Category Archive for "Dover-Sherborn"

Memory statue to receive facelift

The mysterious lady draped in black located at “the split” in Sherborn is getting a beauty treatment. The statue and surrounding monument are the centerpiece of the Sherborn Local Historic District and were given to the town in 1924 by a local son, William Bradford Homer Dowse. As with any aging lady, periodic conservation treatments...

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By Kevin Shale A short walk through Highland Cemetery is also a journey through Dover’s history. Here lie the men and women who wrote that history. Yankees to the core, they were farmers, tradesmen, mothers, patriots, and soldiers, some of whom would give their lives in service to their country. We celebrate these heroes...

Brain Busters make waves at Championship

The Sherborn based Brain Busters Robotics team earned the prestigious Judges Award at the FIRST World Championship. The four-day event was held in Detroit and attended by more than 40,000 people, with 15,000 students from 37 countries competing. The Brain Busters team is comprised of Ryan Bendremer (13), Zachary Szeto (14), and Riya Bahadur (14). After...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter For some, the start of spring is the date of the March equinox. Others don’t consider the season to have arrived until the snow melts away and the trees and flowers begin blooming. However, for many, the spring finally springs when the Massachusetts Horticultural Society opens the Gardens at...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter After a long, chilly winter, residents of Dover rejoiced in the arrival of spring. Last week, when 85-degree weather rolled into town, it was understandable that so many spent every moment of the afternoon soaking up the sun. However, a handful of children decided to take a break from...

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Erik Cohen, 16, a sophomore from Dover, won gold in all of his swimming events last weekend at Boston University. His events were the 4x25m freestyle relay, 100m freestyle, and 50m freestyle. He swims with the Special Olympics Chapter in Brookline, MA, where he also attends high school. Erik has won gold in...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter While there is much to do at Powisset Farm, visitors from all over Massachusetts head to the farm to participate in “Powisset Cooks!” – one of the farm’s many cooking programs. On April 28, a group of home cooks joined Meqdes Mesfin in the Powisset test kitchen, ready to...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Robots are fascinating machines. They assist in intricate surgeries and help build automobiles. They can open doors and run faster than Usain Bolt. Some countries have even welcomed artificial intelligence with open arms and grants of citizenship. While some may fear that technology is evolving too fast, many children are...

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Timed just right for Mother’s Day, the Boggestow Garden Club Annual Geranium Sale will be held on Saturday, May 12, as part of the Sherborn Library Arts and Crafts Fair. The sale will take place on Jamison Field near the entrance to Pine Hill Lane at 10 a.m. — no advance sales —...

DSMS presenting comedic plays this weekend

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Fifty-five Dover-Sherborn Middle School students are busy rehearsing for three comedic one-act plays. Audience members of all ages will love a funny spin on their favorite superheroes in the comedy, "Superheroes, With Great Power Comes Ordinary Responsibilities." The hilarious play, "Game of Tiaras," is a mash-up of Disney princesses and "Game of Thrones"...

In a typical April, Sheridan Miller and Michael Jones would be involved with a spring production for The Dover Foundation, a philanthropic organization that has provided scholarships to graduating Dover students for the past 70 years. This year, however, their usual performance space at the high school was unavailable, due to it being used for the state’s...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter They’re clunky and heavy, and many classrooms have replaced them with sleeker and more modern technology. However, the overhead projector has not become obsolete yet. Vinny Lovegrove, a visiting puppeteer at the Dover Town Library, proved on April 18 that overhead projectors are perfect for puppet shows. As dozens of...

Sherborn actor in ‘Lucky Stiff’

Sherborn's George Motley is set to perform in the Walpole Footlighters' production of "Lucky Stiff." Nebbishy British shoe store clerk Harry Witherspoon’s life is going nowhere until he learns that an American uncle he’s never met has left him $6,000,000 worth of diamonds. There’s only one catch – the terms of Tony Hendon’s will require Harry...

DS hosting Challenge Success regional kick-off

Dover-Sherborn High School will host a parent education event featuring keynote speaker Dr. Brad Sachs on Friday, May 4, from 7:00-8:30 p.m., in the Mudge Auditorium at Dover-Sherborn High School. Dr. Denise Pope will join Dr. Sachs on stage for a conversation about the prevalent stress and anxiety facing adolescents today. They will promote a...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Every Thursday, the community’s seniors gather at Sherborn’s Pilgrim Church to enjoy lunch with the Sherborn Council on Aging’s Senior Café. Accompanying a delicious spread each week is some kind of program. Sometimes it’s an entertainer. Other times, it’s related to health or travel. And once a month, the...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Growing up, you may have been told that animals do not have feelings. You may have seen your pet as a commodity, rather than a family member. Perhaps you were told as a youth that humans are superior to animals. Sherborn-based anthrozoology professor Paul Waldau challenged those who grew up...

Packaging love and nutrients for Puerto Rico

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter It seems almost impossible to create 20 thousand meals in just two hours. When the community gets together to do it, though, it’s an easy task. On April 6, members of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Dover partnered with the Outreach Project to create packaged meals for those in...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter School lunches get a bad reputation. While America’s school lunches are frequently thought of as microwaved slop, Dover Sherborn Public Schools planned a lunch for the middle and high school students that proved school lunches can easily be delicious and healthy. With the help of professional chef from the John...

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After years of experience performing on stage, six Dover-Sherborn High School students are switching roles and making their directorial debut. Student directors Benjamin Hodson-Walker, Lila Hovey, Aidan Levinson, Annie Liu, Katherine Roer, and Jeb Shue, all veteran drama students, will be directing three one-act comedic plays at the Dover-Sherborn Middle School. In choosing a...

Category Archives: Dover-Sherborn

Memory statue to receive facelift

A Doughboy’s Story

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Brain Busters make waves at Championship

Elm Bank beckons anew

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Creative Colors tickles patrons pink

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Dover’s Cohen goes for the gold

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Powisset Farm hosts Ethiopian lunch

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Smart robots visit DTL

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Geranium sale set for May 12

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DSMS presenting comedic plays this weekend

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‘Damn Yankees’ coming soon

Projecting the future of puppet shows

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Sherborn actor in ‘Lucky Stiff’

DS hosting Challenge Success regional kick-off

Senior Café welcomes Happy Strummers

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Sherborn discusses animal intelligence

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‘Damn Yankees’ coming soon

Packaging love and nutrients for Puerto Rico

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DS schools launch Mediterranean lunch

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DSMS students to direct spring plays

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