By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
[caption id="attachment_32854" align="alignright" width="300"] Pat Mulhall, Sherb and Sherb Jr. check-in patients for the Eyemobile.[/caption]
On Thursday afternoon, the Sherborn Lions, a nonprofit offering free health screenings through the Lions Club...
There will be a shower of flowers in the Dover Public Library this April.
Art in Bloom is coming the week of April 29-May 4, and the highlight will be the "Bloom Party" from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Monday, April 29. Artist Kira Seamon will host the event and is honored to have received a grant...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday afternoon, the Dover Library held its Lego Challenge, a one-hour event where kids are given a theme and a box full of Legos to create something unique, to be photographed and placed on the library’s Facebook page. This week’s theme was “cities,” so the kids were tasked with...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Tuesday morning, Nikolas Parent from the Curious Creatures Zoo visited the Dover Library to teach a crowded room of children about the various animals he'd brought with him.
The first animal Nikolas brought out was Lily, the red-footed tortoise. Parent set up a funny gag wherein he asked the children...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Drawing and painting are often some of the most relaxing and rewarding activities in which one can be involved.
However, they can only truly be relaxing when an individual knows the right way to approach them.
On Thursday, April 4, a group met at the Sherborn Library to learn...
Sherborn 5th grade Girl Scouts are sponsoring a town-wide egg hunt on Saturday, April 20, beginning at 10 a.m., with registration at 9:45. The hunt will take place at Pine Hill Elementary School.
The cost is $5 per child, and all proceeds will furnish the flowers to be planted by the Scouts at the Memorial Day...
Dover 10-year-old Sadie McKinlay recently competed in the USASA National Snowboarding Championships at Copper Mountain in Colorado - and was rewarded handsomely for her efforts.
[caption id="attachment_32659" align="alignright" width="300"] Dover’s Sadie McKinlay hit the slopes...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
[caption id="attachment_32582" align="alignright" width="300"] Dover’s Got Talent eventual champion Nick Mangiaratti performs an Otis Redding classic.[/caption]
On Friday night, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church held its first ever “Dover’s Got Talent”...
The Sherborn-based Brain Busters robotics team has secured a spot at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) New England Championship. The team faired remarkably well for its first year competing at the high school level, and is ranked 16th out of over 200 teams in the New England region. The team earned its spot at the...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
It’s rare that women from history get the attention they rightfully deserve. First Ladies, in particular, are rarely seen for their accomplishments in light of their husbands’ success. Seniors visiting Pilgrim Church on March 28 were given the chance to see those accomplishments a bit more clearly as...
On Friday March 22, Jamie McDonald (aka Adventureman) spoke to students at Pine Hill Elementary. Jamie recently completed his year-long run across the United States, which finished in Gloucester, to raise money for Sick Kids Hospitals. He took time off along the way to visit Pine Hill and share his message that all of us...
For the 9th year in a row Dover Sherborn Destination Imagination (DSDI) competed in a Regional competition against teams from Natick, Sudbury, Wayland, Newton and Shrewsbury. Nearly sixty DS students constituted ten teams from Pine Hill, Chickering, and the middle school. The competition was in Shrewsbury on Saturday, March 9, and the teams showcased their...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday morning, Boy Scout Troop Number One made the hike to the Dover Library to complete the third leg of their project designed to help local seniors better understand technology.
While the first two sessions were largely focused on computers, this one was based on better...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
On Thursday, March 21, members of the community made a pilgrimage to the Sherborn Community Center. Many of them carried books, some in their arms, others in bags. Some brought books wrapped in protective coverings, worried that transporting them could damage them in some way. In itself, the profusion...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
[caption id="attachment_32415" align="alignright" width="300"] Jeremiah, 5, smiles as he makes his seed balls.[/caption]
March is typically the month in which people begin preparing garden for the summer. They decide on the seeds or...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Before the singing began at the Disney karaoke party at the Dover Library on Wednesday afternoon, the crowd was promised there would be songs from “Aladdin," “Frozen," “Mary Poppins," “The Lion King” and “Moana.”
This was technically true, but failed to convey just how “Let It Go”-heavy the...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
[caption id="attachment_32305" align="alignright" width="300"] The song ‘Me and My Baby’ with Margot Memmot as Roxie. Frankie Kovrlija as the nurse. [/caption]
The Dover-Sherborn High School Drama...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
[caption id="attachment_32228" align="alignright" width="300"] A girl with a mouthful or cookies looks to her mom for help identifying its flavor.[/caption]
Oreos are said to be...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday afternoon, Powisett Farm held a cooking class that was designed to do more than fill your stomach - it was designed to bring your life balance.
Kristina Bedoya, a plant-based chef and lifestyle counselor, taught the students in attendance all about Ayurvedic cooking, an ancient Indian...