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Thanks to Westwood High School for contributing this news to Westwood Minute.
Excitement is building around Westwood High School’s newest boys sport – volleyball. The inaugural season saw the team finish with a record of 6 wins and 12 losses.
“In our first official year as a varsity program, the Wolverines showed impressive growth, staying in postseason contention right up until the final week of the season,” said Coach Nathan Costello. “Much of the credit goes to the team’s 10 senior leaders, whose dedication and passion helped guide the program’s transition from last year’s club team to a competitive force on the court. “
The boys program also garnered enough interest to field a full junior varsity team this year.
“The commitment of our upperclassmen laid a strong foundation for the underclassmen, setting the tone for a program with big ambitions and even bigger potential, "said Costello.
Boys’ volleyball is on the rise not only in Westwood, but in the Northeast part of the country. Costello said the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association expects 150 high schools to field teams next year.
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This is progress and I am glad to see the Select Board moving in the right direction. However, a majority of voters at last Monday's Special Town Meeting voted to recommend that the Select Board immediately cease its lawsuit against the Westwood Land Trust.
What is the citizen's petition about? I checked the town website, and the only information I could find on town meeting articles was from last year. The public hearing dates for 2026 are posted as February 24-25.
Apparently, you need to submit a public records request through the town's FOIA portal. What a shame, since it should have been posted to the town website upon certification of petition signatures.
Westwood Minute has obtained a copy of the petition and has added a short description of it to the article. A copy of the petition is attached below the article.