Westwood Minute (@WestwoodMinute) posts original content and also curates news and information from the Twitterverse for its Twitter subscribers. It's a way of placing hyperlocal news in a larger context. Below is a sampling of what happened on Twitter this week.
Friday, March 11, 2022
South Walpole residents residing at the boundary of Walpole and Foxborough are concerned with plans to expand Gillette Stadium parking. Residents say the expanded parking will be too close to their backyards.
(WCVB-TV Boston, 2022)
https://twitter.com/WCVB/status/1502417356299116556?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg
Medfield Girls’ Basketball advances to the Final Four in the MIAA Division 2 State Tournament.
(Medfield Athletics, 2022)
https://twitter.com/MedfieldAD/status/1502454415764201475?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg
Thursday, March 10, 2022
A male pedestrian in his 20s was seriously injured when he was struck by a car on Washington Street, in Islington in the early evening of Thursday, March 10, 2022. Westwood Fire Paramedics responded and requested a Boston Medflight. Around 4:30 p.m., an ambulance and a few Westwood Police cruisers were seen in the vicinity of Hanlon School, the landing zone for the medical flight.
(Westwood Minute, 2022)
https://twitter.com/WestwoodMinute/status/1502124955277971456?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg
Dedham Police seized “a large quantity of mushrooms, THC oils, over 300 THC filled chocolate candy bars, a large quantity of THC filled ampules used in Vape like smoking products, a significantly large amount of marijuana, and over $250,000 in cash” on Thursday this week. The police investigation included surveillance of location following neighbor complaints of “frequent and obvious drug sales” to minors.
(Dedham Police Dept, 2022)
https://twitter.com/DedhamPD/status/1502329105026629637?s=20&t=QIc_FXv0GAdyHA-bzBa9vA
Westwood Girls Basketball loses to Canton in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night. The score in overtime was Canton 52, Westwood 49.
(Westwood Girls Basketball, 2022)
https://twitter.com/WWgirlshoops/status/1501383046121021440?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Westwood Girls Hockey loses to Algonquin Regional High School in a playoff game at Canton Ice House, 0-2.
(Tom Leydon, 2022)
https://twitter.com/TomLeyden/status/1501745446447992836?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg
After two years, Boston Public Health Commission decides to end a state of emergency in Boston.
(GBH News, 2022)
https://twitter.com/GBHNews/status/1501687222776516608?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Female troopers carried the casket of Massachusetts State Trooper Tamar Bucci, who was killed in a crash the previous week.
(WCVB-TV Boston, 2022)
https://twitter.com/WCVB/status/1501299165405585408?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg
Monday, March 7, 2022
Dedham Savings tweets in honor of Sophia Foord, the banking institution’s very first customer, as March marks Women’s History Month. She deposited $50.
(Dedham Savings, 2022)
https://twitter.com/DedhamSavings/status/1500833541319544835?s=20&t=9AzRtFpYCqskGs67uPkaEw
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Xaverian Brothers High School Hawk Robotics competed in its first robotics competition in the FTC division.
(Xaverian Brothers HS, 2022)
https://twitter.com/XBHS/status/1500569463187554304?s=20&t=itnGzspZmxwDr_MTIzEtkg