The Westwood Health Department is pleased to announce that the Annual Family Flu Clinic will be held for Westwood residents age five and older on Saturday, October 15, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Westwood High School gym, located at 200 Nahatan Street. The vaccine is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Health insurance...
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Boys soccer goes 2-1 on week
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
While the unbeaten streak may have come to an end with a heart breaking 1-0 loss to Westwood on Tuesday, it was still a successful week for the Dover-Sherborn varsity boys soccer team with wins coming over Holliston and Hopkinton.
The Raiders (7-1-2) began the week with a 1-0...
DSW Patriots enjoy Medway romp
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Under sunny skies Sunday afternoon in Medway, the DS-Westwood 6th Grade Patriots defeated a scrappy Colts team 40-0, and raised their record to 4-0 on the season.
Griffin Rosbottom’s first quarter interception gave the Patriots strong field position early, while power running by Michael Polk,...
Girls volleyball downs Westwood, 3-0
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Medfield and Westwood High girls volleyball teams met on Friday night in their annual Tri-Valley League match with the Warriors taking the first of two meetings between these two this season, 3-0.
Led by Jessica Sturchio (nine kills, eight digs) and Julia McDevitt (one kill, six digs,...
Girls soccer, Wainwright, earn milestone win
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
After beginning the year with a tough 3-2 loss to TVL rival Westwood in the season-opener, the Dover-Sherborn varsity girls soccer team has bounced back with a pair of wins to improve their record to 2-3-1 a third of the way through the 2016 season.
The Raiders have...
Westwood eats up Greek Festival
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The daytime skies have been cloudy, but the mood outside St. Mark’s Greek Orthodox Church in Westwood was anything but. Over the course of Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, the parish held its Second Annual Greek festival, featuring food, music, and an unmistakable sense of community.
Several...
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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Primary Election Day in Massachusetts
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Thursday, September 8 saw primary elections take place across the state of Massachusetts. The results of these elections will decide whose names are on the ballot for the major parties in the November general elections. Positions ranged from our representatives in Congress to the local Sheriff, and many...
Girls soccer fights to 1-1 draw
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Following a preseason trip to the Granite State that concluded with a hike up Mount Monadnock, the DS girls soccer team returned home last week for the start of school and the kickoff their 2016 season.
On Friday night, the Raiders took on Hopkinton and gave the Hillers...
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....
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...
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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DS-Westwood Patriots to start season
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The DSW 6th Grade Patriots warmed-up for the 2016 season with a successful scrimmage Thursday night against Norwood. The 6th graders open their regular season campaign against Sudbury this Saturday, September 3 at 9 a.m. on the DS High School turf. Last year's team went 8-2, losing to a tough Weston-Wayland team in...
Westwood girls cheerlead with Patriots
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Nine Westwood girls participated in the 2016 Junior Patriots Cheerleading Program. They attended two cheer and dance clinics, and one dance rehearsal hosted by the New England Patriots Cheerleaders between May and August. The program concluded with an opportunity to perform in the pre-game show when the Patriots hosted the New Orleans Saints...
(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...
14U softball wraps great summer season
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...
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....
The blue mile
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
At the south end of Memorial Beach on Dug Pond in Natick, a long line of girls in swim caps wades into the water. Behind them, back on the beach, a slightly smaller group of boys mills about, alternately offering words of encouragement and roughhousing among themselves. Parents crowd...
Westwood 10A boys ready for championship
