July 2009

What’s blooming in your yard?

July 28, 2009 03:10:40 PM

My yard is in desperate need of some summertime flowers. All we have to speak of are a bunch of tiger lilies planted by the previous owner. And lovely though they may be, they’re not nearly enough. What favorite flowers are blooming in your yard right now? Share in the comments, or better yet, send

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Cheap eats: The Recession Stand

July 28, 2009 12:45:38 PM

The Recession Stand, a new hot dog stand at 169 Boston Road, has been getting its fair share of press recently thanks in part to its clever name. Here’s a recent video about the vendor from NECN. So has anyone given the place a try?

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A safer way to book ‘em in Southborough

July 28, 2009 10:07:57 AM

A few weeks ago I got a first-hand look at the Southborough Police Department’s new booking room. Fortunately, it was from the right side of the jail cell, not the wrong side. At town meeting in 2008, voters approved $21,000 to renovate the old booking room, which the police department said was cramped and unsafe

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In the media: Natick man dies from motorcycle accident injuries

July 28, 2009 07:20:19 AM

The Metrowest Daily News reports that a Natick man who crashed is motorcycle into the back of an SUV earlier this month on Route 9 near White’s Corner has died from his injuries.

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Why flags are at half-staff today

July 27, 2009 02:55:19 PM

President Barack Obama declared today National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day to mark the end of the Korean War 56 years ago today.

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Vandals hit Wildwood and Southwood Drive homes

July 27, 2009 12:31:28 PM

In the Wildwood and Southwood Drive neighborhood (map) just about every house has a lamppost gracing its front yard. But today many of those lampposts are lying on the ground. Linda over at Southborough News reports that vandals this weekend knocked over mailboxes and lightposts at more than a dozen homes in the neighborhood. If

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Open discussion thread: Ask questions, share opinions

July 27, 2009 10:24:18 AM

Let’s try something new this week. If you like it, I’ll make it a weekly feature. Do you have questions about Southborough you’d like to ask? Or maybe opinions (I know you have opinions!) that fall outside the topics of individual posts? I’d love it if we had a My Southborough discussion board where you

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The week in town government

July 27, 2009 08:14:26 AM

The big meeting this week is the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. The Advisory Committee, Municipal Facilities Committee, and Historical Commission will all be attending. The agenda hasn’t been posted on the town website, but I’ve been told plans for a new police station will be the primary topic of conversation. In theory, Tuesday’s meeting

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Exploring the Bay Circuit trail

July 24, 2009 02:52:26 PM

A few weeks ago I came across an editorial in the Boston Globe about the Bay Circuit trail, a 173-mile trail that winds its way through 34 towns outside of Boston. The editorial said the Bay Circuit Alliance was looking to connect fragmented portions of the trail, including one in Southborough. It was the first

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Southborough landowners complain about ZBA treatment

July 24, 2009 12:34:50 PM

In a letter to the Metrowest Daily News published today, a Southborough landowner said she and her husband “feel like we have been hit by a truck” after a recent Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The couple attended the meeting to urge the board to decline a request by a major land developer to rezone

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Lower level of the library likely closed for several more weeks

July 24, 2009 10:23:16 AM

The Southborough Library is still cleaning up from the epic storm two weeks ago, and the lower level will likely be closed “well into August” said Facilities Manager Phil Rinehart. While the clean up happens, Rinehart said he planned to meet with library and town officials to figure out how to prevent similar flooding in

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Red Barn gets a jolt from the federal government

July 24, 2009 07:08:51 AM

Hopkinton-based Red Barn Coffee Roasters got a $250,000 loan thanks to stimulus funds from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Owner Mark Verrochi told the Boston Globe he’ll use the money to purchase a much bigger coffee roaster, one that will let him increase his operation tenfold. “We will be aggressively pursuing business I

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A Southborough photographer with ‘heart’

July 23, 2009 12:57:11 PM

Southborough resident Nancy Gould sees smiling faces every day in her job as a wedding and family photographer. But the smiles of six-year-old Serenity were extra special. Serenity is a foster child looking for a permanent family. Nancy photographed her as part of the Heart Gallery, a traveling photographic exhibit created to find families for

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Community gardeners warn of tomato blight

July 23, 2009 10:14:21 AM

Organizers of the Southborough Community Gardens want you to be on the lookout for a fungal foe. Phytophthora infestans, more commonly known as late blight, is the same fungus that caused the the Irish Potato Famine in the 1800′s, and it’s been found on tomato plants in the Community Gardens off Breakneck Hill Road. Researchers

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