Young Wellesley sisters give back
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sanah and Sanya Goenka have been raising money for the American India Foundation for years now. Their fundraising in 2015 resulted in a donation of $3,225, while in 2016, the girls raised $4,625. The two sisters are Wellesley natives.
What’s the most incredible thing about all of this?
Sanah...
Rocky Woods offers wreath making and more
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Rocky Woods was recently named an “excite property” by the Trustees of Reservations, and it’s easy to see why. This past Saturday, Rocky Woods offered a wreath-making activity entitled Wreaths from the Trees. This was the first year the activity had been offered, but the property is certainly building...
Wellesley students honored for being green
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The concept of being green encompasses a wide range of ways in which people reduce waste, reuse things, and recycle materials. On Thursday, October 20, in the Linden Square, two groups of Wellesley Students were honored for their work to help make Wellesley a greener town.
The first group...
A Pilgrimage to Rocky Woods
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
On a Wednesday morning, Medfield's Rocky Woods Reservation is like many other nature preserves in the state. The parking lot is dotted with the vehicles of dog-walkers and casual hikers. A canopy of pines covers one's path into the forest. It is quiet, save the occasional songbird.
Suddenly, you catch...
Medfield Girl Scouts turn 100
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
An older scout dressed in a green sash helps a younger scout pin a celebratory red rose onto their brown sash. Local businesses offer discounts to anyone wearing a uniform. Trills and Chills, an a Capella group, perform on the gazebo. A blue tent decorated in green, white, and...
Westwood Girl Scouts take trip to the State House
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Cadette Girl Scouts showed their “Girl Power on the Hill” by participating in a day-long program at the Massachusetts State House during their recent school vacation.
The group of 80 Girl Scouts and leaders from all over eastern Massachusetts included 30 participants from Westwood.
The girls were welcomed to the State House by...
Girl Scouts host Farm Day
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A group of Girl Scouts welcomed back Farm Day in Sherborn last Sunday, as several farms opened their doors and invited the public to learn more about farms in their backyards. Several farms, including Dowse’s Farm, Sweet Meadow Farm and Sunshine Dairy participated in the Farm Day.
The farms offered fun activities for...
Medfield Girl Scout collects for animals
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by Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Medfield's Gabby Connelly would be the first to tell you that being a Girl Scout isn't just about selling treats to people. It's about collecting them for her four-legged friends, too.
Gabby is soliciting donations for the Metrowest Pet Pantry in Millis as part of her Girl Scout Silver...
Sherborn Girl Scouts Bring Back Farm Day
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By Robert Rosen
Hometown Weekly Staff
Farm Day is coming back to Sherborn, and it’s being organized and brought to the community by three eighth grade Girl Scouts seeking to earn their Silver Award.
Emma Stiller, Jordyn Devellis and Amanda Dye have put in nearly 50 hours apiece learning about the history of farming in Sherborn...
Scouting for Food to benefit Needham food pantry
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
On Saturday, March 19 at 8 a.m., Needham Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will be collecting bags of food to be delivered to the Needham Community Council Food Pantry for the annual Scouting for Food collection.
The bags will be passed out...
Westwood Daisy troop gets recycling tips from young recycler
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Last week, the members of a local Daisy Troop learned how they can help protect wildlife from the impacts of what we buy and how we dispose of it by reducing, reusing and recycling.
Abigail Miller, a fifth grade essayist from Deerfield whose inspiring essay was published in the Hometown Weekly several weeks...
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