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Westwood field hockey rolls in opener

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Westwood High School varsity field hockey team took to Flahive Field for the first time in 2019 last Wednesday afternoon as the Lady-Wolverines (2-0-0) hosted rival Holliston for their season-opener. Behind goals by Abby Crowley and Hannah Blomquist, along with a shutdown defensive effort, Westwood started its...
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IAM Strong advocates for mental health

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Sometimes, we all need help from our friends. That is the simple lesson the IAM Strong Foundation has been trying to teach students and their families since its establishment. The organization is making a big difference when it comes to mental health and making sure people receive the help they need. IAM...
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WestwoodWinds celebrate ‘Milestones’

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Monday night, August 5, WestwoodWinds presented “Milestones,” a celebration of the music they’ve played over the course of their ten years as a community band, to those in attendance in the Westwood High School cafeteria courtyard. To celebrate the momentous occasion, the band opted to play one piece...
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Donohue, Wolverines out to prove themselves

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Westwood High boys lacrosse finds itself in an interesting position. A year after coming one overtime goal short of a Division II Central/East sectional title, the Wolverines have found their rhythm and are rounding into form at the perfect time. The Wolverines finished the regular season at 12-6...
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Three Westwood students win RAY Awards

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Tuesday night, May 21, the Westwood Rotary Club and Westwood Youth and Family Services recognized their three RAY (Recognize a Youth) award winners inside the Westwood Library. This year, the award, given to a young person in the community that has demonstrated a commitment to community service, went...
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McCusker, Wolverines getting hot at right time

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By Mike Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Last season, Westwood High boys lacrosse entered the state tournament as one of the favorites to come out of Division II Central/East and take home the state championship. One year later, the Wolverines (12-6, 9-4) head into the postseason with a chip on their shoulder for a number...
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Troop 3 hosting Court of Honor

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On May 25, Troop 3 will hold a Court of Honor to award Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle, to three young men from Westwood. Cameron Doherty, Max Moscaritolo, and John de Reyna will each receive this award at a ceremony to be held at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Westwood, 808...
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Donohue, Westwood lacrosse ready for next step

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off the best season in program history, which featured a 14-4 regular season record, their first-ever wins against Medfield and Dover-Sherborn, as well as a share of the TVL title, expectations heading into this spring are extremely high for the Westwood High School boys varsity lacrosse team. Despite...
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A Cappella Night on tap

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The Medfield Music Association will present MHS A Cappella Night on Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at MHS’s Lowell Mason Auditorium. This will mark Medfield High School’s second year hosting the event after last year’s wildly successful debut. It will feature the award-winning Northeastern University A cappella group The Nor’easters, along with a...
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Westwood just too good for Dover-Sherborn

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter The girls of Westwood High School beat Dover-Sherborn 57-24 last Monday afternoon, putting on a dazzling display of passing, cutting and forcing turnovers so well executed that you would have thought they were from Westwood, Los Angeles, not Westwood, Massachusetts. [caption id="attachment_31389" align="alignleft" width="600"]Westwood’s stifling... 			
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WHS hosts LGBTQ alumni panel

Westwood High School recently hosted a number of alumni on an LGBTQ panel as part of its Courageous Conversations program, through which students and staff work together to identify topics that should be discussed. Spanish teacher Anne-Marie Sklarwitz organized the event, bringing together six alums who graduated from 1975 to 2017. Each spoke about...
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Downey School webcast inspires thousands

Teaching children to be inclusive and compassionate is an ongoing mission in the Westwood Public Schools. When educators at the Downey School had the chance to make those principles resonate with the help of technology, a picture book and a dog, they seized the opportunity. “This all stemmed from our ‘Same and Different’ curriculum, which...
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The drive of Judy Brown

By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent Her alarm clock went off on time. But it didn’t matter. She missed the bus anyway. It was the beginning of the school year 1975, and Nancy Maloof Winn was starting her freshman year at Westwood High School. She grew up over by the railroad station on Juniper Ridge Road, about a 4½-mile walk...
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Courageous conversations punctuate professional development day

During an extraordinary professional development day for Westwood teachers and staff, six students took to the stage of Westwood High School’s auditorium to talk openly about their perceptions of being students of color in a majority-white school district. Their appearance highlighted a day-long examination into race, which was guided by civil rights leader David Johns....
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Westwood schools hold winter concert

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By Alex Oliveira Hometown Weekly Reporter Students from the Westwood middle and high schools held their winter concert on Wednesday night in the high school auditorium. With the help of a spectacular light crew, singers, string instrumentalists, horns and percussionists transported the audience for an hour to a land of wintertime wonder. The middle school...
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Garden Club holiday party warms hearts

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By Alex Oliveira Hometown Weekly Reporter [caption id="attachment_30696" align="alignright" width="300"]Smiles as Spanish carols are attempted. Smiles as Spanish carols are attempted.[/caption] The event room at the Westwood Senior center was a wintry field of red, green and soft white on Thursday afternoon as the Westwood Garden Club hosted...
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Dalton, Keith, Lady-Wolverines gear up

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off a 13-6-3 regular season in 2017-2018, the Westwood High girls varsity hockey team is holding themselves to a high standard heading into what appears to be an extremely promising year. Back to lead the Wolverines in 2018-2019 are a trio of senior captains in leading scorer,...
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Donohue, Wolverine hockey ready up

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Coming off a 12-6-2 regular season in 2017-2018 that earned them the No. 7 seed in Division II South, the Westwood High School boys hockey team is looking to build off of their success from a season ago and make a deep tournament run later on this winter....
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Conants, Reardon sign NLIs

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Three of Westwood High School’s star athletes signed their National Letters of Intent to play collegiate athletics on Monday afternoon. Siblings Sarah and Zach Conant both signed their NLIs to run cross-country at UMass, while Ali Reardon signed to play soccer at Merrimack. Reardon helped Westwood to a 6-7-5 record...
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Presentation addresses screen time limits

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“How do you limit social media use when it’s such a big part of how kids socialize today?” “How do you set age-appropriate limits for your children when you have kids of different ages in your home?” “Do reward systems for screen use end up encouraging more screen use by kids?” These were...
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