On Tuesday, March 13, at 9:30 a.m., the Chicatabot Garden Club invites the public to hear about the Museum of Fine Arts’ Art In Bloom in the comfort of the Dover Library Community Room. Michelle Lord will give a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the 40 year history of this annual, extremely popular event at the Museum,...
Registered Democrats in Dover recently held a caucus to elect delegates to the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.
Elected as delegates were Rob Andrews, Erin Rodat-Savla, and Carina Sullivan. Peter Hoffman, Kevin Luey, and Candice Sullivan were elected as alternate delegates. Committee Co-Chair Carol Lisbon will also be attending as a delegate.
“It was a great caucus...
In celebration of the New England Patriots making it to the Championships, the Center for The Development of Children (CDC) decided to have a “Souper Bowl” of their own. The week of the big game, the children were totally pumped and wanted to become champions themselves by collecting as many cans of soup as they...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Love was in the air last week at the Caryl Community Center, where the Dover Council on Aging (COA) was hosting its annual Valentine’s Day party on February 13.
Four long tables dressed in purple tablecloths and set with red plates and heart-printed napkins sat the dozens of seniors who...
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Watching the devastation caused by the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and it’s natural to wonder if anything can be done to help Syrian refugees.
On Wednesday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m., Dover Unplugged is hosting an evening with Nadia Alawa, a New...
On Saturday, February 10, the Dover Sherborn High School Jazz Band performed at the 50th Annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival under the direction of Band Director Janice Barry. The event featured over 200 high school big bands, combos, and vocal jazz ensembles from around the country.
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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...
With spring approaching, it is now time to begin thinking of Dover’s ever-popular Lifetime Learning classes. The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, with the support of the Dover Council on Aging, are sponsoring a Lifetime Learning class: Modern Poetry for Everyone. Participants will read and discuss selected poems, both closed forms...
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Dover Town Library’s Community Room was abuzz with Bristlebots on February 8.
Bristlebots, thumb-sized vibrating robots made from a toothbrush head, double-sided tape, a battery, and a pager motor, have become quite popular at Tech Time, one of the library’s STEAM-based programs for children 8 to thirteen years...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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