Coverage of recreational activities for Southborough. Focus on events in town. Additional features on events related to residents or local organizations.
Southborough Recreation is trying something new this fall. The department has organized a series of after school programs that allow kids to sign up for just one afternoon of fun.
Most of the programs give kids a chance to try out programs that will be offered as a weekly program in a future session of “RAP”. Read the full article → from One-Day Rec After School Programs
It’s a busy week in Southborough! Here are highlights of what’s happening around (or related to) our town tonight through next weekend. Read the full article → from Events this week
Here are highlights of what’s happening around (or related to) our town this weekend through next. Read the full article → from Events this week (Updated – Again)
Fay School is encouraging kids who like Volleyball to “take their skills to the next level” this fall Read the full article → from Free Volleyball Clinics for 6th-8th graders, starting this Sunday
The community is invited to take part in the 5th annual Trunk or Treat — the free Halloween festivities put on by the Southborough Firefighters Association and Southborough Recreation — on the Saturday before Halloween. Leading up to the event, Southborough Rec is seeking donations of candy to pass out. Read the full article → from Save the Date for Trunk or Treat — October 25th
Southborough Rec is offering another seasonal coloring contest. Read the full article → from Halloween Themed Coloring Contest for Kids
Here are highlights of what’s happening around (or related to) our town this weekend through next. Read the full article → from Events this week
If you wish you had signed your kid up for an activity to keep kids busy this morning, you may want to take a look at a program Southborough Recreation is holding later this month.
The next time that Northborough-Southborough Schools has a day off on a non-federal holiday is Wednesday, October 22nd (Diwali). That morning, Rec is offering a cooking class for kids in grades 1–5. Read the full article → from One-day “Kids’ Test Kitchen” program for the next mid-week school holiday
This month, Southborough Open Land Foundation is inviting the public to join them as the learn about fungi during a 2 hour guided “Mushroom Walk:\” at Beals Preserve. The opportunity will be limited to the first 30 participants that show up that morning. Read the full article → from Mushroom Walk at Beals Preserve — October 19
[Updated (10/10/2025 4:27 pm): The event is indefinitely postponed due to the forecast.]
Southborough’s big annual community festival and parade takes place in less than two weeks, on Monday, October 13th.
A quick alert for those thinking about exhibiting at the event, or marching in the parade, the registration deadline for both activities is this Thursday, October 2nd. Read the full article → from Register by Thursday for a Heritage Day Booth (or to march) (Updated Parade Cancelled – other details TBD)
[Updated (10/10/2025 4:23 pm): The event is cancelled due to the forecast.]
In Southborough, we don’t wait until just before Halloween to start carving jack o’lanterns. The community’s big annual display, organized by the Southborough Rotary Club, takes place during the three day Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day weekend.
For those of you who plan to take part, you might want to start thinking about how to decorate your gourds this year. Other readers will want to mark their calendars to check out the Pumpkin Stroll a week from Sunday. Read the full article → from Pumpkin Stroll — October 12th (Updated – Again – Cancelled)
Here are highlights of what’s happening around (or related to) our town this weekend through next. Read the full article → from Events this week
Next week, Southborough Recreation is offering a one-night only workshop to make a fall themed stained glass “suncatcher”. The class is open to anyone aged 13+ (with a fee). Two more opportunities, to make different styles of suncatchers will follow this fall. Read the full article → from Sign Up for a Stained Glass “Suncatcher” Workshop for Teens and Adults
This Sunday, a special “Dog Walk” will take place in the memory of late resident Shannon McDonald. Read the full article → from Dog Walk for Shannon’s Path – Oct 5th