March 2009

Last day to register for the Easter Egg Hunt

March 27, 2009 09:23:49 AM

Hunting for Easter eggs at the Community House is an annual tradition, and if you want to be a part of it this year, you’d better act quick. Today is the last day to sign up for the Southborough Kindergroup and Friends of the Southborough Recreation Department Easter Egg Hunt happening on April 11. You

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Hot off the presses: The April Town Meeting warrant

March 27, 2009 06:31:52 AM

The final warrant for the April Town Meeting is available starting today. With 20 pages covering a mere 26 articles, this year’s warrant is by all accounts, well, brief. But there’s still plenty of meat in it. See for yourself by picking up a hardcopy at the Town House, Library, or at the Transfer Station.

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A visit to the collage exhibit at the Arts Center

March 26, 2009 01:59:42 PM

Let me start with a disclaimer that I am so not an art critic. That said, I checked out the latest exhibit at the Southborough Arts Center this week and wanted to share what I saw. The exhibit features the work of local collage artists. Framed pieces as well as three-dimensional art are displayed. What

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Latest fire logs posted

March 26, 2009 11:52:43 AM

Check out how your fire department spent (some of) its time this week in the latest logs.

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We have a race!

March 26, 2009 09:38:13 AM

No, I’m not talking about the Finn March Madness race this weekend. I’m talking about town elections in May. Up until last week it looked like there would be no contested races on the ballot, but all that changed in the last few days. Three candidates filed last week to run for the two open

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Southborough in the news

March 26, 2009 06:56:47 AM

Your weekly sample of stories in the local media that have a Southborough connection. Cuts to SYFS may affect services “Over the years we’ve whittled down as there have been reductions in the amount of increase. We’re able to keep up, but it may take longer for people to be seen. The demand has really

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Southborough Education spelling bee Friday night

March 25, 2009 03:20:43 PM

I am hopelessly dependent on my spell-checker. And those of you who have been reading this blog for a while now know even technology can’t completely mask my ineptitude when it comes to putting the right letters in the right order. That’s one reason you won’t find me on stage at Trottier on Friday night

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Cataloging the turtles

March 25, 2009 01:21:42 PM

Did you know that of the 10 terrestrial and aquatic turtles native to Massachusetts, six are on the state’s endangered species list? And some of those endangered critters might just call the Beals Preserve home. Members of the Southborough Open Land Foundation (SOLF), along with Turtle Conservation Biologist Lori Erb, are embarking on a project

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Cost estimates for Main Street undergounding still unknown

March 25, 2009 11:34:07 AM

At a public hearing on Monday night, Town Planner Vera Kolias outlined the statutory steps the town would need to go through to get utility lines along Main Street buried undergound, and that road likely leads to a vote at the special town meeting next fall. But one big piece that’s missing right now is

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Break-in at Red Barn Coffee

March 25, 2009 09:49:48 AM

I heard a rumor that Red Barn Coffee was broken into this week, so I stopped by the Police Department to check it out. Turns out it’s true. Officer James DeLuca told me the report came in around 6:00 am on Monday morning. The burglar pried open a side door to get in. The good

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It’s official: Hollywood may, or may not, be coming to Southborough

March 25, 2009 06:48:43 AM

Columbia Pictures wants to film part of an Adam Sandler comedy in Southborough, and they went before the Board of Selectmen last night to ask for permission. They didn’t get it, but they didn’t get rejected either. In May the movie company wants to set up a 5-day shoot inside and outside Pilgrim Church. The

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Finn March Madness race course

March 24, 2009 01:11:37 PM

A couple of you asked what the race course is for this Saturday’s Finn March Madness Run/Walk. I checked with Laura Eppen, chair of Finn SOS, and she passed along the course info: Leave Finn School from parking lot go North on Parkerville to Rt.9 (a police car will be blocking the turn to Parkerville

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Sports safety summit this weekend

March 24, 2009 11:42:18 AM

Fay School and the Southborough Recreation Department are joining together to offer a sports safety summit on Saturday. The summit will focus on four sport-related subjects: Brain Injury & Concussions in Youth Sports Youth Sports Injuries and Why a Child is Not a Small Adult Lightening Safety and Emergency Planning Sports Roundtable: MRSA, Energy Drinks

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Change to tonight’s BOS agenda

March 24, 2009 09:42:29 AM

Just a note in case you’re planning on attending tonight’s Board of Selectmen meeting. The executive session originally scheduled for 6:30 pm was cancelled, so everything in the agenda will shift up by about 40 minutes. Plan accordingly.

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