On Saturday, April 14, at 6:45 p.m., Sherborn Conservation Commission will sponsor a sunset walk to hear the wood frogs and peepers singing and visit a vernal pool at the Barber Reservation. Attendees will start at the beautifully restored Barber Barn, where Sherborn Conservation Agent Allary Braitsch will teach about vernal pool creatures and point...
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Pine Hill students sing for seniors
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sherborn’s Pine Hill School has many traditions, but there is one that the town’s seniors particularly enjoy: the annual senior trip to the school.
For the past seven years, Pine Hill has invited members of the community to visit their school for a catered lunch and a chorus concert from...
Library creates video games from Scratch
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This past week, kids were encouraged to take their gaming skills to a whole new level by putting down the controllers and picking up the video game creation software, Scratch.
At the Dover Town Library’s Create your own Video Game workshop, kids were given the opportunity to use Scratch, an MIT-developed computer program designed...
‘Mind Games’ to address relationship abuse
“Mind Games,” a play and audience discussion about relationship abuse, is coming to Sherborn’s Community Center on Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. This free event is hosted by Every Great Reason Foundation, a Sherborn family’s non-profit.
As parents, we want our kids to make good decisions and to be safe, so we talk to them...
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DSDI kids excel for eighth year
For the 8th year in a row, Dover Sherborn Destination Imagination (DSDI) competed in the Regional competition against teams from Ashland, Natick, Sudbury, Wayland, Newton and Boston. Nearly 65 DS students constituted twelve teams, and they all took to the stage at the Wilson Middle School in Natick on Saturday, March 17, to showcase their...
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Stitching together love and community
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While many were celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, a group of women was spending the day at Sherborn’s Unitarian Universalist Area Church celebrating something else. As they stitched, ironed, and hand-tied blankets at the Power of the Quilts Project’s (PQP) Quilt-a-Thon volunteers from Sherborn and neighboring communities...
Dover Foundation to present ‘Rumors’
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Rehearsals have started for the Dover Foundation’s Spring Production, "Rumors," a hilarious farce by Neil Simon.
This comedy is set in the late 80s. Guests arrive to celebrate their hosts 10th wedding anniversary.... but something is wrong, Charley, their host has “accidentally” shot himself in the ear and is unconscious, so can’t tell them...
DSMS students perform at MMEA festival
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On March 10 and 11, three Dover Sherborn Middle School students performed in the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Eastern District Junior Festival at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. Arden Caldicott, Jenna Eiten, and Annabelle Schmidt were acceptance and participated in the Junior Festival.
The students auditioned in January with nearly 1,000 students from neighboring towns...
March’s second nor’easter storms through
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
March certainly came in like a lion with a nor’easter at the beginning of the month that left many without power. Just days later, Massachusetts was hit with another nor’easter – this time bringing wet, heavy snow to the Greater Boston area.
Dover Sherborn Regional Schools closed on Thursday, March...
DSHS hosts SADD trivia night
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Which snack company’s advertising campaign included the slogan “Once you pop, you can’t stop” in the 1990s?
It was a question that stumped Dover Sherborn High School’s teens and the question that kicked off their trivia night sponsored by Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) on March 9.
After fueling up on...
DS 8th graders go for hoop title
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DS 8th graders John Bennett, Colin Boland, Willy Bowen, Hakeem Daphnis, Luke Loefflere, Jack Lordi, Ethan Lynch, Jack Potter, Grady Russo and Will Whittlesey are going for MetroWest Youth Basketball’s top prize.
After a third straight 10-win season, the DS 8th grade boys are playing in MetroWest’s Division 1 basketball championship bracket,...
Jon Mattleman to address DS parents
Parents and guardians of children ages 11-21 and members of the community are invited to Jon Mattleman, speaking on "The Secret Life of Teens." The program, which is presented by the DS Challenge Success Speaker Series and SPAN-DS, will be held at the Mudge Auditorium at Dover-Sherborn High School on Tuesday, March 27, from 6:30...
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Sherborn Library construction continues
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Construction activity at the Sherborn Library continues at a brisk pace. Visitors to the Town Campus will see noticeable changes to the library as exterior walls, windows and skylights are installed. “Many patrons have asked about the small, barn-like structures popping up on the construction site,” noted Library Director Elizabeth Johnston. “Once hoisted...
Maple syrup storytime inspires children
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Pancakes, waffles, and French toast just wouldn’t be complete without a drizzle of maple syrup over them. The sticky, sweet syrup is an American favorite – especially at breakfast time – and only contains one simple ingredient: sap from a maple tree.
The process of making it, however, is...
Dover teen handles icy incident
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Can you remember what you were doing on January 27? Perhaps it was just another chilly Saturday to you, but to Anna Pomahac, it is not a date to be forgotten.
During a visit to Elm Bank, the tenth grader at Dover-Sherborn High School expected nothing more than a morning walk with...
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Bates headed to State Geography Bee
Calden Bates has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2018 Massachusetts National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held at Elms College in Chicopee, MA on Friday, April 6.
This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is...
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Sherborn Scouts to become Eagles
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Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1, Sherborn, is inviting friends and neighbors from Sherborn to attend an Eagle Court of Honor for Theodore Allen Davidson, David Nathaniel Kennan, and Charles Edward Whittlesey. These young men have recently completed all the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout and will receive the award at...
Linden fourth in New England, sets DS record
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Dover-Sherborn’s Erik Linden made history on Saturday afternoon while competing in the New England High School indoor track championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.
Linden, a senior at DSHS, finished fourth in New England in the one-mile race with a personal record and school record-breaking time...
Library hosts space-themed LEGO Challenge
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Since its inception in the late 1940s, The Lego Group’s tiny plastic construction bricks have exploded with popularity. The Denmark-based company has launched thousands of sets of LEGOs, whose various themes provide children with endless entertainment. With STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) based programs becoming more integrated...
Sherborn Library launches new website
