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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Yoga club helps students unwind, relax

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ife isnt easy, and school and work doesnt make it any easier. Its stressful and tiring and puts a lot of pressure on students. There are so many things to worry about. That is why three years ago, due to their love of yoga and wanting to help teens cope with the pressures of school, Dedham High School psychologists Liz Vail and Ashley Weagraff formed a yoga club. Life can be stressful, especially the life of a teenager Vail said on a recent Friday morning With all the stresses that go on in high school,

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I thought yoga would be a good thing for high school students to experience. It would be a good way for them to relax and have it amongst friends and have it be with other people as a club The yoga club meets every Tuesday after school. Through a grant from the Dedham Educational Partnership,

the club has a limited number of mats provided, though girls are welcome to bring their own. It varies from week-toweek how many girls there are due to jobs and after school activities. One week there might be four girls, the next, there might be ten. Weagraff and Vail are co-instructors of the yoga club. Both of them enjoy doing yoga and have been doing it for a number of years. Weagraff said that she loved playing soccer, and that meant a lot of running, but she also realized she needed to incorporate in other things

as well. Thats when she decided to take on yoga and has been doing it ever since. She encourages others to get involved. You go at your own pace and do what your body allows you to do Weagraff said. It is very personal for what your body can do The yoga club is currently open for all Dedham High girls. Feel free to contact Liz Vail or Ashley Weagraff if you would like to get involved. A change of clothes and water is encouraged. There might even be a few fun eld
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Store faces penalty

Selectmen slap liquor store with 6-month suspension
By Sally Edmonds
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Dedham High School students Brianna Dozier, Meghan Goddard and Lexie Bernazzani stretch during a meeting of the schools yoga club on Tuesday, Jan. 8. For more photos visit WickedLocalDedham.com. WICKED LOCAL
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Selectmen brought down the gavel on a Dedham liquor store after police found the business repeatedly violated regulations. At the Thursday, Jan. 3, selectmens meeting, the board voted to suspend the license of East Dedham Liquors, located at 258 Bussey St., for six months. Three of those months will be served Jan. 14-April 14, and the other three will take place in the next 2 years. He realizes the gravity of the situation, owner Robert Renzis attorney Stephen Miller said at the meeting, and henceforth only he and one other trusted employee will operate the business. The infraction was the fth within 16 months for East Dedham Liquors. Four of the infractions involved serving alcohol to minors, while the fth was the result of serving alcohol to an already inebriated individual. I can see the look on (Renzis) face. Half of me wants to shout, but I cant. This is not the part of the job that I like, selectmen chairman Carmen DelloIacono said. The towns Rules and Regulations for Alcohol Licenses, which typically inform the penalties that selectmen impose, does not include guidelines for
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Dedham Square Country Store

WHERE 626 High St., Dedham HOURS Sundays 10 to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays noon to 5 p.m. ONLINE www.dedhamsquarecountrystore.com/

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In a matter of seconds Greg Agnew, Sr. and Greg Agnew, Jr. rattled off the names of children grown on our food. Where else can you say something like that? asked Greg Agnew, Jr., of Westwood. The Dedham Square Country Store is more than a business; its a community. In the three years the store has been in Dedham Square, the father and son team estimate 10 to 15 local kids have been nourished on the vegetables purchased through the market.

Dedham Square Country Store proprietor Greg Agnew, Jr., at his market on a Wednesday afternoon.
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Open from 10 to 2 p.m. on Sundays and noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, the market offers

a variety of fresh produce, teas, bread, milk, eggs, butter, old fashioned doughnuts and for

the season, local firewood. The store also offers a CSA, or community supported agriculture program, that offers produce, milk, eggs and bread. It is where you can get the one-stop shopping experience, Dennis Sullivan, 24, of Dedham said on a recent Wednesday afternoon. Hes been working at the market for almost a year.

The move to Wednesday hours was at the request of the patrons. The customers teach you what you should and shouldnt do, Greg Agnew, Jr. said. We always run things by them they make the difference. Fresh produce from Greg Agnew Sr.s LemonThyme Farm lines

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people buy produce and antiques. From Page A1 From dishes, to knickknacks to jewelry, custhe left side. On a recent tomers can bring in Wednesday, the offerings items they think will ranged from green beans, sell and well sell them, spaghetti squash, beets Greg Agnew, Jr. said of and carrots. the new venture. DonatGreg Agnew, Sr., said ed items can equal a permany customers comcentage discount or a ment on the low prices trade on other products of the vegetables. He exat the store, he said and plained that the Hanexplained that it is still in son-based farm has the beginning stage. a 12-month growing The store also offers a season. community supported agWe are a standard riculture (CSA) program. price, he said. CSA customers know On the other side of that there is always going the room, fresh bread to be something differfrom Clear Flour Bakery ent and it is a wide array in Brookline and Roslinof fruits and vegetables, dale-based Fornax Bread, Greg Agnew, Jr. said. are for sale next to oldThe early spring CSA fashioned doughnuts. starts on Sunday, Jan. 14, The aroma of freshly and runs 10 weeks. For brewed coffee and warm $170 for a half share or apple cider mixes with $275 for a full share, parthe homemade soaps and ticipants will get an ascandles, creating a homey sortment of produce feel inside the market. throughout the season. The back room has A full share is two been transformed into a large reusable bags and book nook and clearing- a half share is one reushouse for collectibles. able bag filled to the top, On Sundays peoGreg Agnew, Jr. said. ple buy mostly produce, The CSA focuses on the Joe Smith, 28, of Rockstaples, he said, and it land, said at the marisnt for everyone. ket. But on Wednesdays It forces you to cook

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Dedham Square Country Store is on High Street in Dedham.

with what you have and it forces you to not waste food, he said. To register for the spring CSA stop by the country store during business hours. For questions, email CSA@dedhamsquarecountrystore.

com. Looking ahead, the father and son team want to see the store grow and be open more hours. I would like to see it become part of Dedham Square as a destination, Greg Agnew, Sr. said.

You do that by opening more hours, you do that by making more of the commitment to the community, which we do. To jumpstart this mission, Greg Agnew, Jr. plans to launch a fundraising page on

kickstarter.com for the country store. He has a goal of raising $15,000 to build the farm, grow the store and support surrounding community. Greg Agnew, Jr., expects to launch the fundraiser in February.

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Peach Salsa and marmalades from Lemon Thyme Farm are among the propducts for sale at the Dedham Square Country Store. WICKED LOCAL STAFF
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Handmade soap for sale at the Dedham Square Country Store. WICKED LOCAL
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Greg Agnew, Jr. poses at the Dedham Square Country Store. The store offers a community supported agriculture program, that provides produce, milk, eggs and bread.
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New to the force

Selectmen also sworn in three new police officers at its meeting. Dedham High graduates Samantha Colarusso, Michael Feely, Jr. and Jason Sullivan have been on the job for about three weeks, but were made official at the Jan. 3 initiation. Attending family members including Colarussos grandmother, Sullivans anc, and Feeley Sr., a Dedham Police Sergeant. Cularusso, whose brother Michael Paige is a Dedham reghter, majored in Criminal Justice at Curry College, before working with the Department of Corrections at Pondville, a minimum security prison in Norfolk, and as a summer officer in Nantucket. Feeley, Jr. studied management at Boston College and worked in medical sales. Sullivan received a masters degree in education from Fitchburg State University and taught for ve years.

fourth or fth violations, though the recommended discipline for the third occurrence is a 30 days suspension to revocation of the license. Sgt. Michael Buckley, during a Nov. 1 sting operation, found two other businesses, the Dedham Hilton and Wicked Pizza at Legacy Place, out of 43 visited were serving alcohol to minors. It was the second violation for both businesses. Both businesses had its licenses were suspended for seven days, four of which will be served Jan. 15 through Jan. 18, and three of which must occur within two years. The sentences were lighter than the recommended discipline for a second infraction, 10-21 days suspension. In both cases the establishments took measures to prevent repeat occurrences, such as carding all patrons, and the employees who committed the violations were terminated, according to Wicked Fire On the road Kissed Pizza attorney PeThe new officers and ter Zahka and Hilton at- selectmen likely had torney Dennis Gannon. a smooth ride home:

Dedhams roads are above average for the commonwealth, and road repair costs will come in $74,000 under budget for fiscal 2012, according to the Pavement Management Report presented by Town Engineer Jason Mammone and Deparment of Public Works director Joe Flanagan. In 2012, almost 23,000 linear feet of roads were redone, and over 7,000 linear feet of roads received preventative maintenance. As a result, Dedham scored an 82 on the pavement condition index, up from a 70 six years ago. Most towns aim to achieve a 78 to 82 rating. Because maintenance is cheaper than repair, the higher rating equals savings for the Dedham, Mammone noted. The report also projected that if Dedham continues to receive equivalent funding from Chapter 90, a state program that reimburses roadwork, roads will only need $525,000 from the town of Dedham, down from $1.5 million. Sarah MacDonald cautioned, however, that Chapter 90 funding may be slashed in the upcoming year.