From the daily archives:

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Some Southborough birds owe thanks to an ‘Eagle’

May 12, 2009 03:19:32 PM

An Eagle Scout, that is.
The Community Advocate reported that Southborough resident Philip B. Kachajian recently became Boy Scout Troop 92’s 27th Eagle Scout. And his Eagle project was to reclaim and renovate the man-made pond behind the Neary School tennis courts as a spot for ice skating in the winter and bird-watching year-round.
I took a

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The movie is coming, and that means road closures

May 12, 2009 01:29:39 PM

Traffic and parking around Pilgrim Church and the Town House will be restricted starting on Wednesday due to filming of the Adam Sandler comedy “Lake House.” You can view all the details in this PDF, but here’s a summary of key closures.
Wednesay, May 13 to Wednesday, May 27

The north end of St. Mark’s Street from

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EMC gets approval from Conservation Commission, but will it build?

May 12, 2009 11:43:06 AM

EMC recently cleared another hurdle in its bid to build a 10-building office park on 445 acres straddling the Southborough/Westborough line, but the company isn’t saying when or if it will actually move forward with the plan.
A spokesperson told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette:
“As we’ve said all along, we’re permitting to develop the 445-acre site

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Hollywood comes to Southborough: Day 1

May 12, 2009 09:11:27 AM

I’m going to try to get over to Pilgrim Church each day this week to document its transformation from a humble small town church into a major Hollywood movie set. No promises, but I’ll do my best.
On Monday, crews erected the gazebo and started some landscaping. The gazebo looks nothing like the one in the

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