By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With Christmas just around the corner, the Committee to Celebrate Sherborn’s 350th Anniversary, along with the Sherborn Community Center Foundation (SCCF) and the Sherborn Lions Club (SLC) hosted a festive “Shop Sherborn” Holiday Market event on Saturday, December 7th. Community members filed into the Sherborn...
by Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Massachusetts’s Horticultural Society’s (MHS) 16th annual Festival of Trees is in full swing this holiday season, much to the delight of the local community. Opening weekend was bustling, as visitors flocked to the Garden at Elm Bank on the Dover/Wellesley line to browse the dozens...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With Christmas just around the corner, the Sherborn Lions Club (SLC), along with the Sherborn Community Center Foundation (SCCF) and the Committee to Celebrate Sherborn’s 350th Anniversary, hosted a festive Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday, December 7th. Families and friends gathered together at the...
On Friday, November 29, the Dover Police Department (DPD) reported: “At 11:00 hours, Dover Officers responded to Claybrook Road for an unwanted person. Upon arrival, our Officers encountered a male subject armed with a knife, retreated and attempted to deescalate the situation. The subject barricaded himself in the house and mutual aid resources...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The annual Amelia Peabody Memorial Foxhunt (APMF) took place at Powisset Farm on Saturday, November, 23rd. This community event celebrating open space, the generous legacy of Amelia Peabody and the time-honored tradition of the sport of fox hunting was presented by...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As part of the Town of Sherborn’s 350th anniversary and the Town of Holliston’s 300th anniversary, the Sherborn Historical Society and the Holliston Historical Society co-hosted a special program. “The Big Split” was presented at the Sherborn Library to a large...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In honor of Veterans Day, the town of Sherborn came together on Monday, November 11th to hold a Veterans Day Event at the Sherborn Town Hall. The event started promptly at 11 am to honor active military personnel and Veterans within...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Boggestow Garden Club (BGC) held an event titled “Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden: a tribute by Callie Cohen,” at the Sherborn Community Center. This spectacular performance was in celebration of Sherborn’s 350th Anniversary.
Cohen, who gave a first person portrayal of Eleanor...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Recently, at the Sherborn Library, John Hedly presented information on how to get started in beekeeping. A director of the venerable Worcester County Beekeepers Association (WCBA), John shared his knowledge of the types of honeybees and the jobs they do, how to set up a...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
For those who were interested in trying their hand at learning to read tarot cards, the Dover Town Library held an excellent class by tarot teacher Laura Campagna from Laura Campagna Astrology. Within this workshop, attendees were able to learn about...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In honor of Halloween, the Sherborn Library hosted a kids' Halloween costume parade, held both inside and outside the library. Children ages 0 to 5, along with their guardians, were invited to wear their favorite costumes and practice trick-or-treating before the...
The Dover Sherborn Middle School play is set to have a novice actor take the stage this winter. Sunny, a three-and-a-half-year-old Golden Retriever, will be playing the role of Sandy the Pup in the December production of Annie.
“It’s really fun to work with Sunny,” said Brynn Cullum, an eighth-grade...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Ghouls, witches, princesses, wizards, and creatures of all kids ventured out to Pine Hill Elementary this past Saturday, October 26th to take part in Sherborn’s fourth annual trunk-or-treating event. Trunk-or-treating is an event where adults decorate the back of their cars...
By Frederic Courtin
Community Contributor
The Dover Sherborn High School Drama Program is excited to invite the community to witness a new twist on the classic tale of ambition, guilt and fate in their upcoming production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Performances are in Mudge Auditorium on Friday, November...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Sherborn Library hosted some friendly competition throughout the month of October with their 5th Annual Jack-O-Lantern Competition. Twenty three families participated this year and each of the pumpkins were decorated in such fun, unique ways.
Families were...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Charles River School hosted its annual Touch a Truck event, inviting the community to come and check out local machines. Touch a Truck events encourage all ages to explore the inner workings of different community vehicles and meet the people...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With Halloween right around the corner, the Sherborn Library decided to get tweens and teens in the spirit by hosting a Halloween Resin Jewelry event. Located in the Friends’ Teen Room on the second floor of the library, those in grades...
by Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Recently, visitors flocked to the 138th annual New England Fall Flower Show. The event took place at The Garden at Elm Bank, the 36-acre home of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society (MHS). This year’s show boasted quite an array of activities, demonstrations,...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Dover Mother’s Association (DMA) and the Dover Land Conservation Trust (DLCT) presented the Springdale Field Festival. This kickoff-to-fall event was located at Springdale Field right in Dover, MA in which the weather conditions could not have been more perfect.
