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Dedham Square Country Store marks one year

Market Growth

DEDHAM-WESTWOOD WATER DISTRICT

$61 bump to bill

District says conservation is behind increase
By Edward B. Colby
STAFF WRITER

Girls basketball clinches tourney berth

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Greg Agnew stands outside Dedham Square Country Store on Jan. 31, 2011.

Q&A WITH GREG AGNEW

Occupation: Proprietor at the Dedham Square Country Store
By Andrea Salisbury

About Greg
Lives in: Westwood Age: 23 Occupation: Proprietor at the Dedham Square Country Store; Associate Producer - Marketing and Government Relations and Dedham TV Favorite vegetable: Potato Favorite recipe: Bettys Potatoes A mix of sliced baking potatoes from LemonThyme Farm, with Smiths Country Cheddar Cheese, sour cream, and crumbled crackers, all baked in a casserole dish. Pretty simple, but delicious. Ill be adding it to the website soon. We get recipe submissions everyday!

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n weekdays it looks like a homey, Americana shop with rows of jams and empty baskets just waiting for baked goods. Then Sunday rolls around and the Dedham Square Country Store is packed with shoppers, warm bread, fresh seafood, cheese and con-

versation. The 23-year-old proprietor, Greg Agnew, said there were times he never thought it would make it through the first year. Luckily it did and on Sunday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. the High Street shop will hold its anniversary party. Agnew recently talked to the Dedham Transcript about the first year in Dedham Square and his future plans.
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The Dedham-Westwood Water District has just raised its rates, with the average households water bill increasing $61 per year. Two of the three main drivers behind the increase had to do with costs, according to the Water District. The third concerned a drop in revenue due to increased water conservation. The amount of water people consume has been steadily declining over the past 15 years, as they conserve more from one year to the next, said Eileen Commane, the executive director of the Dedham-Westwood Water District. This is not unique to Dedham and Westwood, she said. It is absolutely the trend in Massachusetts. The state has set a goal of 65 gallons of water consumption per person per day. In this district, every man, woman and child used an average of 58 gallons per day in 2009, and 57 gallons per day in 2008, or in the same ballpark, Commane said.

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Cops: Fake U.S. marshal at library

Former Dedham man posed as federal officer to scam women, police say
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A New Hampshire man that federal officials said posed as a U.S. marshal to meet women and subsequently scam them out of money was tracked down and arrested on two separate occasions in Norwood and Dedham last week. Eric K. Williams, 28, faces multiple charges including theft, fraud and unlawful use of a police badge, ac-

cording to documents from the U.S. Attorneys Office. Former Dedham resident Williams, currently of Manchester, N.H., was arrested by United States Marshals Service deputy marshals at TGI Fridays in Norwood on Wednesday, Jan. 26, on Lawrence District Court warrants, according to court documents. Williams appeared in Dedham District Court the next
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Locals report plow accidents

By Edward B. Colby
STAFF WRITER

Eric K. Williams

As the snow continues to pile up in a relentless winter, a Milton driver making a turn from Eastern Avenue onto High Street was struck by a front-end loader that was doing snow removal, shattering two windows on his

cars passenger side, police said. The late-night accident, which occurred Saturday, Jan. 29, at 1:19 a.m., left dents to the frame rails in between the windows of the 2004 black Subaru Forester, which responding Officer Kenneth Ellis said would be

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Around Dedham 12-13 News 3, Opinion 4-5 Sports 9-10 Square Scoop 2 Your News 15

Score a touchdown with these snacks

Your guide to the best munchies in Dedham
By Edward B. Colby
STAFF WRITER

The Halfway Cafe

174 Washington St., 781-326-3326, www.thehalfwaycafe.com/dedham.html FOOD: Buzz wings For football, few things beat digging into a pile of wings with a friend. The Halfway Cafes Buzz wings are covered in a honey sauce that has crushed red pepper, garlic, and a bit of Franks red hot. You can also get Cafe wings, or wings with classic
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The big game is almost here a time to watch the most-hyped event of the year, and to take on sports snacks that may be over the top, but should be satisfying. From the Halfway Cafes wings to Deli After Darks Buffalo chicken dip, here is our short guide to Super Bowl munchies in Dedham.

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The Buzz wings at the Halfway Cafe on Washington Street.

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think you would make to this point? : I honestly thought at some points during the last year that we would have never made it to year one. The store is a constant work-inprogress, with so many hours each week put into planning and implementation of new products, store design, and functionality. There were some moments over the past year where I would sit at my desk and wonder if we could survive another week with the budget we had, or the products we were going to offer the following Sunday at the market. I still wonder how we made it this far, but its important to remember that we continue to need the communities unwavering support if were going to succeed and make it to year two. We have a phenomenal following in the town of Dedham, and our customers are the reason weve been in business this long.

pointment to look at the open space at 626 High St. back in October of 2009, thinking wed never be able to afford it. We were hoping to get just a simple winter farmers market-style business up and running to support the following of the summer farmers market, co-created by our friend Adina Astor. As we moved farther along through November, and into the months leading up to now, we realized the town needed more than a farmers market-style outfit, they needed organic, fresh, allnatural produce and other products year round. They needed a place that they could shop, knowing where the ingredients came from, and knowing it was truly all locally-produced. The landlords (The Odd Fellows), my father, and I all worked out a plan that would allow us to survive, and were grateful to Odd Fellows and the community for this wonderful opportunity. My motivation in keeping the market open was knowing that I was filling a need for local, organic, allnatural and fresh products, in a world that offers mostly processed, pesticide-laden foods.

About the Dedham Square Country Store

Where: 626 High St., Dedham Hours: Every Sunday, 10 a.m. 2 p.m., with special openings available upon request. Website: dedhamsquarecountrystore.com Vendors: Smiths Country Cheese, Narragansett Creamery, Crescent Ridge, Beckas Gourmet Bakery, Nashoba Brook Bakery, Jordan Bros. Seafood, LemonThyme Farm, Jansal Valley Farms, Fior DItalia Pasta & Prepared Meals, Our Favorite Dressings, ANNK Organic Designs, Penny Arts & Pottery, Puddingstone Books & Prints

The highlight for me A:beendad, and learning has spending more time with my how to be in the retail business (something hes done his whole life). Im a very firm believer that formal education can only take you so far, and its limited in what it can teach you. My dad says that if you want to learn, (and be successful), you have to be willing to bust your hump, open your ears, and get your hands dirty. Without my dad around, there would be no country store. : What is favorite Q:itemdoubtyour anything at the market? No its Afrom Beckas Gourmet Bakery! : What can Q:pectyearyearshoppers exin two? In two, shoppers expect lot of Acanjust likeatheyvesurprises, observed on a high frequency throughout 2010. I hope to install a coffee and lose leaf tea bar, all-natural smoothies, and an overall robust and full product selection. Our intent is not to encroach on anyone elses retail turf, and to honor the commitment weve made to our customers to open more hours as time goes on.
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years. I definitely still want to be in business, I want to be open at least five days a week, and I want to expand our customer base deeper into the surrounding communities (especially my hometown of Westwood), so that we can educate more people about the advantages of eating and living healthy. As for the rest of my dreams, youll just have to periodically drop by and see.

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It is good that people are conserving, but one consequence of less water use is that the billing related to that water use goes down, she said. The higher rates will help offset the adverse revenue impact from saving water in households and businesses, the Water District said as it announced

the increase, following a 5-0 vote by the Dedham-Westwood Water District Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The new rates took effect on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The average household, which uses about 65,000 gallons of water per year, will see its water bill increase from $394 to $455 annually which works out to an additional $15 per quarterly bill, or $0.17 per day. The last price hike in March

2009 was more modest, resulting in an increase of $6 or $8 a year for the average residential customer, Commane said. The district said the new increase was also prompted by higher operating costs including labor, electricity and health care, and $3 million of investments it made in replacement water mains, service lines, meters, and other water works equipment in 2009 and 2010.

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