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5 Things: Friday is the Football Field Dedication

Here are some things you might be interested in if you live in Dover-Sherborn on October 2, 2012.

1. The Sherborn Police made sure an alleged drunk driver wasn't able to stay behind the wheel. 2. Tomorrow the Pine Hill School and the Chickering School will have early release. Pine Hill will get out at 12 p.m. and Chickering will get out at 12:15 p.m. 3. In Raiders athletics, boys and girls soccer and field hockey all have varsity games today. The girls soccer team is the only one who is at home. 4. Take a look at some of the calls the Dover Police Department responded to on September 24-25. 5. The new football field will be dedicated on Friday night. This town wide event is something for everyone to see.

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Sherborn Cub Scouts Get Down and Dirty at Pine Hill 'Edible Garden'

Over 30 Cub Scouts used their green thumbs to help prepare the garden for the growing season Thursday.

For the kids in Sherborn Cub Scouts Pack 10 yesterday it was a good thing that they came home covered in dirt. A group of over 30 Cub Scouts from Pine Hill Elementary School in Sherborn helped to weed and clean up the school's edible garden to prepare it for the growing season. “The garden has become overcome with weeds over the last year or so,” said Cub Scout Den Leader Bo O’Connell. “We’ve got our pack meeting here today. The guys did a great job weeding, picking up rocks and really getting this to be a base line for a new garden.” The kids got to work quickly plucking weeds, shoveling rocks, tilling soil and picking up debris and in no time the plot of land behind Pine Hill looked good enough to eat off of - almost. Last year the …

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Memorial Fund Provides New Saxophone for Pine Hill School Band

The Joseph Almasian Memorial Fund recently donated a new tenor saxophone to the Pine Hill School music program.

The follwing was provided by Ani Gigarjian, daughter of Joseph Almasian. Thanks to the generous donations supporting the Joseph Almasian Memorial Fund from the Sherborn community and beyond, the Pine Hill School is now the proud owner of a new tenor saxophone for it’s fifth grade band. Joseph Almasian (1931-2011), a Sherborn resident for 50 years, was an active performing musician on many instruments, as well as a lover of good music. He had the opportunity to see the Pine Hill band program grow in numbers of students and the quality of their performances, and would have been happy to continue the support of the program through the Memorial Fund. Not only did his own three children benefit from the Pine Hill band programs many years ago, …

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Five Things You Need To Know About Today: Sept. 26

Be sure to check here daily for useful information about what is going on in Dover and Sherborn today.

Five Things You Need To Know About Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. 1. Pine Hill Elementary School will hold a parent visitation night for 4th and 5th grade students from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 2. In Dover today, the following meetings will take place at the Dover Town House: The Board of Selectmen will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. - the meeting agenda can be found HERE. The Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. The meeting agenda can be found HERE. 3. In Sherborn today, the Farm Pond Advisory Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherborn Town Hall. The meeting agenda can be found …

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Five Things You Need To Know About Today: Sept. 19

Be sure to check here daily for useful information about what is going on in Dover and Sherborn today.

Five Things You Need To Know About Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. 1. Pine Hill Elementary School will hold a parent visitation night for 2nd and 3rd grade students from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 2. The Sherborn COA will hold a special program “Healthy Eating for a Healthy Brain: How to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease” at the Sherborn Town Hall, in the 2nd Floor Meeting Room, today at 8:30 am. Open to all. CEUs provided for nurses, social workers and case managers.  3. The Dover Town Library will hold a variety of events today: 4 . In Sherborn today, the Sherborn Communications …

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Five Things You Need To Know About Today: September 12

Be sure to check here daily for useful information about what is going on in Dover and Sherborn today.

Five Things You Need To Know About Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. 1. State Rep. David P. Linsky (D-Natick) will hold office hours today at the Sherborn Town Hall at 1:00 p.m. Linsky's legislative aide Samantha Washburn-Baronie will attend the office hours with him. All of the office hours are open to all Natick, Sherborn and Millis residents. Those who are not able to attend are encouraged to visit Linsky in room 146 of the Massachusetts State House, call 617-722-2575, or call his Natick office at (508) 647-5600. 2. The Dover-Sherborn High School Council will meet today at 4:00 pm …

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Five Things You Need To Know About Today: September 9

Be sure to check here daily for useful information about what is going on in Dover and Sherborn today.

Five Things You Need To Know About Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. 1. The following are a few quick reminders for parents whose children attend the Chickering or Pine Hill Elementary Schools: 2. All teens and tweens are welcome to visit the Dover Town Library between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. for some TGOF (Teen Gaming On Fridays). Kids can play the Kinect located in the Community Room. Board games will also be available. 3. D-S Regional High School Raiders Varsity Events: 4. D-S Middle School will hold a meeting for 6th, 7th & 8th graders who are interested in playing Jazz Band this …

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Chad Urmston Of Dispatch Never Left His Sherborn Roots Behind

In an interview with Urmston, he recalls his hometown influences.

Rock guitarist, vocalist, social activist and lifelong Sherborn resident Chad Urmston recently played to a sold out crowd with his band Dispatch at the Boston’s TD Garden. Patch caught up with Chad a few days after their show. After playing at the Garden, Urmston said, “It was a trip to play there after the Bruins won [the Stanley Cup].” His humble beginnings were in rural Sherborn where he starting playing trombone at Pine Hill Elementary School in the fourth grade and continued all the way through college. He said at Pine Hill he was taught by Mrs. Paula Winter. “I think her name is different now,” he said he recently got a nice letter from her. Among those who nurtured his love of music were Mr. Nolte, who taught him trombone at the …

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