Youth & Family Services awards volunteers
Rubber duckies come to Sherborn
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Bath time is usually easier for kids when they have something with which to entertain themselves.
Some parents invest in bubble baths, so their kids can put on fake beards and soapy wigs. Others invest in tub toys, like plastic fish or dolls, for their children to play with....
Withrow teaches kids about writing tools
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Tuesday afternoon, Steven Withrow visited the Wellesley Library to teach a small group of kids all about ways poets and authors play with language to describe things without using pictures. Withrow, a teacher, poet and author of “A Poem is a Chameleon,” came from Falmouth to teach...
Needham’s Lamenzo publishes children’s book
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Having a picky eater can be a struggle for many parents - and for kids, as well, for whom the pressure to try new foods that they may not like can feel overwhelming.
In her new book, “Addy Wants to Fit In,” Jacky Lamenzo explores the relationship between children and...
Library holds Music Makers event
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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On Monday, April 8, the Medfield Library held their “Music...
Dover kids guess the Oreo type
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Oreos are said to be...
Seniors invited to intergenerational pool hall
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Maybe the seniors were scared.
On Tuesday night, the Needham Center...
Young inventors make grabbers at library
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
“Has anyone ever used any robots?” was the key question asked of children at the Dover library on Thursday, February 28. Some children nodded.
If they hadn’t before, they were going to learn today.
Children came to the Dover Library, back fresh and well-rested after finishing their February break,...
Wellesley kids learn about maple syrup
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While kids looking for snow days, plow drivers looking for easy money, and skiers looking for fresh powder might not be happy February hasn’t been bitterly cold, one group of people are very pleased with the weather: maple syrup makers.
Yes, it ends up that maple sap flows...
Kids sing with Sarah at library
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Before the snow started falling on Tuesday afternoon, February 12, the community room of the Needham Public Library was ringing loudly with a musical cacophony of ukulele strings, improvised percussion pieces, and the singing voices of children and parents alike.
Undeterred by the impending inclement weather, a full...
Needham kids eat their feelings
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Like millions of lonely, dateless singles around the country, on Valentine’s Day, the kids of Needham were eating their feelings.
But there were no pints of ice cream, bottles of wine or tissues filled with tears at the Needham Library’s “Eat Your Feelings” event, just kids, sugar cookies, frosting,...
Dover Library, CRS host STEM program
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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On Wednesday the 16th, The Dover Town Library and the Charles River School hosted their first of a now-ongoing STEM program (STEM standing for science, technology, engineering, and...
Needham’s kids read to Tucker
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By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Tucker is a seven-year-old collie-shepherd-something. “When his ears go back, he kind of looks like a greyhound,” said Tucker’s owner, Adam Cutter, “but we really don’t know.”
Tucker is a trained therapy dog, he has brown inquisitive eyes, and when he’s not comforting residents at rehab centers and...
Medfield’s Irish dancers take first steps
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While far too young to remember the wildly successful nineties cultural phenomenon “Riverdance,” the children who gathered at the library on Tuesday to learn about Irish dancing were nonetheless delighted to take their first steps.
Yes, a group of around fifteen children from the “Fortnite Dance Challenge” generation were taught...
Library adds color to weekly events
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With libraries increasingly moving towards incorporating technology, the Dover Town Library boasts a decidedly old-school remedy to relieve visitors’ stress: adult coloring books.
Yes, the long-preferred time killer of first grade teachers, overworked moms and sippy-cup-serving waitresses everywhere has made its way to adults, and the Dover Library wants to help...
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Hale to #OptOutside on November 23
On Friday, November 23, Hale is taking part in the movement to #OptOutside with a free scavenger hunt. This self-guided adventure encourages kids, parents, friends, and neighbors to spend time together exploring nature rather than spending time and money at a shopping mall.
“It’s our way of reminding people that no matter what season we’re in,...
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CRS to host Peg Dawson
On Thursday, November 8, at 6:30 p.m., Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP will share tools and strategies that parents and teachers can use to help "smart but scattered" kids become successful problem solvers and self-reliant adults. She will share the skills that are critical for school and life success, and the role executive skills play in...
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Needham Junior Football fights to finish
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Photo by Doug Fox
Needham Junior Football finished up its 2018 season hosting four squads from Weymouth and one from Attleboro at Memorial Park. Needham’s youngest squad - its third and fourth graders - continued to shine, while the eighth and sixth grade squads earned big victories, with the sixth graders shutting out their...
Sherborn Library hosts Friendly Witch
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By Robby McKittrick
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In the spirit of Halloween, the Sherborn Library hosted a fun performance for the kids by bringing in performer and musician Elaine Kessler. As the Sherborn Library is still under construction, the program was hosted in the nearby Sherborn Community Center.
Kessler, also known as the Friendly Witch, has...
Medfield fall baseball in full swing
