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Southborough residents organize a ‘wicked’ mud run

May 24, 2013 02:06:58 PM
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A 5K obstacle course through sloppy mud, over walls and beams, through trees and trails and trenches full of water and more mud. Sound like a good time? Southborough residents Ray Thompson and Dan O’Rourke, organizers of the first-ever Wicked Mud Run, promise it will be.

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Southborough storm chaser witnesses devastation in Oklahoma

May 22, 2013 09:27:11 AM
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Southborough resident and storm chaser Rich Hamel was in Oklahoma when the devastating tornado hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore earlier this week. Hamel shared his account with Boston.com.

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Flags lowered today in honor of longtime Southborough resident and WWII veteran

May 20, 2013 11:44:30 AM
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Flags in Southborough are flying at half staff today in honor of WWII veteran and longtime Southborough resident Charles Hamel who passed away last week at the age of 93.

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Longtime Conservation Commission member recognized

May 17, 2013 09:24:33 AM
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Each year the Southborough Open Land Foundation awards the Elaine Beals Conservation Award to a deserving Southborough resident. This year the honor went to Rhonda Russian, who retired from the Conservation Commission last year after 22 years of service.

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Southborough author celebrates release of third novel with book signing event at Tatnuck – Tuesday, May 14

May 13, 2013 11:40:03 AM
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Tomorrow is a big day for Conway Sax fans. The third installment of Southborough author Steve Ulfelder’s mystery series featuring Sax, a Metrowest-based auto mechanic turned reluctant detective, will be released on Tuesday. I for one, can’t wait to discover what trouble Sax finds himself in this time.

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Donna McDaniel honored as an ‘unsung heroine’ at State House ceremony

April 30, 2013 04:22:06 PM
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Donna McDaniel yesterday became the latest in a string of Southborough women to be honored as Unsung Heroines by the Commission on the Status of Women.

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2013 Boston Marathon runner: Amanda Watters

April 15, 2013 12:11:08 PM
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Twenty-four Southborough residents will don a Boston Marathon bib today to run for themselves and for causes they hold dear. Every runner has a story, and for the past few weeks I’ve been featuring as many of those stories as I can on the blog.

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Twenty-five Southborough residents to run the Boston Marathon today

April 15, 2013 09:32:20 AM
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Southborough historically has a good showing in the Boston Marathon, and this year is no exception. Twenty-four Southborough residents – 16 women and 8 men – will cross the starting line in Hopkinton this morning.

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2013 Boston Marathon runner: John Megan

April 12, 2013 02:32:13 PM
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Twenty-four Southborough residents will don a Boston Marathon bib on Monday to run for themselves and for causes they hold dear. Every runner has a story, and from now until marathon day, I’ll feature as many of those stories as I can on the blog.

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Celebration of life for Eric Green planned at Trottier

April 10, 2013 09:44:12 AM
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Members of the Trottier community have been working with the family of Eric Green to plan a celebration of his life to take place on June 8 at Trottier. Eric passed away suddenly in January 2012 at the age of 12. A seventh grader at Trottier at the time, Eric would have graduated from the school this June.

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2013 Boston Marathon runner: Jennifer Martin

April 9, 2013 04:19:29 PM
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Twenty-four Southborough residents will don a Boston Marathon bib on Monday to run for themselves and for causes they hold dear. Every runner has a story, and from now until marathon day, I’ll feature as many of those stories as I can on the blog. Today we meet Jennifer Martin who is running on behalf of the Friends of the Southborough Youth Commission

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2013 Boston Marathon runner: Nancy Gould

April 4, 2013 02:06:00 PM
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Southborough has always had an impressive showing at the Boston Marathon, and this year is no exception. On Monday, April 15, twenty-four Southborough residents will don a bib a run for themselves and for causes they hold dear. Every runner has a story, and from now until marathon day, I’ll feature as many of those stories as I can on the blog.

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Do you know this cat?

April 3, 2013 02:09:37 PM
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My Southborough reader Sara sent in this note about a cat hanging out in her neighborhood. See if you can help.

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Trottier student seeks pet food donations

April 2, 2013 02:05:52 PM
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You probably know Southborough has a food pantry, but did you know we also have a pet food pantry? It’s a cause that is being helped along this year by Trottier student Ben Gordon, who is collecting donations as part of his Bar Mitzvah volunteer project.

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