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The clothing will be sent to Cradles to Crayons, an organization that serves families in need throughout the Boston area.Join hundreds of local fans at Dover-Sherborn Middle School to see Conrad Birdie before he joins the armed services.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.ticketstage.com or at Eatons Apothecary in Sherborn and the Dover Cafe and Deli.

Seating is general admission and are $12 each.The next Lions Health Day in Sherborn will be Thursday, Dec.

at the Sherborn Community Center, 3 Sanger St.

The Sherborn Lions Club is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive and the Lions Eyemobile.The Red Cross Blood Drive will be inside the Community Center from 1-7 p.m.The Lions Eyemobile will be located just outside the Community Center.

Foley, officer in charge of Sherborn Post Office, announces the following schedule for mailing international and military parcels and packages to be delivered by Dec.

4  First-class mail letters and cards or priority mail to military APO AE ZIP 093 addresses.Dec.

11  First-class mail letters and cards or priority mail to all other military APO/FPO addresses.Dec.

18  Express Mail Military Service to all military APO/FPO addresses except APO ZIP 093.Dec.

3  Priority mail and first-class mail to Africa and Central or South America.Dec.

10  Priority mail and first-class mail to all other international mail locations.Dec.

19  Global Express guaranteed to Africa, Asia/Pacific Rim, Australia/New Zealand, Central and South America, and the Middle East.We hope the publication of these dates will prove beneficial to persons mailing cards and gifts to foreign countries so they will arrive in a timely manner, Foley said., can prove to be a helpful resource during this holiday mailing season, offering a wide variety of links to mailing and shipping tools., and click on Community Education.The Dover Foundation will hold auditions for their spring 2009 musical Damn Yankees, directed by Sheridan Miller.

9, at 7 p.m.The Friends of the Sherborn COA will inaugurate the holiday season with a Gourmet Cookie Sale on Sunday, Dec.

7, at the Sherborn Community Center.

Proceeds from the sale will support COA programs and services in town.

Please call 508-651-4991 to bake and/or to receive more information about the sale.The Sherborn Community Center Foundation is putting together its annual drive for membership and donations.

The newsletter and pledge cards should arrive in Sherborn homes soon.This drive is an important part of the centers financial health.

The Community Center gets no tax dollars from the town, and relies on donations from residents and friends as well as the rental of space to meet the roughly $60,000 in annual maintenance expenses and major maintenance investments.This year the foundation is starting a Green Fund that offers donors an option to help it invest in energy reduction.

One of the first projects being examined is using solar power to supply electricity for the outside security lighting.2008 marks the Sherborn Community Centers 150th anniversary.

It is a beautiful, historic building that provides space for meetings and events for many Sherborn groups.

The foundation also sponsors community activities such as Friday Night at the Movies for elementary school-age kids; dances for middle and high school age teens; and a Battle of the Bands.

The foundation is operated by a volunteer Board of Directors, including student directors, elected by foundation members.Twenty-two Troop 1 Boy Scouts led by Hollis Plimpton and Chris Plimpton are canvassing Sherborn homes selling high-quality Holiday Wreaths and Hanukkah candles.

Your Scout will then confirm your order.The Scout fundraising chairman is Mike Kickham at 508-655-4607.The Sherborn Swap Shop will be closed from Nov.

If you have items you were thinking of bringing to the Swap Shop, we encourage you to take them to a charity instead, rather than put them in the trash.The Recycling Committee is very grateful to all who have donated to the Swap Shop this year, and especially grateful to our loyal volunteers who keep the hoards of items organized: Andrea Brennan, Roxanne Buckler, Amy Moore, David Moore and Ardys Flavelle, among others.

We will reopen when the weather is more favorable for our volunteers to keep our Swap Shop in presentable order.For more information or to schedule a tour, please contact the director, Ally Langmead, at 508-653-9149.Friday Night at the Movies opened its fifth season on Friday, Oct.

Its a great tradition on the part of the Community Center, said Lynn Mountford, a director at the Community Center.To date, more than 2,800 children have come to the Community Center to enjoy the latest movies.

6 and March 6, 2009.Many Sherborn residents may argue that autumn is the best of our four seasons.

Foley, officer-in-charge of Sherborn Post Office.During the winter months, you are diligent at removing snow around mail boxes and walk areas.

On behalf of the service workers and guests visiting your home, we hope you will make the same effort at clearing leaves from the passage ways leading to your doors and mailbox, he said.Foley said leaves that look dry can hold moisture underneath, making them slippery over concrete, blacktop or a wooden structure, such as a porch.

at 433 Main St., Hudson, MA 01749 (978-568-1167).Are you organizing a town or school event or planning a private function and need some help keeping it green?

The Dover Recycling Committee is pleased to announce that it has six 30-gallon canable containers for loan to simplify and assist with your collection of recyclables.The canables were awarded to the town through a Massachusetts Department of Protection Municipal Waste Reduction Grant.

They are clear and fitted with a clear bag so it is easy to see what is being collected.Those borrowing the canables are responsible for taking the recyclables collected to the Transfer Station unless they have arranged otherwise in advance with the Recycling Committee.If you are interested in borrowing one or all six of the canables, please contact a member of the Dover Recycling Committee (available at www.doverma.org / Boards and Committees).Do you know a Dover resident who is currently serving in the U.S.

Let Got authors reading books send them a care package full of books!

Local organization Got Books is looking for servicemen and women from Dover and the surrounding area to send books to.

Packages of about 50-100 books will be sent to each local service member, which means there will be plenty of books to enjoy and to share with friends in their unit.The Books for Troops program was started earlier this year as a mission to send at least 25,000 books in 2008 to the troops overseas.

Got Books founder and former Marine Bob Ticehurst began the program as a means of giving back to the local community and the military that he once served.This program provides local troops with engaging and high-quality books to read while serving in the military.

Got Books will hand-pick the books, ensuring that every one will be appropriate and pleasing to its recipient.

Got Books sorts, selects and ships all book publishing packages so there is no cost incurred by other involved parties.

or call 978-396-6026.The Dover Mothers Association is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization serving parents of young children in the town of Dover.

The goals of the DMA are to provide Dover parents and caregivers with an opportunity to connect with their community, and to form new friendships for themselves and their children through playgroups, childrens activities and adult social events.

The DMA seeks to serve Dover parents in all situations: working full time, part time, at home or in transition.Members must be a parent living in Dover.

Most of our members have children under 6 years old, but all Dover parents are welcome to join.

Playgroups for all ages, including weekend playgroups for working moms; Childrens events such as Valentines Day Craft Party, Nuts for Nature Class, Open Play at Kids U; Social events for couples, including our outstanding Holiday Party; Moms Night Out both at members homes and local restaurants; Excursions to the Big Apple Circus, bowling and Davis Farmland.To learn more about the Dover Mothers Association, and this event, please contact us at:Registration is now in progress for vocal, instrumental and preschool instruction at Allegro Music School.AMS is a community music school opened to people of all ages and levels in MetroWest: multiple teaching sites (Framingham, Natick, Sherborn), free enrichment classes( Music Theory and Chorus) and frequent performances., or call 508-655 3733.The 23 Washington Street Reuse Committee is seeking input from people who have an interest in the future of 23 Washington St.

in Sherborn.

The committee, formed under Article 10 of the 2008 Sherborn Town Meeting, is charged with considering the possible uses of the property in order to help determine its future and whether it has a place, or multiple places, in the municipal campus plan.Volunteers are needed for a therapeutic horseback-riding program in Sherborn.Do you have a few hours in the afternoon that you could help with children and horses?

to municipalities in the NSTAR service area, including Dover.

These grants are made for the purposes of community tree replacement planting and building local capacity for excellent urban and community forestry.If you are in the NSTAR service area, please look for notification of the NSTAR Go Green Program in your monthly utility bill.For more information on this new grant opportunity, please visit http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/urban/urbanGrants.htm.Special thanks to NSTAR for taking the initiative to launch this special program, and for helping communities in the NSTAR service area Go Green!Dover has updated its collection of plastic and paper for recycling.

The Dover Transfer Station now collects all plastic containers #1-7.

Remember to think green: reduce, reuse and recycle.Interested parties in a workday commuter service to and from a Natick train station to downtown Sherborn should contact the Board of Selectmen at 508-651-7850.The Sherborn Recycling Committee is proud to announce that its Web site has been remodeled after a long period of dormancy.

Dianne Veitch, a former resident of Sherborn, has given it a fresh new look and will keep it up to date from now on.

25290 to have information faxed to you.The Unitarian Universalist Area Church at First Parish in Sherborn announces a new book collection container for the nonprofit organization Hands Across the Water (http://surplusbooksforcharity.org).The mission of Hands Across the Water is to collect used, unwanted books and ship them to communities in need around the globe.

Your used books will help combat illiteracy around the world, while also eliminating waste here in our communities.

Drop off your books any time.The abuse and neglect of seniors occurs in every community; unfortunately, no town is immune to this problem.

Despite this growth, though, the National Center on Elder Abuse estimates that only 1 in 5 cases are actually reported.As the state-designated protective services agency for Dover and Sherborn, Springwell is dedicated to helping local elders remain safe in their community, educating the public about the importance of reporting suspected abuse or neglect, and alleviating this growing crisis.

If you suspect that a senior is being abused or neglecting oneself, call Springwell at 617-926-4100 or the Massachusetts elder abuse hotline at 1-800-922-2275.

By law, the reporters identity always remains confidential.For more information about Springwells protective service program and the many other services available to help older adults live safely and independently in the community, please call Springwells Information & Referral Department or visit www.springwell.com.Caregiver Homes, a program that provides community based housing options for elders and disabled adults in need of daily care and assistance, is now accepting referrals in Dover.The Caregiver Homes program pays family  or nonfamily  caregivers to care for an elder or adult disabled family member, over the age of 16, at home.

This new program offers the advantage of postponing, or avoiding, nursing home placements.

Elders or disabled adults can live with family members, and are often happier and more independent as residents of the community.The program allows family members and friends to provide full-time care and services to elder and disabled adults.

The program participant and caregiver must live together in either the caregivers or the participants home.

Care can also be provided by a nonfamily caregiver who is carefully screened and credentialed by Caregiver Homes.The Caregiver Homes program gives Dover elders an opportunity for community choice while allowing family members to remain at home to provide caregiving for their elder loved one said Jamie L.

White LICSW, MBA, Massachusetts program director-Metro West for Caregiver Homes.

Prior to this innovative program, frail elders often had no option other than being placed in a nursing home, despite having a home and committed family caregivers.Caregiver Homes is a division of Seniorlink (a Boston-based elder-care services company) and has demonstrated a successful track record of home based support for frail elders since 1999.Our office has received many inquiries over the past few days from property owners who had received in the mail an offer from National Deed Service Inc. to provide them with a certified copy of their deed for $59.50.

The company, based in Washington, D.C., according to their letterhead, states it will obtain a certified copy of your deed from the county office and forward it to you.In an effort to prevent any homeowner from paying such an exorbitant fee for a service that is readily available locally, ODonnell wants all residents of Norfolk County to know that a certified copy of their deed may be obtained from the Registry of Deeds at 649 High St.

Further information is available at the Registry by calling the customer service center at 781-461-6101.The Community School Association of Pine Hill Elementary School is selling cookbooks.

Excellence in Cooking is a collection of recipes from the students, faculty and parents of Pine Hill School.

CSA provides financial support for CSA-sponsored programs that enhance and enrich the schools curriculum and its social and cultural environment.CSA would like to thank all of our sponsors who donated money to help defer the cost of publishing the cookbook.

In addition, a number of our sponsors provided wonderful recipes which are included in the book.

Thank you to our sponsors: Dowse Orchards, Sunshine Farm, Big Fresh Caf Sherborn Sandwich & Pizza Co., Sherborn Inn, Stone Hearth Pizza, Village Pizza, Icing on the Cake, KOUZINA, Caf ecadence, Tomasso Trattoria and Caf angal.The books are $15 each and they make fabulous gifts.

To obtain your copy of Excellence In Cooking, please contact Susan McPherson at 508-655-9070 or stop by Dowse Orchards to pick up a copy.MetroWest Medical Center is looking for volunteers to help create a warm, welcoming atmosphere for hospital patients and visitors.

Volunteer greeters are needed to welcome patients and guests to the facilities; provide escort/errand services; and offer appropriate information to all who enter the hospital.Many people who step through the doors of a hospital are on unfamiliar ground and feel a bit lost.

Volunteer greeters are there to ease the situation and help make the experience a little easier.

These hospital representatives also provide necessities like information and directions, and are available to escort visitors to their destinations.Our volunteer greeters meet and welcome everyone who walks through our doors.

They make the first contact with our patients and visitors, said Maura Peterson, Director of Volunteer Services at MetroWest Medical Center.

As a result, they have the opportunity to really make a difference in our patients and visitors first impression of our hospitals.Volunteer greeters must be 18 years or older; able to work independently; have strong interpersonal and communications skills; and possess good health and stamina.

Once accepted into the program, they receive an orientation to the organization and training for their position.To find out more about becoming a volunteer greeter and other volunteer opportunities at MetroWest Medical Center, call the Volunteer Services Department at 508-383-1605 or 508-650-7441.Justice Carole B.

This free offer is available to all branches of military service, including merchant marines.Justice Elizabeth Gemelli, president of the MJPA, who announced the service, explained that the serviceman or woman must be or soon will be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.

This service also applies to those active-duty military personnel who are home on leave from Iraq or Afghanistan and wish to marry, she said.

This offer is being made in recognition of their service to our country.Gemelli explained that MJPA members are volunteering their time and expertise to qualified active-duty military personnel who provide proper documentation and a valid Massachusetts marriage license. foreign country.

As the Sherborn town clerk, Marple is also able to issue marriage licenses valid anywhere in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.A list of Justices of the Peace who are participating in this service can be found on the Massachusetts Justices of the Peace Association Web site www.mjpa.org.The list is prepared alphabetically by city or town of the participating Justice of the Peace.The Sherborn Duplicate Bridge Club is a group of friends from Sherborn and nearby towns who play bridge every other Saturday evening at someones home.

Please call Robert Johnson at 508-653-0560 for more information.The Dover Board of Health has set up an Emergency Preparedness Program along with 34 other boards of health in other towns.

The board has been involved in this program and has been working closely with the Department of Public Health, Center of Disease Control and Homeland Security regarding setting up an infrastructure system in case of flu pandemic or a bioterrorist event.The board is seeking volunteers to assist in emergency situations when and if it has to dispense vaccines/antibiotics to the general population in the case of a flu pandemic or a bioterrorist event.Training will be provided for all volunteers and if any vaccines/antibiotics need be dispensed, they will be given to volunteers and their families first.

This is the first Sherborn civic group to do so under the Community Centers new program to help Sherborn groups prosper and grow.Part of the Sherborn Community Centers mission is to give Sherborn a greater sense of community and to become a true center for the community that is more than just a building.

This led to the new ability to provide Web pages to the nearly 40 civic and community groups in Sherborn that are affiliate group members of the Sherborn Community Center Foundation.

It gives them a way to get their message across to more town residents and provide residents with a more complete picture of what these groups do.Thank you to those who have been dropping off their used ink jet and toner cartridges for the Staples Recycle for Education program, raising money for Pine Hill School while, at the same time, helping the environment.

Collect them at your office or around the house and donate them to us.Staples pays $3 directly to the school for each eligible toner (in its original box, if available) and ink jet cartridge.

There are collection boxes at Pine Hill School, in the vestibule at the Sherborn Library, on the file cabinet in the back hallway at the Town Offices (between the bathrooms), or you can hand them to the manager at the Hap Ruane Recycling Center.

Please help us help our school.Anyone who participated in the filming or premiere of Winter Waltz: An Afternoon at Channing Pond, is welcome to pick up a free music video (DVD) at the Dover Church or Park and Recreation at the Caryl School.

Fox Foundation is a CD of Winter Waltz and three other of Rices 2005 compositions.The Sherborn Board of Health is seeking volunteers to assist in emergency situations, when and if it has to dispense vaccines/antibiotics to the town population in the case of a flu pandemic or a bioterrorist event.1.

Transportation: to help people get to dispensing sites.Training will be provided for all volunteers, and if any vaccines/antibiotics need be dispensed, they will be given to volunteers and their families first.The following is a joint release from the Sherborn Traffic Safety Committee and the Sherborn Board of Health:To make it safer for all, here are a few rules governing pedestrians and cyclists:Pedestrians must be sure to do two things.

Drivers are reminded to always look for and stop for pedestrians in or at a crosswalk.Cell phones can now be recycled at the Hap Ruane Recycling Center during normal business hours, Wednesday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

A special box for cell phones is located in the shed where CRTs and fluorescent tubes are collected.The phones will be shipped periodically to a company called Charitable Recycling in Michigan.

For more information, visit www.norfolkdeeds.org or call 781-461-6116.Compost bins are available to Dover and Sherborn residents for $25 and $40 depending on size and type ordered, through the State Department of Environmental Protection home composting program.

Bins can be purchased at the Sherborn Recycling Center.

For information about composting, call Karen Masterson at 508-653-0138.Also, green recycling bins can be purchased by Sherborn residents for $8 each at the Sherborn Recycling Center.