Thursday, March 5, 2009

Rotary talent show Friday night

March 5, 2009 07:56:04 PM

There’s still time to get tickets for the annual Southborough Rotary Talent Show happening on Friday night at Trottier. Purchase advance tickets for $10 tomorrow morning in the Trottier lobby between 7:30 and 8:30 am. Or buy them at the door for $15. Organizer and Trottier teacher Pamela Lunder tells me the show will feature

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Tough terrain: Getting access to Southborough homes

March 5, 2009 03:11:37 PM

(This is part 4 in a series of posts about the proposal for a new aerial ladder truck in Southborough. For more information, see the series introduction.) Rebecca Waterfall, one of the organizers of the Southborough Fire Ball, has reason to want a new ladder truck in Southborough. Like others in town, she has a

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Naming the Algonquin auditorium for Dennis Wrenn, and more on tributes

March 5, 2009 01:19:53 PM

The Northborough-Southborough Music Association (NSMA) is leading the effort to rename the Algonquin auditorium in Dennis Wrenn’s honor, but they’ll have to wait a while to do it. The school has a policy that instructs officials to wait 6 to 12 months before recommending commemorations for those who have passed. So, later this year Superintendent

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Latest fire logs and police logs … sort of

March 5, 2009 11:58:21 AM

I’ve posted the latest logs from the fire department for your perusal. Some of you asked if I could post the police logs, as well. I looked into it, and while technically I could do it, there’s one problem: I’m lazy. Each week the fire department kindly emails me their logs, so there’s absolutely no

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Fill up on the cheap at Falconi Bros. today

March 5, 2009 11:05:55 AM

This just in from my peeps on the street. Falconi Bros. is offering gas at $1.49 a gallon today. I checked, and the last time gas was that cheap in New England was July 2001, so get yourself to the pump! Falconi Bros. is located on Boston Road near the center of town. (map)

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Keeping the Arts Center open

March 5, 2009 09:34:49 AM

I’ll admit I have a soft spot in my heart for the building that houses the Southborough Arts Center — it’s where I went to kindergarten after all. Come to find out, I’m not the only one. “I view it as part of the town’s DNA,” Selectman Sal Giorlandino told a crowd of Arts Center

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Southborough Unscheduled – tonight!

March 5, 2009 06:30:35 AM

What will you do tonight? I can tell you what Southborough kids won’t be doing: homework. Or organized sports. Or any other school-scheduled activity. Tonight is the annual Southborough Unscheduled, a night where parents and kids take a break from a hectic life and enjoy some much-needed family time. The flyer says that in addition

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