By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Westwood Community Chest needs money. And as much as it hurts them to do so, they are admitting it, and asking for the community's help.
Board member Matt Scafidi was keen to highlight the aid the 501(c)(3) nonprofit offers Westwood...
By James Kinneen,
Hometown Weekly Reporter -
When local families are looking for something to do, Wellesley Recreation has traditionally been a go-to resource. However, because of the coronavirus, the department has had to adapt and change in the face of the new rules on social distancing and an increased need...
By James Kinneen,
Hometown Weekly Reporter -
While most businesses are in significant financial trouble, a few are flourishing because of the coronavirus crisis. But while you’d have to be a psychic, an epidemiologist, or a certain couple of United States senators to have seen the shutdown coming and profited...
By James Kinneen,
Hometown Weekly Reporter -
In the face of the coronavirus crisis, every government department is adapting in some way. But when your services are in large part based around bringing people together, you need to adapt even more. Such is the case for Sherborn Recreation and Dover...
By James Kinneen,
Hometown Weekly Reporter -
With most Americans' current recreation plans eliminating gatherings with people outside of their homes, local park and recreation departments are finding themselves in the precarious position of needing to provide content while maintaining social distancing and ensuring community safety.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
From sports to restaurants, hospitals to universities, every business in America has been significantly altered by COVID-19 and the social distancing rules it’s necessitated. Real estate has been far from immune from these radical changes, with agents significantly altering the ways they buy and sell...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Watch the news these days and you’ll eventually stumble on someone fighting about coronavirus preparedness: who should’ve bought what, where funds should have been allocated, and what policies should have been enacted. Luckily for the people of Walpole, the Walpole Community...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With the economy taking a severe downturn and record high numbers of people unemployed, services that help the needy are becoming more and more vital every day. And, with the COVID-19 outbreak putting a new emphasis on social distancing, virtually every...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
To an occasional visitor, working at the Walpole Senior Center seems like a pretty sweet gig. You sign in a couple of seniors, maybe do some scheduling, watch a little pool, catch a presentation on Broadway music of the 1940s, grab a sugar cookie, and...
