Frattasio, Goss, Damren taking over at Wesleyan
Westwood’s Damren more than hockey tough
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
In 2017-2018, Westwood resident Allie Damren will look to accomplish one of the hardest feats there is in collegiate athletics, and that is to play on two athletic teams (hockey and lacrosse) while also balancing her studies as a biology major at one of the nation’s toughest academic...
Local lax stars dominate All-Scholastics
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Week after week, the boys and girls lacrosse teams for all six towns within Hometown Weekly’s range of coverage in 2017 supplied seemingly endless headlines and excitement. All the hard work these boys and girls put in translated into all 12 boys and girls lacrosse squads from Dover-Sherborn,...
Local lax stars dominate All-Scholastics
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Week after week, the boys and girls lacrosse teams for all six towns within Hometown Weekly’s range of coverage in 2017 supplied seemingly endless headlines and excitement. All the hard work these boys and girls put in translated into all 12 boys and girls lacrosse squads from Dover-Sherborn,...
Water, water everywhere…
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
As summer rolls into the area, water usage goes up — pools get filled, sprinklers run for excited kids no longer in school, and lawns and gardens demand drinks. Fresh water is crucial to life, human and nonhuman alike. In attempting to preserve water, bans or restrictions are placed...
Westwood honors lost veterans
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Memorial Day is shown on TV and in movies as an occasion for barbecues and cook-outs - a time to don red, white, and blue apparel and eat hot dogs in your backyard with a cool one in your hand. While it has been celebrated in this way for...
Ng siblings shine in taekwondo championships
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Ava Ng, a Westwood resident and fourth grader at Martha Jones Elementary, won two gold medals in both the form and breaking events at the 2017 Heart of Massachusetts Taekwondo Championships in Auburn.
Ava’s older brother, Alexander, a sixth grader at Thurston Middle School, won a silver medal for the form event and...
Janfaza leads Wolverine tennis to Senior Day win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Westwood High School varsity boys tennis team improved to 8-3 in the TVL on with a 4-1 victory against Medfield on a blistering hot afternoon last Thursday as part of the team’s senior day. Out of the 10 total sets played on Thursday, Westwood won eight, and...
RAY Awards honor Westwood youth
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Each year, the Westwood Rotary Club and Westwood Youth & Family Services collaborate to honor the youth of Westwood through the Recognize a Youth Awards (R.A.Y.) Awards. The R.A.Y. Awards shine a light, so to speak, on the outstanding citizenship of Westwood’s young people. Recipients distinguished themselves through their...
Wolverine and Raider baseball play thriller
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On Thursday afternoon, the Westwood High varsity baseball team traveled to take on Dover-Sherborn in a battle for first place in the TVL. Behind a solid performance on the mound by Holden Ferrari (five innings, two earned runs, three hits, nine strikeouts) and some late heroics at the...
Wright’s heroics propel Raiders into first place
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
On Thursday afternoon, the Westwood High varsity baseball team traveled to take on Dover-Sherborn in a battle for first place in the TVL. Behind a solid performance on the mound by Holden Ferrari (five innings, two earned runs, three hits, nine strikeouts) and some late heroics at the...
Schuermann, DS tennis remain undefeated
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Dover-Sherborn boys varsity tennis team extended their undefeated season to 12-0 on Thursday afternoon with a 4-1 victory over Westwood, but it did not come easily for the Raiders, thanks to a hard-fought effort by Aaron Janfaza and the Wolverines.
DS’s Max Schuermann earned a 6-0, 6-0 sweep over Dahra...
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Westwood Seniors produce amazing watercolors
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every Monday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., a group of artists gathers together at the Westwood Council on Aging (COA). This group comprises the advanced watercolor class, though given the crowd’s rambunctiousness, one might never know that it’s made up entirely of seniors. This group is one of three...
Letter carriers to stamp out hunger
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On Saturday, May 13, the 25th annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive will take place in Westwood, and local volunteers are hoping everyone on their postal routes will participate.
“This is the largest one-day food drive in the country,” says Jack Curran, Vice-President of Local 742 of the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO) and...
Westwood takes indoor soccer victories
The fourth and third-grade boys indoor soccer teams of Westwood took first and second, respectively, at the season playoffs at Forekicks in Norfolk. The playoffs were held on April 9, and the teams are a combination of the Westwood elementary schools....
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Teammates reunited at Championship
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Throughout their upbringings in Westwood, Irina Chiulli and Samantha McDonald saw a lot of each other. Whether in the pool, in the hallways at school, on the bus, in their driveways, or in their living rooms, the two now-NCAA Division I swimmers for Richmond University (Chiulli) and Fordham...
CYO basketball awards night coming
The annual St. Margaret Mary CYO basketball awards night will be held on Sunday evening, May 7, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the lower church.
The most valuable player, unsung hero and coach’s awards will be presented to players from each team. Every player from each of the St. Margaret Mary’s teams will...
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Westwood residents to sing ‘Annelies’
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Dedham Choral Society concludes its 2016-17 season and helps “remember” with a concert entitled “Lest We Forget,” featuring “Annelies” by contemporary British composer James Whitbourn on Sunday, April 30, at 3:00 p.m. at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston. Westwood residents performing in this emotionally moving concert include Brian and...
Friendly rivalry
St. Denis and St. Margaret Mary’s CYO teams recently faced off in finals at Catholic Memorial on Saturday, March 18. The girls played a great game. Good luck to St. Denis, who represents Westwood at the CYO Championship in Connecticut....
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Third graders scrimmage at varsity game
Two third-grade teams of Westwood’s in-town basketball program received quite a thrill last week as they scrimmaged at halftime of a boys varsity basketball game. The boys of “Michigan State” (coached by Micah Smith) and “Kentucky” (coached by Mike Lowney) had a great time, and relished the experience playing in front of a packed gym...
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