Beauty and the Beast’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Imagine having only five days to memorize the entire script of the world-renowned Broadway musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” Seems impossible, doesn’t it? Westwood Recreation Department’s musical theatre co-directors, Scott Gagnon and Christina Listro, along with musical director, Gealyn “Gea” Comune Clegg, helped make it possible as they worked with...

Westwood Children’s Library heads outdoors

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter A visit to the library doesn’t always have to include a stack of books or vigorous studying. Sometimes, one actually can play at the library. Such was the case at the Westwood Public Library on August 14 as the library hosted an outdoor event for children ages two to...

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Christina Perrone Hometown Weekly Intern Thursday, August 8 was a bright, sunny day at the Westwood Library — perfect conditions for a car wash, or even a toy car wash. Librarians invited young motorists to come wash, wax, shine and detail their favorite toy vehicles on the afternoon. [caption id="attachment_20201" align="alignright" width="300"]

Science and storytelling intertwine in Westwood

By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter ScienceTellers makes learning about science more engaging and enjoyable by pairing scientific demonstrations with a riveting story. Westwood Public Library hosted a Science Tellers event on Monday, July 31, during which children from ages four to eight participated in experiments and a listened to the tale of two children, Grace and...

Grace Sterling completes Fashion Academy

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Seventh grade student Grace Sterling of Westwood recently received a Fashion Academy "Certificate of Completion" from the School of Fashion Design. Fashion Academy introduces high school students to fashion design, sketching, patterns, and sewing in a professional studio workroom setting on Newbury Street in Boston....

WestwoodWinds performs American medley concert

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Christina Perrone Hometown Weekly Intern On Tuesday, August 1, Fox Hill Village invited WestwoodWinds, Westwood’s own community band, to perform a concert before members, staff, and family members. The community band, directed by Jim Giurleo, accepts musicians from Westwood High School all the way to retirees. “We are always pleased to perform here in Fox...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter A diet full of ripe fruits, fresh vegetables, and whole grains could keep a person bursting with energy from sunrise to sunset, whereas living off of microwave dinners and fast food could cause a person to feel sluggish and unmotivated all day long. Most people consider a diet to...

Westwood educator attends national art seminar

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Matthew Shine, an educator at Westwood's E.W. Thurston Middle School, was selected as one of only 53 participants of the 2017 National Gallery of Art Teacher Institute on Art of the Renaissance held in Washington, D.C., in July. The six-day seminar brought together teachers of art, English, history, math, and related subjects from 22...

On Sunday, July 16, seven students and five seniors met at Powisset Farm for a cooking adventure. Underwritten by the Foundation for Westwood Education, the event’s theme was “Fresh from the Farm … Summer Abundance.”

Intergeneration program visits the Powisset farm

Both students and seniors enjoyed using fresh farm...

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