By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On June 29, the Sherborn Library opened its Summer Art Show, featuring painter Atefeh Yazdanparast’s “Beauty of the Ordinary.”
Yazdanparast has been painting since she was a teenager. Though she is now an Associate Professor of Marketing at...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Despite the construction happening on Sanger Street next to the Sherborn Library, little ones and their guardians filed into the Nora’s Treehouse Room in the Children’s Wing to enjoy a crafternoon. Happening on July 3rd, this week’s crafts were fourth of...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
To kick off summer vacation, Nile, the life-sized inflatable humpback whale, visited the Sherborn Library for a fun, interactive, and educational experience. According to their website, “The Whalemobile offers unique and innovative programming using a life sized inflatable whale. We bring...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Children of all ages and their guardians gathered in the Community Room of the Sherborn Library for a fun learning experience about butterflies and moths. The event was sponsored by the Friends of the Sherborn Library.
Heather Simpson,...
By Riley Fontana
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The David Doering Nature Trail, a cherished part of Sherborn for nearly 50 years, is integral to Pine Hills Elementary School. Named in honor of David Doering, a beloved community member who passed away in 1976, the trail continues to be...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Dr. Christoph Strobel, professor of history at the University of Massachusetts/Lowell, virtually presented his most recent book, “Native Americans of New England,” through the Sherborn Public Library (SPL). This event was sponsored by the Sherborn History Center and Museum and in...
The Town of Sherborn is pleased to announce the launch of Sherborn Power Choice, a group electricity buying program from the Town that gives residents and businesses more choice and control over the electricity they buy. Sherborn joins nearly 170 other Massachusetts communities that have this type of electricity program, including Natick, Ashland,...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
St. Francis is generally credited with arranging the first living nativity scene in 1223 C.E., near a monastery in the medieval village of Greccio, in what is now Italy. Since then, living nativities, recreations of the events around the birth of Jesus,...
By Douglas Brown
Community Contributor
In the center of Sherborn, at the only traffic light, there is an unremarkable street sign on the road to South Natick. When you are next there, waiting for the light to change, take a moment to reflect on the name. What...
Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sherborn has many beautiful qualities of town whether it’s to take a stroll along town, stop in at the library, or even hang out during the day by the water. Farm Pond in Sherborn is the perfect place to sit down and...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
As summer officially draws to a close, so does the Lil Readers program, hosted by the Girl Scouts at the Sherborn Public Library. The Lil Readers program commenced on June 22, 2023, and continued every Thursday throughout the summer vacation until...
By Amanda Christy Brown
Parent Volunteer
The acclaimed Broadway production, "BIG FISH," an enchanting musical odyssey, is set to grace the Sherborn Community Center stage from August 23rd to August 26th. This captivating musical, centered around family, is a collaborative endeavor, featuring multiple sets of siblings in...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The smell of sweetness in the air lured young bakers to the Sherborn community room on Wednesday, August 2nd. Scents of fresh lemon, lime, and a sugary crust awaited their arrival, it was a perfect day to make pies. Kate Shepherd...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Music always brings a crowd together, everyone comes from different backgrounds with many unique stories to share, the chances of their world’s colliding are slim but in the heat of summer the instrumental sounds fill the air and lure in crowds...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Campfire stories are unlike any other; they are stories that are passed down from generation to generation, it’s something that as a kid you listen and understand to then share with friends and family of your own.
Throughout...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
A whirlwind of emotions floated through the air last Friday at the Sherborn Library. Locals and fellow librarians gathered together in the community room to say goodbye to the beloved Youth Services Librarian, Maureen Hayes. Everyone in attendance came to celebrate...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
As of last Wednesday night, July 5th, the Friends of the Sherborn Library officially kicked off their Summer Concert Series with Women in World Jazz! It was the perfect night for this summer series to begin as the sun finally hung...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
After six long years, the annual Sherborn Library Arts and Crafts Fair returned to the Sherborn Library grounds this past Saturday. The fair offered a unique variety of arts, crafts, plants, children’s activities, and a lot of different and delicious food...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Sherborn kids recently hopped into Friday with a special morning storytime hosted at Sweet
Meadow Farm. Children’s Librarian Jessica George (aka Miss Jess) from the Sherborn Library
led an energetic and enriching morning of sharing stories, songs, and games.
Young visitors to the farm made their way past horses and cows upstairs...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Sherborn locals recently took their little ones to the Sherborn Community Center on a snowy
morning to learn about wintertime with local children's entertainer Deb Hudgins.
Hudgins taught the children through winter-themed songs, such as “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph
The Red-Nosed Reindeer”, just to name a few. The kids danced and frolicked...
