Teen STEAM in Westwood
Westwood Police Explorers earn Presidential recognition
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On September 12, the Board of Selectmen recognized two Police Explorers for each earning The President’s Volunteer Service Award: Mr. Michael Forde, a member of the Westwood High’s Class of 2017, and Mr. Adam Ganz of Sharon High’s Class of 2016.
The Westwood Police Explorer program is one of certifying organizations for the...
Baby Sign Language at the Westwood Library
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Young parents and their recently-born children sat in a circle around Sheryl White, founder and owner of Baby Kneads, on the morning of Thursday, September 8. For over an hour, the children’s room of the Westwood Library was home to Sheryl’s lessons on American Sign Language for babies. Signs...
Autumn block party delights
On Saturday September 10, “THE LOOP” neighborhood had its third annual Block Party. Festivities included a DJ, photo booth, “make your own slushie” truck, and dunk tank. Kids rode their bikes and scooters up and down Pond Plain all day while the adults ate, played cornhole, and mingled. The event was capped off with an...
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Westwood Scout Clasby keeps it clean
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
When Westwood’s Cameron Clasby started brainstorming for his Eagle Scout Service Project, his mind took him back to a fishing trip with some friends.
“I realized there was a need for this project when I was fishing with friends at Buckmaster Pond,” wrote Clasby in an email to Hometown Weekly....
Library quilters in Westwood
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In a peaceful back room of the Westwood Public Library, the quilting club gathered for their monthly meeting on Monday, August 29. The club has been in existence for about 8 years, and had to adapt to survive when the Westwood Library changed buildings, at one point taking refuge...
Drought leads to Westwood’s mandatory water ban
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By Harry Kane
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
For the sixth straight month, the region has been experiencing abnormally dry conditions initially resulting in a drought advisory followed by a drought warning. As of Friday, August 26, the status has been modified to include a mandatory ban on outdoor watering of lawns or shrubbery.
The drought is...
A bright light still shines in Westwood
Pizza party at the Westwood COA
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Oven-cooked pizza and make-your-own sundaes were on the menu at the Westwood Senior Center on Friday, August 26. Dozens gathered for the festivities, which ended up stealing away some members of the bridge club that was playing concurrently with pizza party.
“I wanted to get more people in to...
Hancock again wins Maine Road Race
Westwood sixth grader, Lil Hancock, finished first overall in the Rockland Maine Lobster Festival 1-Mile Run on Sunday, August 7. The race is open to boys and girls of all ages, including high school students. Lil’s first-grade brother, C.J., finished ninth overall and Lil’s eighth-grade sister, Katherine, finished second in the under-14-year-old 10K race. Lil’s...
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Westwood kid’s vacation discovery rocks
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
When most kids head off on their summer vacations, it’s to collect fun experiences and bond with their families. For Westwood’s Andrew Easton, the summer jaunt may have come with an unexpected surprise: a career calling. Easton, a rising third-grader at the Martha Jones School, discovered a fossil during...
(Mostly) impenetrable reading fortresses pop up
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
What do you get when you mix blankets, flashlights, rampaging children, stuffed animals, and smiles? You get the Family Fort Night event held at the Main Branch of the Westwood Public Library last Wednesday night, August 17.
Like most things that are planned out, things did not go exactly...
Little Olympics at Islington Branch
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Although the young athletes would have been forgiven to think they were in Rio when they were baking in the sun, they were in fact escaping the heat in the Islington Branch library on Thursday, August 18. For an hour on that hot morning, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30...
The delicate sound of Westwood
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Hidden away in the courtyard of Westwood High School, the community concert band, Westwood Winds, put on a fantastic show Monday evening. The band was comprised entirely of music enthusiasts with ties to Westwood, and had only practiced together seven times over the summer before the show.
Made...
Top Secret Science in Westwood
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly
The cafeteria of the Sheehan School in Westwood was transformed into a science lab for local kids this week. “Top Secret Science,” a non-profit education group based out of Woburn, provided first to fifth graders the chance to enjoy hands-on science projects while beating the heat.
“We are at different places...
Westwood’s king of the jungle gyms
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Pssst…are the kids out of earshot?
Okay, good, because this is sensitive information. If it falls into the wrong hands, it could lead to days - maybe even weeks - of “Can we go? Can we? Can we?!?”
There is a oasis in Westwood. Not just any oasis, but a youthful,...
The menagerie of Westwood Library
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
A mysterious table stands in the room with a white tablecloth draped over it. Sunlight streams in through the glass doors, casting shadows on boxes and crates stacked against a wall. One crate starts to shake.
Something is inside, something that wants to get out. The crate rattles again....
Once at this center
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By Cameron Small
Hometowk Weekly Intern
Most thespians know the horrors of tech week, commonly dubbed Hell Week, the week in which everything comes together (in theory) before a show opens. The technical crew of sound and lights meets with the actors who’ve been rehearsing for months, mixed with the stage crew responsible for set...
Annual Rotary Installation kicks off
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Annual Rotary Installation kicks off
The 2016-2107 season of the Rotary Club of Westwood kicked off over food and drinks at the Annual Rotary Installation, officiated by Governor-Elect Karin Gaffney of District 7910. The Rotary Club of Westwood is a part of Rotary International, with over 1.2 million Rotarians collaborating in over 34,000 clubs...
Links at the Westwood library
By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Everyone knows that having fun isn’t hard with a library card, but for the young families of Westwood, membership was not required for mini-golf at the Islington branch of the library. Conveniently located at 280 Washington St. in Westwood, minutes away from Legacy Place in Dedham, Islington’s smaller, community-oriented branch of...
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