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Dover PTO announces Mardi Gras auction
Chickering School is set to be transformed into a Mardi Gras Carnival.
The Dover PTO has announced its biennial live and silent auction to be held on Saturday, March 24, at the Chickering School.
The evening kicks off at 6 p.m. with the announcement of classroom raffle winners and highly-anticipated $25 mystery item trays. Guests will...
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COA builds strength and stability
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The leftover snow lining Springdale Ave was brown with dirt as it began to melt. I carefully stepped over the puddles, making sure to not ruin my brilliant white running shoes, as headed for the entrance to the Caryl Community Center.
Hesitantly, I pulled on the door, thinking about...
A super chocolate Sunday
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The Annual Chocolate Cafe was held at Lindquist Commons on Sunday, January 28. Guests enjoyed a variety of home-baked goodies as well as 1500 chocolates provided by Lindt and a "chocolate fondue station" supervised by Samantha Birtwell of The Melting Pot of Framingham.
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The Party Elements amp up chemistry
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On the top floor of the Sherborn Community Center, Children’s Librarian Cheryl Ouellette stood beside a huge tarp, surrounded by children who were eagerly awaiting the start of The Party Elements’ science experiments.
Promising elephant toothpaste, soda explosions, and balloon skewers to the aspiring young scientists, the hosts, Mindy Levine...
Peck following brother’s footsteps to Bentley
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Sherborn resident Kyle Peck is following a similar, yet at the same time complete opposite path taken by his older brother, Connor. The standout BB&N offensive lineman chose to attend Bentley University on Wednesday on national signing day, surrounded by his family.
Unlike Connor, who captained the Falcons...
Student art adorns Town Hall walls
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Sherborn Town Clerk Carole Marple and Pine Hill School art teacher Sarah Richards collaborate to bring student artwork to Sherborn Town Hall. Every six weeks, Mrs. Richards carefully chooses several pieces of art to hang in the clerk’s office. “It is a wonderful opportunity,” Marple said. “Our walls are brightened by the exuberant...
Dover Scouts race pinewood derby
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Deeply rooted in Cub Scout tradition is the annual pinewood derby. It’s a half-day at Kraft Hall dedicated to racing miniature gravity-fueled wooden cars, designed and built by the Cub Scouts and their parents.
“This is a huge Cub Scout tradition,” said DJ Johnston, one of the den leaders. “We...
Gray’s journey a picture of success
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent
Janette Gray begins each morning the same. She gets dressed, she has breakfast, and then she takes a short walk outside to her barn. She walks up the stairs, turns on some music, and begins painting.
The easel she's currently working on displays two small paintings, one of blue...
DSEF funds Challenge Success Initiative
This year marks the fourth year that the Dover Sherborn Education Fund (DSEF) has funded the Dover-Sherborn Regional Schools participation in the Challenge Success Initiative for grades K-12. The highly-lauded, nationwide program, based out of Stanford University’s School of Education, provides families and schools with the practical, research-based tools they need to create a more...
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STEAM craft launches afternoon fun
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
One of the very first catapults was invented around 400 BC in Greece to hurl massive objects towards enemies and walls. The brilliant invention is mostly known for its usefulness in siege warfare, having been widely used in the Middle Ages.
Even today, though, catapults are still being used,...
Seniors chow down on ‘Moveable Feast’
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every month, members of the Dover Council on Aging enjoy an afternoon feast fit for a king. A different church in town hosts the monthly meal, dubbed the “Moveable Feast,” for any of Dover’s seniors to attend.
January’s “Moveable Feast” welcomed over a dozen seniors to the Most Precious...
Sherborn residents quilt for a cause
Sixteen women, including Cris Crawford, Barbie Breer and Sally Demler of Sherborn, gathered together to work on and create handmade quilts at The Power of the Quilt Project's annual MLK Day community service quilt-a-thon at the Unitarian Universalist Area Church, First Parish of Sherborn. All three are members of the church and believe in putting...
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Dover Foundation invites funding requests
The Dover Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1947 to promote community spirit and community service, is best known for the yearly college scholarships it provides to graduating Dover seniors. However, from time to time, the Foundation has funded other important town projects such as equipment for schools, Parks and Recreation, and Scout, choral and...
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DS students perform with district ensembles
On January 6-7, six Dover Sherborn High School students performed at the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Eastern District Senior Festival at Boston Latin School. The students were accepted to perform based on a competitive audition among hundreds of local high school students in November. The instrumentalists performed in the concert band under the direction of...
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DSEF funds new milling machine
Nick Grout, head of technology engineering at Dover Sherborn High School, works with students operating the school’s new CNC milling machine. Students use computer software to create their own designs, break them down into parts, and program the machine to create virtually any pattern or shape.
The process brings principles of algebra and geometry...
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COA hosts annual bingo luncheon
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“G52… O73… N43… B4…” Sue Sheridan, the administrative assistant at Dover’s Council on Aging, called out.
As she read the letters and numbers aloud for all to hear, the seniors meticulously checked their boards, making sure they caught each number on their card and marking it off. After drawing...
Powisset Farm takes on Chopped Junior
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If you had 45 minutes to create an entrée using chicken drumellas, dandelion greens, frozen hash browns, apple-carrot sauce, and dulse flakes, what would you make?
Perhaps it would just be a smorgasbord of poorly-paired foods, but three children were able to perfectly plan and execute impressive dishes.
Helping to...
Brain Busters headed to world championship
The Sherborn-based Brain Busters robotics team took the top honors at the state championship competition held in Worcester. The team will be representing Massachusetts at the international championship to be held in Detroit this April.
The Brain Busters team is comprised of Ryan Bendremer (13), Zachary Szeto (14), and Riya Bahadur (14).
Returning to the state...
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Blizzard leaves Dover-Sherborn snowed over
