Category Archive for "Dover-Sherborn"

Sherborn’s open mic night strikes a chord

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Don Gage shares his lengthy spoken word poem with a captivated audience. Photos by Mary Kate Nolan[/caption] Tucked away in...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter How is it that dozens of animals, shapes, and everyday objects could be constructed with just one piece of paper? The Dover Town Library’s “Crafternoon” gave visitors the opportunity to learn the Japanese art of paper folding, origami, to create a wealth of paper creations. The Community Room at the...

Summer Brewfest set for September 9

The Sherborn Business Association will host the 5th Annual Summer Brewfest on Friday, September 9 from 6:30 to 10:30 pm at The Heritage of Sherborn. A number of new local breweries, such as Start Line Brewing Company and Greater Good Imperial Brewing, are joining this year along with repeat local favorites such as Jack's Abby, which has supported Brewfest from the...

Lifetime Learning to feature ukulele class

The Dover Lifetime Learning Program, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, is offering a fun music class again this September, as Daniel Metraux is set to teach basic ukulele in two eight-week sessions at the Caryl Community Center. Playing music keeps brains active, improves coordination, and lifts the mood. Many...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter On August 1, a Library Crawl challenged library fanatics to visit 12 different area libraries, including the Dover Town Library, Sherborn Library, and the Wellesley Free Library and its separate branches. The Library Crawl, meant as a self-guided tour of local libraries, also acted as a scavenger hunt. Each...

On their 10th Anniversary, the Dover-Sherborn Summer Drama Program will proudly present “Anne of Green Gables - The Musical.” With a cast of middle and high school thespians, this classic tale is infused with heartwarming, funny songs and dance. Performances will be held at the Sherborn Community Center on August 23, 24, 25, and 27...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter On August 3, the Dover Town Library hosted a Storybook Engineering event, during which visitors were challenged to build a chair suitable for Baby Bear from the popular fairytale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Liz, the Storybook Engineering instructor, told a modern day version of “Goldilocks” with prosody, keeping the...

DS baseball hosting August golf tournament

The Dover Sherborn High School baseball team, 2017 Eastern Mass Division 3 Champions, are inviting the public to participate in a scramble style golf tournament. The team will be hosting the tournament to raise funds for the high school baseball program. The tournament will begin on Friday, August 11, at Pinecrest Golf Club in Holliston, with...

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By Mary Kate Nolan Hometown Weekly Intern Childish squeals of delight and urgent whispers of last-minute planning could be heard over the splashing of water at Farm Pond in Sherborn last weekend. Families and friends came together on this beautiful Sunday afternoon to do something remarkable: to build a sand sculpture with their...

Dover musician and storyteller performs concert

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Susan Reed, a Dover resident and nationally recognized singer and storyteller, performed a family concert in the heart of Dover at the Town Library on July 26. Reed has brought her collection of string instruments, captivating voice, and her bright spirit to children and families worldwide. She performs frequently...

Dover Town Library’s ‘Crafternoon’ heads outdoors

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter After several rainy days, the sun finally came out of hiding behind the clouds to lend its rays to the Dover Town Library’s “Crafternoon.” For the third Wednesday in a row, the library has hosted a craft-filled afternoon for visitors. In previous weeks, library visitors made grass heads and...

First female firefighter paved way for progress

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The phrase “glass ceiling” has been in use quite often lately, especially with the last election. However, years before breaking the glass ceiling meant having a female candidate for president, there were glass ceilings breaking every day in ways that may have been overlooked. Renee Foster broke her own...

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By Amie Speroni Hometown Weekly Correspondent Photographer Judy Brown spent her Texas childhood dreaming of "Living on a farm surrounded by animals. In suburban Massachusetts a couple of years ago, I discovered that my fantasy farm exists in real life just up the street." This lifelong love of animals, an interest in detail, and an...

Summer Concert Series thrives in new location

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Alexis Madison isn’t quite sure how long the Summer Concert Series has been going on, but she knows it’s a well-established Sherborn tradition. The Friends of the Sherborn Library have been putting it on since the Friends Board Member moved to town, which was four years ago. “It’s probably...

Dover Library hosts annual Big Truck Day

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter As technology advances and children seem to grow up faster and faster, there are few things that remain the same. One thing that remains consistent is a love and fascination with trucks. That’s why, for the past 10 years, the Dover Library has hosted Big Truck Day. This year,...

Powisset Café is a getaway close to home

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Powisset Farm has always been both a place of respite from busy, technology-filled lives, as well as a pillar of the Dover community and an example of the town’s rural nature. Last year, as an experiment, Powisset offered a pop-up café. Due to its success, they brought it back...

St. Dunstan’s holds Vacation Bible School

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St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Dover hosted its 6th annual Vacation Bible School (VBS) during the last week of June. Forty-one kids, 27 teen counselors, and many adult volunteers participated in the VBS, the theme of which was "Hero Central." Tying into the curriculum, participants visited their own local superheroes at the Dover...

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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent There is a hidden gem in Sherborn - a quiet little trail that offers a peaceful spot to sit in the woods and enjoy the serenity a small patch of forest can bring. Located behind the Pine Hill Elementary School is the entrance to the David Doering Nature Trail....

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Going back 17 years, if you said at some point in the distant future that Erron Kinney would be a chief, you’d likely believe he’d be spending his Sundays at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. But, it turns out that that would not be the case. Snap back...

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by Gabe Stern Hometown Weekly Intern Sherborn’s summer reading program kicked off with Alex the Jester performing medieval comedy for families of young children at the Sherborn Community Center on Tuesday, June 27. The performance, spanning just over an hour, included Alexander dancing, juggling, and performing comedic magic tricks, all while encouraging audience participation. But this...

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