Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Do you want to help shape the future of the Southborough Library?

August 11, 2009 03:28:14 PM

If so, now’s your chance. There is a new vacancy on the library’s Board of Trustees and they’re looking for someone to fill it. Here’s a description of the position: The Library Trustees are ultimately responsible for the direction and mission of the public library and the board works with the Library Director and staff […]

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Further afield: Hudson Hot Air Balloon Festival

August 11, 2009 01:17:05 PM

What a way to spend a summer evening — friends, music, a picnic dinner, and lots of hot air. Click images to view larger. You can read about the annual hot air balloon festival in the Metrowest Daily News. Find more photos in the My Southborough photostream.

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Northboro Road bridge may need repairs

August 11, 2009 09:45:59 AM

The wooden planks on the bridge that crosses the railroad tracks at Northboro Road (map) are popping up. And that’s not a good thing. Town Engineer John Woodsmall tells me the bridge is owned and maintained by the Mass Highway Department. Occasionally the planks that make up the bridge deck pop up and have to […]

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Pan Mass Challenge team rides in honor of Chief Webber

August 11, 2009 07:03:36 AM

Earlier this month more than 5,000 bicyclists journeyed their way from points across Massachusetts to Provincetown as part of the Pan-Mass Challenge, a fundraiser for cancer research. Some of those cyclists were riding in memory of Southborough’s late police chief William Webber who succumbed to pancreatic cancer last November. The team, dubbed “Billy’s Posse” included […]

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