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Jazz Night to feature Grace Kelly

Jazz Night to feature Grace Kelly
On May 4, Medfield won’t know what hit it when Grace Kelly, a high-energy, inspirational and sell-out 25-year-old sax player and vocalist headlines Jazz Night with the award-winning Medfield High School Jazz Band and Jazz Choir, and Blake Middle School Jazz Bands. Grace Kelly will be the first-ever female guest artist and vocalist for Medfield Jazz...
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McCarthy, Lady-Warriors best Grosek, Raiders

McCarthy, Lady-Warriors best Grosek, Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Medfield and Dover-Sherborn have played some extremely memorable girls lacrosse games over the last several years, and Monday night’s first of two regular season meetings between the two teams lived up to expectations. Thanks to some huge saves in net by DS senior goaltender Natalie Grosek throughout the...
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Wheelock fairs well with science

Wheelock fairs well with science
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Every year, second grade students at Medfield’s Ralph Wheelock School spend weeks preparing for the science fair. For days, they rack their brains to conceive an idea that will wow their classmates. Hours upon hours are spent testing hypotheses and making slight adjustments to their experiments to see if...
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Hillers outlast Rideout, Warriors in thriller

Hillers outlast Rideout, Warriors in thriller
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The one team that seemingly had Medfield’s number in 2017 was Hopkinton, as the Hillers defeated the Warriors both times the two TVL rivals met a season ago. The Warriors ended up getting the final laugh last season, as Hopkinton was knocked out in the Division II...
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Spring Gala to support Neighbor Brigade

Medfield is known for being a "giving community.” Many groups hold fundraisers, but what makes the Medfield Lions Club Spring Gala unique is that all proceeds raised are used by the Medfield Lions to support the needs of the Medfield Neighbor Brigade. Who are the Neighbor Brigade? The Medfield Neighbor Brigade chapter was formed in March...
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Simms, DS girls gear up

Simms, DS girls gear up
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The 2017 season ended with about as tough of a loss as they come for the Dover-Sherborn Regional High School girls varsity lacrosse team, as the No. 4 -seeded Raiders fell, 11-10, in double-overtime to arch rival and No. 5 Medfield in the Division II East quarterfinals. This...
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Rail trail warrant to be presented

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent During the 1800s, railways covered Massachusetts like a spider web. By the mid 1950s, many of these lines were abandoned. In the years since then, communities have taken these old abandoned lines and turned them into recreational spaces available for the public to use. Now Medfield is trying to dust...
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Foley, Warrior hockey roll in round-one

Foley, Warrior hockey roll in round-one
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor An 11-5-3 regular season was enough to earn the Medfield High School varsity hockey team the No. 8 seed in the 2017-2018 Division II South Sectionals. Last Wednesday night, the Warriors took to the ice at Pirelli Veterans Arena in Franklin against No. 9 North Attleboro for their...
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Hometown communities a lacrosse gold mine

Hometown communities a lacrosse gold mine
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Lacrosse has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, and the seven towns that Hometown Weekly covers (Dover, Medfield, Needham, Sherborn, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood) have all become certifiable hotbeds for the sport. But how hot, exactly? Currently, 37 NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse players reside in, or are natives to,...
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Happy birthday, Howard Kane

Happy birthday, Howard Kane
Howard Kane had his 101th birthday on February 13. A resident of the Doolittle Home in Foxboro, Howard and his wife, Dorothy, were married for 67 years and lived in Medfield for 50 years. They were married at the First Parish Unitarian Church in Medfield in 1941. Howard received a BBA and an MBA from...
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Intern Haley eyes World Lax Games

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor For the better part of the last four years, through all the amazing wins and the few heartbreaking defeats, Medfield native Haley Wong has been present on the sidelines taping up ankles and making sure that the MHS varsity lacrosse players were good to go as one of the team’s...
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MacTavish, Warriors upend rival Raiders

MacTavish, Warriors upend rival Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 2-2 tie back on December 29, the Medfield High and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys varsity hockey teams met for the second and final time in 2017-2018 on Wednesday night at Pirelli Veterans Arena in Franklin. The Warriors (10-2-2, 9-2-2) entered Wednesday’s rubber match with the...
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MacTavish, Warriors upend rival Raiders

MacTavish, Warriors upend rival Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Following a 2-2 tie back on December 29, the Medfield High and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School boys varsity hockey teams met for the second and final time in 2017-2018 on Wednesday night at Pirelli Veterans Arena in Franklin. The Warriors (10-2-2, 9-2-2) entered Wednesday’s rubber match with the...
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Marie lifts Warriors past Anderson, Wolverines

Marie lifts Warriors past Anderson, Wolverines
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor On December 12, Westwood came into Medfield and spoiled the Warriors’ home opener with a 74-64 win. On Friday night, the two rivals met again for the second and final time this season in a much-anticipated rematch, this time in Wolverine country. Behind a career-high 26-point performance by...
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Medfield U10 girls win district championship

Medfield U10 girls win district championship
The Medfield U10 girls hockey team won the district championship last week with a big 2- 0 win over a tough Canton team. The win allows the team to advance to the Massachusetts state championship tournament in March. Pictured from left to right (front row) Alana Dolan, Kamryn Perachi, Maggie Hollander, Jane Daly, Genna McDonald,...
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Williams, Warriors sweep rival Raiders

Williams, Warriors sweep rival Raiders
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Dover-Sherborn Regional and Medfield High School varsity boys basketball teams met for the second and final time this season on Friday evening as the Raiders (4-6, 3-4) looked to avenge their 60-51 defeat to the Warriors (6-4, 4-3) on their home court back on January 3. Unfortunately...
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Tyer’s late tally salvages Warrior tie

Tyer’s late tally salvages Warrior tie
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Medfield and Westwood High School boys varsity hockey teams took to the ice for their first of two meetings in 2017-2018 last Wednesday evening at Canton Ice House. Thanks to a late third period goal by senior forward Sean Tyer, the Warriors (4-2-2), were able to salvage...
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The travels of Hometown Weekly

The travels of Hometown Weekly

Thank you to all our readers for bringing your Hometown Weekly to the corners of the earth and for making our newspaper a part of your lives. You’ve made our 20th anniversary an unforgettable one.  And, without further ado, we present the travels of Hometown Weekly.

 
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Fatal car accident shakes Medfield

Fatal car accident shakes Medfield
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A three-vehicle collision on 109 has left one dead and unanswered questions in its wake. “At 1:33 PM on Tuesday, November 28th,” reads an official police press release, “the Medfield Police Department received information about a serious motor vehicle crash on Route 109 in the area of Pederzini Drive. Moments before, Medfield Police units...
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Hunt Club simulates longstanding tradition

Hunt Club simulates longstanding tradition
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Dozens of people stood along the edges of Powisset field on November 18, patiently waiting for sight of them. Children played tag to pass the time and tugged on their parents’ coats as they waited. One little boy told his mom that he wanted to return to the car,...
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