PHOTOS: Dedham Square Christmas Tree Lighting

Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" enchants crowd.

Challenging, often head-shaking funny and visually electrifying, "Gerry Bergstein: Effort at Speech" presents an important regional artist at the center of a constellation of four exhibits examining the legacy of Boston Expressionist painters.

If every American had one meat-free day a week (no beef, poultry, pork or fish), it would be the environmental equivalent to taking 8 million cars off the road, according to the Environmental Defense Fund.

When most people think of German-style hefeweizens, they think of the flavors of clove, and bananas from the yeast. But out in the Northwest, Widmer Brothers is making a hefeweizen that's not meant to be a German wheat style. It's an all-American interpretation, said Rob Widmer, one of the two brothers who run the Portland, Ore., company.

I confess I am often on an unrequited quest to impress my daughters with my technical know-how, my online savvy, and my never-ending recommendations for books.

Old newspapers are fun to browse. Read the front page of one and you’ll find “Twittering” is not just a present day phenomenon.

Several misconceptions are often associated with the word “probate.” Many assume a legal matter must be complicated or problematic if the issue goes to Probate Court. However, probate is simply a legal term to describe the process of administering an estate after a person has died.

It could be those five years I spent in Italy hanging out in the piazze (squares) seeing all the townspeople coming together for a coffee and conversation, that I support Dedham Square.

To the Editor,

I read with interest the article “New Lux Cinema a Showstopper?” on the front page of the Oct. 22, 2009 issue of The Dedham Transcript. Since that article ran, there has been a lot of buzz about the decline in business at the Dedham Community Theatre and the effect it will have on Dedham Square if this trend continues. I wanted to take this opportunity to shed some light on this issue.

Dear Editor:

The Friends of Dedham Recreation and the Friends of the Dedham Pool would like to “thank” the following companies, organizations and Individuals for help making the 20^th Annual Dedham Day a huge success.

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Join Dedham Civic Pride, donors, and town officials for the clock dedication at the intersection of High and Harris Streets on Saturday, Dec. 12, at noon. The new clock promises to be a landmark for Dedham Square and a testament to the patience of the many businesses in that area that endured the bridge construction for over four years.

Investigators are looking into the death of a 38-year-old inmate at South Middlesex Correction Center. Kelly Donovan was pronounced dead at 3:58 a.m. Dec. 3 at the Western Ave. facility, after a roommate noticed she was having trouble breathing at 3:43 a.m.

Dedham Police News for Dec. 5, 2009

Join Dedham Civic Pride, donors, and town officials for the clock dedication at the intersection of High and Harris Streets on Saturday, Dec. 12, at noon. The new clock promises to be a landmark for Dedham Square and a testament to the patience of the many businesses in that area that endured the bridge construction for over four years.

Norfolk County RSVP Volunteer Program is recruiting volunteers to work at a wildlife art gallery located just south of Boston. Duties include welcoming visitors to the gallery and providing basic information to visitors. Volunteer must have good communication skills, a professional appearance, and the ability to work independently. Minimum time commitment is one 2-hour period per week in the afternoon between Tuesday and Friday. Volunteers are asked to make an initial 6-month commitment.