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Library hosts ‘cities’ Lego challenge

By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Wednesday afternoon, the Dover Library held its Lego Challenge, a one-hour event where kids are given a theme and a box full of Legos to create something unique, to be photographed and placed on the library’s Facebook page. This week’s theme was “cities,” so the kids were tasked with...
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Library hosts space-themed LEGO Challenge

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By Laura Drinan 
Hometown Weekly Reporter Since its inception in the late 1940s, The Lego Group’s tiny plastic construction bricks have exploded with popularity. The Denmark-based company has launched thousands of sets of LEGOs, whose various themes provide children with endless entertainment. With STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) based programs becoming more integrated...
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Westwood Robotics Club gives engineering a new spark

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Imagining the activities that make second and third graders excited. Mechanical engineering does not immediately jump to mind. The Robotics Club at Westwood High School, however, has made this topic one to squeal about by utilizing the tantalizing appeals of Legos and computers. Inside the Westwood Library, the third...
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