Around the river and through the woods
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Most people are familiar with famous line “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go.” What’s less well known is the poem it comes from. Interestingly, the original poem has the speaker going to grandfather’s house.
Foregoing the semantics surrounding the poem, anyone can walk around...
Film screening highlights Library’s modern approach
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Silence, save the whir of a running fan, envelops the clean, well-lit room on the ground floor of the Dover Town Library. Outside the door, a handful of kids peek through the door, wondering if their time to enter has come. With a kind smile and a motion of...
What’s up at Powisset Farm?
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Nestled on a side road that bears the farm’s namesake, Powisset Farm in Dover serves as both a scenic getaway and a hub of agriculture-related activity.
All summer long, Thursdays have featured the “Beet Brunch,” taking place from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The brunch features a story hour followed...
D-S band plays Canobie Lake Park
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Rising Nation has been invited back for a second year in a row to perform at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH. The band will be performing on Thursday evening, August 18, at 8:00 p.m. on the Midway Stage, a covered open-air pavilion near the center of the park. Rising Nation was one...
Sherborn hosts the Circus Minimus
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A circus in a suitcase is a hard promise to fulfill; yet, when the seemingly-benign brown case opened up and transformed into a tent, Kevin O’Keefe looked to be living up to his word. For the crowd of roughly thirty parents and kids at the Sherborn Community Center...
Sherborn Library clean-out
Sherborn Library patrons and local residents may have noticed the appearance of a large, blue dumpster on the lawn near the library’s main doors. In anticipation of the construction project, the library must be emptied. Library Building Committee (LBC) member Libby Yon is working with Library Director Elizabeth Johnston to coordinate the cleanout of nearly...
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Super Awesome Fun Time at Dover Library
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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Super Awesome Fun Time is a hard name to live up to, yet the event at the Dover Library most certainly does. Hosting over one hundred young children and their parents four times a week, the event is meant to engage babies to toddlers in learning experiences within...
Sherborn COA promotes walking challenge
The Sherborn Council on Aging is encouraging residents to join its new walking challenge and win prizes while they get healthier. The American Heart Association and recent research has shown benefits of walking and moderate exercise (30 minutes a day). Walking can help:
• Reduce the risk of coronary heart disease
• Improve blood pressure, blood sugar...
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Under the sea in Dover
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
“Darlin’ it’s better, down where it’s wetter, take it from me.”
While it is true that a crab sang these words in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” patrons of the Dover Town Library get the chance to find out how accurate the statement is courtesy of virtual reality technology. On...
Dover Summer Fair delights
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By Vita Melignano
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
What a fun-filled event for toddlers and young children. Thursday, July 21 was the date of the annual Dover Summer Fair. In addition to lots of fun, the shade and warm breezes added a delightful ambiance for parents and kids alike. Big old historic trees and benches situated around...
Pokémon GO a-go-go in Dover-Sherborn
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Summers in the suburbs have always had their own specific vibe, an amalgamation of outdoor adventure, old friends and conspicuous leisure time that can make even the most cynical of individuals nostalgic and wistful. For younger members of suburban communities, it is the finest of seasons, far removed from...
Making Jonahs of us all at Sherborn Library
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Call me Ishmael, and prepare for Captain Ahab’s call of “Thar’ she blows!” Last Thursday, July 14, the Sherborn Library hosted Cynde McInnis, the creator of the Whalemobile and the inflatable humpback whale, Nile. Since Nile is a life-size inflatable, the event was held across the street at the Sherborn...
Montrose School alumna to perform in Sherborn
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Dover sports camp medley of fun
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
Sports camp comes to Dover under the guidance of Coach Pete Sylvester. Each week, the camp focuses on one sport in particular. This particular week was basketball, and the campers learned the basics of it—dribbling, shooting, passing, rebounding, and defense. Around the drills and pick up games, campers also...
Library turns into a dairy
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
On a hot summer night, Meat Loaf might offer his throat to the wolf with the red roses—but on a hot summer day, kids and teens could make their own ice cream. Last Thursday, July 7, the Dover Town Library held a “Make Your Own Ice Cream” event in...
Desired 3-Ds
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By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Intern
A large percentage of students would say their parents would kill them if they came home with three D’s. At the Dover Town Library, three D’s is something entirely different thanks to the 3D printer. Every other Thursday at 3:30 p.m., the Dover Library hosts a 3D Printing Workshop.
Granted,...
Honoring the 4th
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By Hometown Weekly Staff & Correspondents
Perfect weather, tantalizing smells from the grill, friends and family were par for the course for this year's area July 4 celebrations. From Needham - boasting one of the nation's oldest Independence Day celebrations - to Walpole, where one of the native cognoscenti gushed about the town's "biggest...
Dover Boy Scouts travel to Nantucket
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Dover's Troop 1 made their annual trip to Nantucket last month. The Boy Scouts traveled on Friday to the island for the two days and nights. The boys pitched tents at Camp Richard and enjoyed biking, playing soccer, cooking, and going to the beach. And, of course, trips to town for fudge...
Powisset Farm photo competition
