COA hosts delectable cooking demonstration
Dover, Sherborn seniors unite for picnic
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Dover and Sherborn share a middle and high school, so there isn’t a huge need to create situations for the kids in the two closely aligned towns to come together. For seniors, however, that’s not the case. To remedy that situation, the Dover and Sherborn Councils on Aging...
Center cookout provides summer fun
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
What’s says summer more than a cookout? And what’s better than a free drink?
You’d be hard-pressed to find an answer to either question, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a better way to spend six dollars than to attend one of the Center at Medfield’s summer cookouts.
For...
Remembering Walpole’s ‘Peace Crane Lady’
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By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Ora Lora (Spadafora) McGuire could not be held down. Not by the Great Depression, not by institutional sexism, not by war.
And that’s why her legacy as Walpole’s “Peace Crane Lady” is likely to last long after her recent passing on June 13, 2019, nearly a week shy of her...
Seniors sway to swing band
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
It’s not every day that people get a chance to get up and dance to real swing band.
On Tuesday, June 25, visitors at the Needham Center at the Heights were ready to enjoy their rooftop deck and break out their grill, before inclement weather put a damper on...
Neighbors gather at annual barbecue
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
With summer getting into full swing comes the return of seasonal activities - picnics outside, swimming into the late afternoon, and, of course, cookouts. On Wednesday, June 12, at the Caryl Community Center in Dover, the Friends of the Council on Aging held their sixth annual barbecue, drawing in...
COA hosts St. Patrick’s lunch
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
There were no leprechauns to be found during Westwood’s Council on Aging‘s St. Patrick’s Day celebration. However, there was plenty of green. A sea of shamrock green filled the room to the brim - green sweaters, t-shirts, scarves, hats, pants, and ties. Some had bouncy shamrocks that moved every...
Chocolate tasting party lets seniors sample
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Supposedly, the connection between chocolate and Valentine’s Day began when Richard Cadbury, desperate for...
Scouts and seniors make music together
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Many of the scouts were new to the instrument, so seniors lent them a hand when needed.[/caption]
Members of the Dover-Sherborn...
Library Friends host annual meeting
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The Friends of the Walpole Public Library held their annual meeting in December with Dr. John Warren, Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as keynote speaker. President Philip Czachorowski summarized the year and recognized retiring officers and board members, as well as the ongoing work of volunteers. Sally Rose was reelected as treasurer...
South Street Center draws in seniors
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Last Wednesday afternoon, the Walpole Council...
Reinstein to present on general stores
The Sherborn Council on Aging is set to host Ted Reinstein, who will present a program on general stores, on Thursday, February 7, from 12-1:30 p.m. The program will be held at Pilgrim Church (25 South Main Street, Sherborn). Admission is $3 per person, and includes lunch and the talk.
The general store, as old as...
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Walpole’s new senior center impresses all
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After Laurel St. Pierre was done giving her brief introduction to the brand-new Walpole Co-operative Bank South Street Center, she opened the floor to a brief question and answer period. One of the seniors from the Council on Aging wanted to know if the whole building was for them...
Scouts teach tech to seniors
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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At the Dover Town Library on Saturday afternoon, members of the Dover Boy Scouts held...
Medfield’s Helping Hearts visit seniors
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
No matter how many Christmas seasons you’ve lived through, nobody knows the second verse of “Deck the Halls.”
Such was the issue on Wednesday afternoon, when a brief technological issue nearly derailed the Christmas sing-along at the Center in Medfield hosted by the Medfield Helping Hearts, a nine-member and...
Methuen Ballet brings ‘Nutcracker’ to Wellesley
Methuen Ballet Ensemble will waltz into Wellesley on Thursday, December 27, at 2:30 p.m. at Wellesley High School, 50 Rice Street in the Katherine L. Babson Jr. Auditorium. The company will perform Excerpts from “The Nutcracker” and ballerinas will guide the audience through the Land of Sweets in Tchaikovsky’s second act of the holiday classic.
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Tolles Parsons Center welcomes curious seniors
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By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Monday, Nov. 19, the Tolles Parsons Center (TPC) held a welcome breakfast for seniors in the community.
Director of Senior Services Gayle Thieme explained that the event was intended for residents of the community who had never had a tour of the center.
“The target audience was people who hadn’t...
Council on Aging hosts R.A.D. class
Walpole Police Department is finishing up a six-week R.A.D. (rape aggression defense) course for the senior women at the Council on Aging (COA). The program has seen great attendance, and the COA is looking forward to an even larger program in its new center.
The R.A.D. program provides awareness and defense strategies for older adults....
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Dover Church hosts annual Thanksgiving luncheon
Walpole senior citizens compete at puzzles
