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Five Things You Need To Know About Today: Jan. 6

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 Dover Town House has announced that all cemetary holiday decorations will be removed on Jan. 15. 2. In Sherborn today, the Personnel Board will meet at 11:00 a.m. at the Sherborn Town Hall. The meeting agenda can be found HERE. 3. DSHS would like to remind all students in the National Honor Society that "Individual Service Project" proposals are due today. 4. The D-S boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams will host Ashland today. The girls' team will hit the courts at 5:00 p.m. to be followed by the boys' …

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Notes From Sherborn Selectmen's Oct. 27 Meeting

The Sherborn Board of Selectmen put a freeze on hiring part-timers that receive benefits and pension at their meeting Thursday night.

Here are some notes from the Sherborn Board of Selectmen's meeting Thursday night: Downtown Revitalization The Sherborn Planning Board presented an update on the revitalization of Sherborn’s downtown at the Selectmen’s meeting Thursday night. Chair of the Planning Board John Higley noted that in each of the town’s master plans revised over the years they all wrote about updating the town center. He said the 2001 master plan was clear in supporting the idea of keeping the town consistent with “the jewel that is Sherborn." Selectmen Chair Tom Twining said that they needed to be careful and that “a poorly executed development will destroy the character of our town.” Twining said that with a carefully executed plan would come money to maintain…

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Five Things You Need To Know About Today: September 21

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. Today is an early release day for students at Chickering Elementary Schooland Pine Hill Elementary School. Students will be released at 12:00 p.m. 2. In Dover today, the following meetings will take place at the Dover Town House: The Warrant Committee, whose meeting agenda can be found HERE, will meet at 7:00 p.m., the Conservation Commission, whose meeting agenda can be found HERE, will meet at 7:30 p.m. and the Dover 175th Celebration Committee will meet in the Fireside Room at 7:30 p.m. The Parks and Recreation …

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Entire Sherborn Personnel Board Resigns At Selectmen's Meeting

Personnel Board members cited the Selectmen's accusations of no confidence as their reason for stepping down.

Personnel Board Chair Grace Shepard read a five page statement in response to Selectmen Chair Tom Twining and Selectman Paul DeRensis stating that the current Personnel Board were ineffective in their minutes and left the town liable and open to litigation, at the Selectmen meeting Thursday night. Visibly upset at the end of her reading, Shepard handed the Selectmen a copy of her speech, informed them that the resignations of all three of the Personnel Board members, Grace Sherpard, Ron Arigo and Judi Miller, were included and left the room. In summary, Shepard said the Personnel Board was accused of leaving, “the town vulnerable to litigation and liability regarding our handling of two sexual harassment complaints, our lack of oversight …

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Week In Review: August 1 to August 7

Lance Armstrong, Pan-Mass. Challenge, and the Sherborn Personnel Board.

In case you missed it, here are a few links to some of the things we covered this week at Dover-Sherborn Patch:

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Sherborn Personnel Board Gathers Information Pertaining To Board Of Selectmen Accusations

Sherborn's Personnel Board discussed information to try and rebut accusations made by members of the Board of Selectmen at their meeting on Tuesday.

The Sherborn Personnel Board met on Tuesday to confer on how to respond to accusations made by members of the Board of Selectmen, at their meeting on July 21, of not looking out for the interests of the town and recording inadequate minutes. The claims were brought up in the meeting by Selectmen Chair Tom Twining and Selectman Paul DeRensis. Twining told the Personnel Board that poorly recorded minutes, unsatisfactory stewardship of the Sherborn Fire Department’s payroll, and poor communication involving investigations into the Fire Department’s two sexual harassment complaints have left the town open to litigation. Chair of the Personnel Board Grace Sherpard and committee members Ron Arrigo and Judi Miller retrieved emails between …

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