By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library, the Dover Town Library shared an online event this past Friday, July 7th, titled “One More For My Baby – The Hollywood Songbook of Frank Sinatra.” This virtual event was led by professor emeritus...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Late last month The Dover Town Library (DTL) placed a new StoryWalk at the lower level entrance, near the children’s room for little readers and their families to enjoy. The book selected for this StoryWalk was Say Something by Peter H....
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library, Dover Town Library shared an online event, ‘The Adventures of Two Grannies on the Road,’ starring Beth Sobiloff and Marcia Rothwell. These two adventurous grannies travel around Massachusetts to try an array...
By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
It was a gorgeous day for goats last Wednesday, as many folks gathered outside at Dover Town Library (DTL) for their first ever “Goats and Giggles” program from 10am-12pm. The event was a drop-in, so anyone interested was free to swing...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The Dover Town Library proudly welcomed Pamela Means who presented ‘The Power of The Protest Song: Our Shared History & Present Day’ last Tuesday night. This powerful, family-friendly event was part-performance and mini presentation that explored the origin stories and lineages of protest songs. Means...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Last Thursday Night, the Friends of the Dover Town Library (DTL) hosted their 6th Annual Cheers for Books event: a happy hour to support the library we love, which was presented by the Bohlin Group.
Over 100 people were...
by Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Mr. Vinny, a.k.a. Vinny Lovegrove, performed a delightful shadow puppet show for a big crowd at Dover Town Library (DTL) last Wednesday, May 3. The show, geared towards ages 3-9, was about 45 minutes long and included three interactive stories, as well as some fun...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
On Wednesday, April 19th, a variety of creatures sparked curiosity at the Dover Town Library (DTL). The sold-out event brought families from all over to the library community room in the midst of April vacation.
Curious Creatures, which is a live and...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Dover children flocked to the community room in the Dover Town Library last Wednesday to learn about the principles of flight, through constructing paper airplanes, rockets, and catapults.
“Today, we have three opportunities to learn how to fly!”...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
The Dover Town Library (DTL) welcomed locals to learn about our neighbors, on the other side of the planet, through a presentation on the history of Chinese acrobatics. The presentation was hosted by Li Liu, a solo acrobatic performer from China.
Liu...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Local youths did not have to travel to their nearest zoo to interact with desert and rainforest animals last Wednesday, as Joy Marzolf from Joys of Nature visited the Dover Town Library’s community room to give a presentation on how these animals are able to...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
As the Saturday rain began to trickle down on December 3, the Dover Town Library provided a respite for those at loose ends. Families journeyed to the library for story time, song participation and much more with storyteller Davis Bates.
Bates, who...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly staff
The Dover Town Library (DTL) recently hosted its first cooking event, post-pandemic, as Executive Director Yuko Handa of the Japan Society of Boston enlightened patrons on the art of onigiri making. Event-goers were connected virtually, with some participating at home, having...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Dover Town Library (DTL) is a hub for year-round creativity.
As they do at all libraries, patrons at the DTL feed their minds with the hottest page-turners -- but in Dover, there are plenty of other events that keep the space...
By and large, the librarians stuck to the classics like 'The Wheels on the Bus', 'Sticky Sticky Bubblegum' and 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.'
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“The more we get together, together, together, the more we get together, the happier...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Thousands of animals are taken in every year by special wildlife rescue groups around the country. In New England, these specialists find themselves caring for a variety of critters. On Wednesday, June 9, the Dover Town Library welcomed Nicole Wally on Zoom to discuss her...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
It’s been almost a year since patrons were able to walk through the doors of the Dover Town Library. In that time, everyone, from those who frequent the library to casual visitors, has missed the chance to browse through the shelves and to leave with...
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Just a few weeks ago, the Dover Town Library (DTL) closed down for two weeks following a positive COVID-19 case among staff. A coronavirus case is enough to derail almost everything these days, but it didn’t stop staff from continuing to offer great service.
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
I love cooking shows. Truly, they are one of my guilty pleasures. But ironically, I'm not actually great at cooking. My friends enjoy reminding me of the time I managed to ignite a tray of Christmas cookies in 2012. They were the Pillsbury roll-out kind....
Elizabeth Lee shows the audience how she is building her henhouse using a triangle-shaped structure
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Many kids have found themselves confined to the house this summer. There have been no summer library visits with COVID-19 restrictions still in...
