Dover musician and storyteller performs concert
Dover Town Library’s ‘Crafternoon’ heads outdoors
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After several rainy days, the sun finally came out of hiding behind the clouds to lend its rays to the Dover Town Library’s “Crafternoon.” For the third Wednesday in a row, the library has hosted a craft-filled afternoon for visitors. In previous weeks, library visitors made grass heads and...
First female firefighter paved way for progress
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The phrase “glass ceiling” has been in use quite often lately, especially with the last election. However, years before breaking the glass ceiling meant having a female candidate for president, there were glass ceilings breaking every day in ways that may have been overlooked.
Renee Foster broke her own...
Exhibit combines love of art, horses
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By Amie Speroni
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Photographer Judy Brown spent her Texas childhood dreaming of "Living on a farm surrounded by animals. In suburban Massachusetts a couple of years ago, I discovered that my fantasy farm exists in real life just up the street." This lifelong love of animals, an interest in detail, and an...
Summer Concert Series thrives in new location
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Alexis Madison isn’t quite sure how long the Summer Concert Series has been going on, but she knows it’s a well-established Sherborn tradition. The Friends of the Sherborn Library have been putting it on since the Friends Board Member moved to town, which was four years ago. “It’s probably...
Dover Library hosts annual Big Truck Day
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As technology advances and children seem to grow up faster and faster, there are few things that remain the same. One thing that remains consistent is a love and fascination with trucks.
That’s why, for the past 10 years, the Dover Library has hosted Big Truck Day. This year,...
Powisset Café is a getaway close to home
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Powisset Farm has always been both a place of respite from busy, technology-filled lives, as well as a pillar of the Dover community and an example of the town’s rural nature. Last year, as an experiment, Powisset offered a pop-up café. Due to its success, they brought it back...
St. Dunstan’s holds Vacation Bible School
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St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Dover hosted its 6th annual Vacation Bible School (VBS) during the last week of June. Forty-one kids, 27 teen counselors, and many adult volunteers participated in the VBS, the theme of which was "Hero Central."
Tying into the curriculum, participants visited their own local superheroes at the Dover...
David Doering Trail celebrates 42 years
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
There is a hidden gem in Sherborn - a quiet little trail that offers a peaceful spot to sit in the woods and enjoy the serenity a small patch of forest can bring.
Located behind the Pine Hill Elementary School is the entrance to the David Doering Nature Trail....
Erron Kinney: Gator, Titan, now Chief
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Going back 17 years, if you said at some point in the distant future that Erron Kinney would be a chief, you’d likely believe he’d be spending his Sundays at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
But, it turns out that that would not be the case.
Snap back...
Alex the Jester in Sherborn
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by Gabe Stern
Hometown Weekly Intern
Sherborn’s summer reading program kicked off with Alex the Jester performing medieval comedy for families of young children at the Sherborn Community Center on Tuesday, June 27.
The performance, spanning just over an hour, included Alexander dancing, juggling, and performing comedic magic tricks, all while encouraging audience participation.
But this...
Library showing Judy Brown equine portraits
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During regular hours through July 15, the Dover Town Library will be showing equine portraits by Judy Brown.
Following a career as Professor of Physics at Wellesley College and Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab, Judy Brown has combined her longtime passions for animals and photography. She is particularly interested in form, texture,...
Dover Library hosts ‘Slime Time’
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By Peter Kougias
Hometown Weekly Intern
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Dover-Sherborn’s got talent
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By Christina Perrone
Hometown Weekly Intern
On Saturday June 24, Drew Sveen hosted the first ever Dover-Sherborn Art Show in Dover Church’s Kraft Hall. Sveen is a junior at Dover-Sherborn High School and is responsible for curating the show. He was inspired to take on this ambitious project because he felt the need bring attention...
Powisset Farm Photo Competition opens
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Members of the community are invited to enter the 2017 Powisset Farm Photo Competition.
All photographs must be taken at Powisset Farm (anywhere on the 100 acre property), and photographers of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
Participants must register and bring in their photos by July 10.
An exhibit and voting will take...
CRS breaks ground on middle school
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Students, members of the Charles River School (CRS) community, and officials from the Town of Dover gathered on the lawn for a groundbreaking ceremony for the school’s new middle school building. The new building will be home to grades 6 – 8 and the middle school science program, and will support the school’s...
Up In Smoke BBQ delights town
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By Shayna Orent
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Following weeks of extreme weather shifts, summer finally found its groove for the Up In Smoke BBQ, hosted by the Friends of the Dover Council on Aging. The evening was a perfect “high-70s and calm” as Dover residents of all ages congregated at the Caryl Community Center to socialize,...
DSMS sixth graders present civilization project
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
As the school year winds down, most middle school students are thinking about their two and a half months away from homework and tests. But before Dover Sherborn Middle School’s sixth graders could feel the relief of summer vacation around the corner, they were tasked with one final project:...
Summer art show coming June 24
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A summer art show will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, at the Kraft Hall and the Dover Church on 17 Springdale Ave. The show will feature beautiful pieces by high schoolers and professionals for purchase.
Artists will be exhibiting and selling their pieces of all mediums, including...
Sherborn Girl Scouts repaint Pine Hill doors
