Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Future of the Country Gourmet remains uncertain

June 10, 2009 04:04:55 PM

Selectmen last month approved the transfer of the liquor license from the Country Gourmet on Framingham Road to Shohdy Ziada who owns Turnpike Liquors on Route 9. Ziada told selectmen he was going to establish a convenience store on the property, but apparently those plans are still up in the air. Country Gourmet proprietor Bob

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Friends of Southborough Recreation open house

June 10, 2009 02:12:33 PM

Join the Friends of Southborough Recreation at an open house on Thursday night for an evening of wine, refreshments, and information. The Friends will talk about their major fundraising event — the annual Thanksgiving Day Gobble Wobble — along with other event ideas for the upcoming year. The open house starts at 7:30 pm at the

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Algonquin sports news

June 10, 2009 11:55:47 AM

It was a tough way to end the season for the Algonquin boys tennis, boys baseball, and boys and girls lacrosse teams, with each losing championship matches in the past week. But the girls tennis team still has a shot at the state finals. They play Wellesley today at 3:30 pm at Shrewsbury High. Here’s

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Over 700 National Grid customers lost power this morning

June 10, 2009 09:31:02 AM

I lost power again this morning, and so did 767 other National Grid customers in Southborough. The lights were off — more distressingly, the coffee maker was off — for only about 30 minutes, but even so, it’s the second significant outage in less than a month. Is this considered normal for National Grid in this

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Southborough resident in the middle of Pike toll battle

June 10, 2009 09:23:33 AM

You’ve probably heard about the class-action lawsuit against the Turnpike Authority that alleges Mass Pike tolls are an “unfair tax,” but what you might not know is that a Southborough man is right in the thick of it. Robert Ackley of Southborough was one of three Metrowest residents to file the suit against the beleaguered

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What the fire deparment has been up to this week

June 10, 2009 06:54:43 AM

Monday 6/8/09 07:42 EMS call, Framingham Road Sunday 6/7/09 01:22 EMS call, Garbrier Street, Ashland 12:06 EMS call, Newton Street 13:48 EMS call, Parkerville Road Saturday 6/6/09 No calls reported Friday 6/5/09 15:05 Unintentional alarm system activation, Turnpike Road Thursday 6/4/09 12:02 Alarm system activation due to malfunction, Northboro Road 14:44 Unintentional alarm system activation,

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