Thursday, March 19, 2009

Further afield: Callahan State Park

March 19, 2009 02:25:21 PM

I never went to Callahan State Park as a kid growing up in Southborough. In fact, I didn’t even know about it until quite recentl, which is a shame, because it’s lovely. Callahan is an 820-acre park tucked in a residential area just over the Southborough border in Framingham. It’s biggest claim to fame is

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Negotiations continue on Nichols House

March 19, 2009 12:09:32 PM

This house might not look like much to you and me, but to the Southborough Historical Society it’s a diamond in the rough. You might recognize it as the Nichols House that sits near the Fayville Dam off Route 30 (map). The Historical Society hopes to make it the future location of the Stony Brook

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Fire and police logs for the week(s)

March 19, 2009 10:05:29 AM

The weekly fire logs are posted. This week they include something called a “high angle rescue” on Saddle Hill Lane. I have no idea what that means, but it certainly sounds dramatic. And the folks over at the Southborough Villager have been busy. They posted three week’s worth of police logs in the past few

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‘Putting life into the building’

March 19, 2009 06:47:47 AM

Back in November, the Board of Selectmen endorsed a plan for a new 1-story police station to be built adjacent to the current fire station. That plan calls for the existing police station to be torn down. Last night in front of a good-sized crowd of Southborough residents, members of the Historic Commission made a

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