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Tree stumps in Flagg Road area to be removed

February 23, 2010 02:24:54 PM
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If you’ve driven around the Flagg Road area lately, you’re sure to notice some big stumps along the side of the roads – the remnants of some 38 trees cut down by National Grid in January.

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A portion of Southville Road to get a new sidewalk

February 23, 2010 09:37:41 AM

If all goes according to plan, the north side of Southville Road from Liberty Drive to about 200 feet before the Ashland town line — by the parking lot of the Rose Garden restaurant — will get a new sidewalk later this year.

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Snow removal budget in good shape this year

January 21, 2010 11:47:00 AM
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By this point last year, all the money in the town’s snow removal budget had been used up. Fortunately, things are looking much brighter this year.

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Reader comment prompts check of traffic signal on Route 9

January 13, 2010 09:30:07 AM

Last week, My Southborough reader Chris shared a complaint about the traffic light on Route 9 at White Bagley and Breakneck Hill Roads. The Southborough DPW read it and took action.

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Good question: Who’s responsible for traffic lights in town?

January 7, 2010 11:54:02 AM
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There have been a couple of questions on the blog recently about who controls the timing of traffic lights in town (see the open thread here). To find out, I asked DPW Superintendent Karen Galligan.

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Still no resolution on Marlboro Road water issue

January 6, 2010 11:49:02 AM

The DPW came to last night’s Board of Selectmen meeting prepared to present findings on the source of water that flows from Stephen Stanechewski’s property at 126 Marlboro Road out onto the roadway. Public officials say the water freezes on the road creating an unsafe condition for motorists.

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Trees coming down on Flagg Road

January 5, 2010 01:04:19 PM
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National Grid removed trees in the Flagg Road area this week.

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The Northboro Road bridge is now open

December 24, 2009 06:53:11 AM

After a two-month closure, the Northboro Road bridge opened yesterday morning a few hours earlier than planned.

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Northboro Road bridge set to open tomorrow

December 22, 2009 07:12:28 AM

After being closed for nearly two months, the Northboro Road bridge is expected to open by the end of the day tomorrow.

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Southborough gets teeny tiny reimbursement for December 2008 ice storm

December 14, 2009 11:51:38 AM
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Last week the state handed out $5.5 million to communities affected by last December’s massive ice storm. Southborough came through the storm relatively unscathed, so you probably won’t be shocked to hear we didn’t get a very big piece of the reimbursement pie.

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Power out to some Framingham Road homes

December 3, 2009 01:13:35 PM

A My Southborough reader (thanks, Alfredo!) alerted me that as of 1:00 pm today, a handful of residents on Framingham were without power. Service is expected to be restored around 4:00 pm today. No word on what caused the outage, but it has been pretty darn windy out there today.

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Northboro Road bridge work continues on schedule

November 24, 2009 09:24:46 AM

I asked Town Engineer John Woodsmall for an update on the Northboro Road bridge work. Keep reading to find out what he had to say.

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National Grid plans tree removal

November 17, 2009 12:42:45 PM

There will be a public hearing on Thursday to review National Grid’s application to cut down 38 trees and prune another 3 because they’re threatening main power lines. The trees are located on these roads:

Lynnbrook Road – 1 removal
Lovers Lane – 22 removals, 3 trims
Flagg Road – 10 removals
Deerfoot Road – 5 removals

Trees slated to

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Newton Street closed again today

November 12, 2009 01:14:32 PM

For the second time in as many weeks, a portion of Newton Street north of Southboro Medical is closed for road work. DPW head Karen Galligan said today’s closure is for drainage work. The closure last week was to to tap an existing water main and install a fire hydrant.
Newton Street is expected to reopen

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