Week In Review: March 21-March 27

The population numbers from the 2010 Census were release this week. Dover's population increased from 5,558 (in 2000) to 5,589 (in 2010) a .56% change. Sherborn's population decreased from 4,200 (in 2000) to 4,119 (in 2010) a -1.93% change. Click here to check out some other numbers from both towns.

The ad hoc Save Our Sherborn Committee held an open meeting to an overflow crowd of Sherborn residents in order to give a financial picture of the town and to talk about Sherborn's potential debt. 

A study put out this week by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection looked at the levels of naturally occurring arsenic and uranium found in private water wells in a portion of the MetroWest region including Dover and Sherborn. Dover-Sherborn Patch sat down with Sherborn Health Agent Mark Oram to discuss what is done at the town-level by way of testing and awareness.

Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey taped a series of cable access shows that discuss drug abuse and how parents can talk with their kids about opiate use. Click here to find out when the program will air on Dover-Sherborn Cable Television.

The Sherborn Planning Board met with members of the Pine Hill Access Road Committee to review four options for the Pine Hill Access Road project in preparation for the upcoming Sherborn Town Meeting.

Dover resident Ruth N. Bramson, CEO, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Boston Business Journal at their Advancing Women Breakfast for her work in advancing the cause of women in the workplace, this week.

Check out our newest feature the Pet of the Week! Provided by the Medfield Animal Shelter our first entry is a small female Rottweiler named Annie.