Monday, January 26, 2009

Wanted: Southborough’s most talented

January 26, 2009 02:38:35 PM

Signing, dancing, martial arts, juggling, and a crowd-pleasing yo-yo act. The annual Southborough Rotary Club Talent Show has had it all. And now it’s your turn to join the fun. Auditions for this year’s talent show will be held on Thursday (1/29) and Monday (2/2) at Trottier Middle School. The talent show itself is scheduled

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It’s going to cost more to send your kid to school next year

January 26, 2009 11:53:47 AM

And I’m not just talking about your rising property taxes. Governor Patrick may have spared schools from the latest round of budget cuts, but that doesn’t mean the school district is going to have an easy time making ends meet. And one strategy they intend to use is passing along some of the rising expense

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What impact will local aid cuts have on Southborough?

January 26, 2009 09:23:59 AM

See the woman in the front row on the left? That’s Southborough’s Assistant Town Administrator Vanessa Hale looking none too happy. And with good reason. Hale attended the municipal conference last week at which Governor Deval Patrick announced massive cuts in local aid to cities and towns. Patrick said he will cut $128 million for

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The week in town government

January 26, 2009 06:41:16 AM

There aren’t a lot of meetings scheduled for this week, but the ones that are scheduled are all meaty (meety?). The Advisory Committee takes on the tough topic of budgets, the Planning Board looks at traffic on Route 9, the ZBA talks about Woodland Meadows, and the Conservation Commission considers EMC. I don’t know what

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