Friday, March 6, 2009

Options and costs for replacing Ladder 26

March 6, 2009 02:32:31 PM

(This is part 5 in a series of posts about the proposal for a new aerial ladder truck in Southborough. For more information, see the series introduction.) When you buy a new car, what’s the first thing you do? You take it for a test drive, right? That’s exactly what the Aerial Ladder Study Group

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Gambling (or not) at one local liquor store

March 6, 2009 12:02:20 PM

Gambling where you buy your liquor is not a new concept, but the Board of Selectmen doesn’t want you lingering around while you do it. On Tuesday night the Selectmen unanimously rejected a request on behalf of Turnpike Liquors (65 Turnpike Road) to install a Keno monitor. The store already offers Keno, but the monitor

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New poll: Should we buy a ladder truck?

March 6, 2009 10:10:25 AM

There’s one more installment in the ladder truck series to be posted later today, but if you’ve already made up your mind about whether the town should purchase a new ladder truck, head on over to the My Southboorugh poll and register your vote. You’ll find the poll in the sidebar to the right. (If

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More public meetings than you can shake a stick at

March 6, 2009 06:54:14 AM

Southborough has gone public meeting crazy. I’m not sure if it’s the run-up to Town Meeting, but there are four public meetings in the coming weeks covering everything from historic preservation, to DPW projects, to the tax rate. Here are all the details. Monday, March 9: Water System Master Plan On average, the town of

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