Category Archive for "Dover-Sherborn"

Renowned WWI historian coming to Dover Historical Society

The Dover Historical Society will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 in the Dover Library, Lower Level Community Room. In addition to the election of officers and presentation of the 7th Annual Preservation Award, the featured speaker will be Paul Jankowski, the Raymond Ginger Professor of History at Brandeis University, who...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Living in suburban Boston has many perks. Living mere minutes from the city while also being able to appreciate and immerse oneself in nature is just one in a list of many. However, despite this benefit, it can be hard to take advantage of both without proper direction. The...

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The Dover Sherborn High School China exchange is in full swing. The participants this year are three seniors, Jennifer Mutch, Hannah Bruce and Charlie Mandel. They are accompanied by Christine Babson, a Spanish teacher at DS Middle School. Along with Mr. Babson, who participated in the first few weeks of travel with the...

Dover Foundation presenting ‘Guys & Dolls’

The Dover Foundation is celebrating 70 years with “Guys & Dolls,” their 2017 Spring Musical, which will be performed May 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Mudge Auditorium. “Guys & Dolls” was performed by the Dover Foundation in 1963, 1983 and 2003, and this year will see many of those involved in previous productions return and join newcomers on stage in a fantastic rendition of...

Racial history revealed at Dover Library

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Craig Dudnick grew up in Evanston, Illinois, but his perspective on the town remained pretty narrow until he moved back years later. Living in the basement of an elderly friend who needed help, he was told numerous stories about the racial history of Evanston - how the town developed...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor We here in Massachusetts are spoiled. The winning traditions throughout the last several decades by the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, and Red Sox have molded sports fans in this neck of the woods to become confident and to expect athletic success. However, if there is one example of a...

Three Sherbornites to become Eagle Scouts

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Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1, Sherborn, invites friends and neighbors from Sherborn to attend an Eagle Court of Honor for Keith Thomas Brockway, Hunter Lee Gregory, and Scott Bethel Sirri. These young men have recently completed all the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout and will receive the award at the...

Dr. Paul Steen will address the subject of tropical plants, those that many call “house plants,” at the March meeting of the Chicatabot Garden Club on March 14. Coffee will start at 9:00 a.m., with the program beginning at 9:30 in the Dover Library Meeting Room, lower level. Dr. Steen is a retired internal medicine physician,...

Sherborn Girl Scouts competed in a “Racer Rally” competition on February 4. In this design and engineering activity - in the tradition of the beloved Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby - the girls and their families built small race cars that each had to be 5 ounces or under, then sent them down an electronically-timed track....

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“Pippin,” the dazzling, multi-Tony award-winning, fourth wall breaking extravaganza is coming to the Dover-Sherborn High School stage from March 16-18. “Pippin” is not your average every day musical theatre experience, especially for a high school production. In fact, you won’t find the show’s pit orchestra in the pit - you’ll see the musicians on stage...

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Stormy weather in February had townspeople scrambling to stock their pantries, procure sand and salt, and hunker down for a one-two punch of winter storms whipping through the Bay State. The first of the two storms began on the morning of Thursday, December 9, dropping over a foot of snow - beginning on the...

By Cameron Small Hometown Weekly Correspondent What exactly is love? If you ask a hundred people, you get a hundred and twelve different answers. Four-year-olds say it’s their parents, or “trucks and trains.” College students will say “A subjective, over-inflated word we’ve created for intensely liking something,” or “an example of unconditional happiness you experience when close...

Community Forum on recreation in Sherborn

The Sherborn Planning Board invites all residents to the second of a series of public forums on the new draft General Plan for the Town on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Sherborn Town Hall. This forum will focus on shared goals for Sherborn’s recreational resources: • Open Space Recreation: hiking, biking and...

Conscientious Cocktail Party a crowd-pleaser

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A capacity crowd celebrated Sherborn’s forests and trails at the Community Center Friday evening, February 3. This was SFTA’s second bi-annual “Conservation Connections: A Conscientious Cocktail Party.” Almost 170 cheerful participants of all ages shared terrific food from Zaftigs Delicatessen, took chances on an array of mostly local raffle prizes, and enjoyed live jamming...

DS musicians take state, district honors

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On Saturday, January 28, several Dover-Sherborn Middle and High School students auditioned for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Eastern District Junior Festival. The following students were selected to participate in the Festival on March 3-4 at Lincoln-Sudbury High School: (From Left to Right) Jordyn DeVellis - Mixed Chorus, Ashley Gong - Orchestra, Taylor...

On January 26, several hundred community members attended a talk hosted by Dover Sherborn’s Challenge Success Parent Advisory Group. The speaker, Dr. Robert Brooks, is a well-known psychologist, author of 16 books and long-time Needham resident. His life’s passion has been studying what gives people the ability to cope better with stress and pressure, and...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter While many libraries are renowned for their children’s events, sometimes the events for other ages can be overlooked. The Dover Town Library is no exception to this. While they host a variety of wonderful programs for kids, including crafts and story times, the Library also offers events for those...

Sherborn Library has ceremonial groundbreaking

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter This past Saturday, an event of incredible symbolic importance occurred on a wintry morning in Sherborn. The groundbreaking for the new Library took place, an event long anticipated and welcomed with extraordinary excitement. Recently, the Sherborn Library took up its temporary residence within the Community Center across the street....

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 of the Center were totally pumped and wanted to become champions themselves by collecting as many cans of...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Dover Library consistently makes a point to celebrate cultural events, and does so in the most incredible ways. This past week, the Library celebrated Chinese New Year with a series of events. The start of the week, however, was a performance by the Rhode Island Kung Fu &...

Category Archives: Dover-Sherborn

Renowned WWI historian coming to Dover Historical Society

Discovering owls, nocturnal animals

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DS students on China exchange

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Dover Foundation presenting ‘Guys & Dolls’

Racial history revealed at Dover Library

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Florian credits DS for success

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Three Sherbornites to become Eagle Scouts

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Steen to address Local Garden Club

Girl Scouts compete in Racer Rally

‘Pippin’ production puts pit on stage

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February snow blankets D-S

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And the secret to love is…

Community Forum on recreation in Sherborn

Conscientious Cocktail Party a crowd-pleaser

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DS musicians take state, district honors

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Psychologist/author Brooks speaks in DS

Dover Library hosts game night

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Sherborn Library has ceremonial groundbreaking

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CDC battles hunger in a ‘Souper Bowl’

Library rings in Chinese New Year

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