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Pandemic brings Dover transfer station changes

The Dover Recycling Committee has suspended sales of all recycling bins, rain barrels and composters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transfer station sticker applications are also suspended.

Residents should continue to sort and clean their recyclables and deposit them in the appropriate containers. All high touch areas are closed, including the...

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Public access releases weekly highlights

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Medicine - Dover Channel: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Sherborn Channel: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 6:30 a.m....

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Cavi Carroll cheers up the neighborhood

By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff

A majority of the population has found itself mostly confined to their property since mid-March. The most exciting events of the week are limited to grocery store visits, trips to the mailbox, and daily walks around the neighborhood. To say that people are itching...

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Dover Library brings programming online

By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff

Following the first coronavirus closures in March, I had the horrible realization that the stories I usually cover would be at a standstill. All of our local libraries shut their doors. All of the annual spring community events were canceled. People became resigned to...

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‘Sherborn Walks’ a social-distancing must-read

By James Kinneen,
Hometown Weekly Reporter -

While most businesses are in significant financial trouble, a few are flourishing because of the coronavirus crisis. But while you’d have to be a psychic, an epidemiologist, or a certain couple of United States senators to have seen the shutdown coming and profited...

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Park and Rec departments adapt to virus

By James Kinneen,
Hometown Weekly Reporter -

In the face of the coronavirus crisis, every government department is adapting in some way. But when your services are in large part based around bringing people together, you need to adapt even more. Such is the case for Sherborn Recreation and Dover...

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Arts/Crafts Fair cancelled, unveils website

The annual Arts and Crafts Fair, organized by the Friends of the Sherborn Library, has been cancelled this year in light of coronavirus.  To support the small businesses that usually sell at the event, organizers have created an online marketplace: www.sherborncraftfair.com.

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Despite pandemic, Unity Farm’s mission continues

By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff

Humans aren't the only ones whose lives have been altered by the coronavirus.

While many shelters and humane societies are trying to adapt amid the COVID-19 crisis, Sherborn’s Unity Farm Sanctuary has had to find the best way to operate without their...

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ScienceTellers program to be presented online

On Wednesday, April 22, from 2-2:45 p.m., the Dover Town Library will host an online Zoom program for all ages, ScienceTellers: Aliens!

This online event will give viewers a front-row seat to all of the spectacular effects, complete with requests for predictions and even some special highlights from the audience....

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Sherborn moves town meeting, postpones election

Sherborn Interim Town Clerk Jacklyn R. Morris has announced that on April 2, the Sherborn Select Board voted to move the Annual Town Meeting from Tuesday, April 28, to Tuesday, June 16. The location and time will be at Lindquist Commons at 7 p.m. at the Dover-Sherborn Regional School complex, as with past...

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Social Distance Files: ‘Walden’ in Sherborn

By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor

“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ― Henry David...

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Dover Foundation invites scholarship/grant apps

The Dover Foundation is inviting scholarship and grant applications, which are due on May 1.

The Dover Foundation is a non-profit, all volunteer organization, that has served the Dover community since 1947. Its mission is to foster community spirit, neighborliness cooperation, friendships, and services within the...

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Sen. Rausch announces virtual office hours

Senator Rausch (D-Needham) will host her next virtual office hours this Friday, April 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. via www.facebook.com/events/198428084936914/. Conversations with the Senator and her staff will take place over Google Hangouts, Skype, and phone calls.

Residents from any part of the Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District...

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Sherborn announces sustainability team

In accordance with recommendations in its Master Plan, Sherborn is moving forward to help reduce the severity of climate change while also acting to mitigate its effects. 

On behalf of the Sherborn Select Board, Town Administrator David Williams has announced the formation of a team of employees focused on matters...

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Social distance files: the grand tour

By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor

Wednesday, March 25. 

The mission is simple: drive through all of Hometown Weekly’s communities, maintain appropriate distance from passers-by, and record what’s changed since the coronavirus pandemic began. I’ve plotted a sensible route: I’ll head from Walpole center...

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USPS worker tests positive for COVID-19

On March 24, the Sherborn Board of Health (BOH) and Sherborn Emergency Management (SEM) received a report that an employee at the Sherborn United States Postal Service (USPS) branch had potentially tested positive for COVID-19. Through further investigation, it was confirmed on March 25 that the employee had tested positive. 

Dover Transfer Station announces coronavirus measures

In an effort to protect the community during the coronavirus outbreak, the Dover Board of Selectmen, in conjunction with the Superintendent of Streets, have closed the following high-touch areas at the Transfer Station until further notice: redeemable bottle/can trailer, the swap shop, textile and book bins, and the furniture shed.

Dover kids conquer Room of Requirement

By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Over the last few years, the popularity of escape rooms has risen. No matter the theme, escape rooms follow the same rule of play: participants come into a room where they must solve puzzles using clues and hints to eventually “escape” before time runs out. On Wednesday, February 19, kids...
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StoryWalk beckons at Powisset Farm

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By Amelia Tarallo  Hometown Weekly Staff Given my line of work and the areas I cover, every so often, I'm sent to explore a local park or hiking trail. I appreciate nature, but typically avoid going out into it as much as possible for fear of snakes, bugs, and the occasional patch of quicksand. I...
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Teens cook up brownies from scratch

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter Because sweets are an integral part of Valentine’s Day, this year, the Dover Town Library (DTL) decided that they would let their teens bake brownies and decorate them for the holiday on Friday afternoon. But while plenty of places will let you frost a pre-made sugar cookie with pink...
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