Community Corner

Election Season Heats Up, Suspicious Package Mailed to Sprague Street Business

Catch up on all of the week's news in Dedham.

Both the budget and election seasons are heating up in Dedham as we turned the calendar into April.

The town election is Saturday, and candidates for selectmen and spent last weekend at to vote for them. 

If you missed any of our profiles on the Board of Selectmen candidates, or Q&A sessions with school committee and parks and recreation commission candidates, you can get everything under .

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Meanwhile, the Capital Expenditures Committee put the first tink in the armor of the Dedham Square Improvement Project when it . The committee met Saturday and recommended the project in a 3-2 vote after 30 minutes of discussion. 

Also over last weekend, the - and later in the week the .

Find out what's happening in Dedhamwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

received a scare when potentially dangerous explosives were delivered to a Sprague Street business. The bomb squad from Boston also responded and ruled that the explosives were inert and posed no danger. The investigation is continuing, police said later in the week.

Dr. Ruth visited with residents at NewBridge on Wednesday and with them in a very frank discussion.

If you missed any of our weekly features, now is your chance to catch up:


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