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Ten miles of toilet paper: St. Mark’s tries to break mathematical record

December 12, 2011 10:11:21 AM
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Try this experiment. Go get yourself a length of toilet paper. Now fold it in half crosswise. Fold it in half again and again. It won’t take long – maybe three or four folds – before the paper won’t stay folded anymore. Now try taking 53,000 feet of toilet paper and folding it in half over and over. That’s exactly what a group of students from St. Mark’s did last week.

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Library offers amnesty for lost cards and overdue books

December 6, 2011 02:46:59 PM
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Lost your library card? Racked up a bunch of fines for overdue books? Stop by the Southborough Library this week or next to get the slate wiped clean.

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What’s open and what’s not over Thanksgiving

November 23, 2011 02:53:19 PM

Here’s a list of what’s open and what’s not around town over the Thanksgiving holiday. Note that like last year the Transfer Station will be closed on both Thursday and Friday but open normal hours on Saturday, and the Library will be closed starting Thursday through the whole weekend.

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Breaking news: Southborough’s Swap Shop to close for good on December 1

November 22, 2011 10:27:06 PM

A Southborough institution is closing it’s doors. I’m not talking about the Spa, or the Southborough House of Pizza, or Fitzgerald’s store. I’m talking about the Swap Shop.

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The week in government (11/21 – 11/25)

November 21, 2011 07:19:42 AM

A list of department and committee meetings for the week.

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The week in government (11/14 – 11/18)

November 14, 2011 07:15:55 AM

A list of department and committee meetings for the week.

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Algonquin boys soccer headed to the finals on Sunday

November 12, 2011 08:23:37 AM

Yesterday the Algonquin girls field hockey team won the division championship title. Tomorrow the Algonquin boys soccer team will have a chance to do the same thanks to a semifinal win over Worcester South yesterday.

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Second annual Gulbankians after-hours shopping and tasting event – Thursday, November 17

November 9, 2011 04:29:05 PM
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Get some recipe ideas for Thanksgiving and a jump start on your holiday shopping at Gulbankian Farm & Garden Center’s after-hours shopping and tasting event on Thursday, November 17.

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Boys youth lacrosse holds information night on Wednesday, November 9

November 8, 2011 03:00:44 PM
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Want to learn more about youth lacrosse? The Northborough-Southborough Youth Lacrosse Association is holding an information night for new players tomorrow at the Northborough Library.

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Southborough Food Pantry a lifeline for our neighbors in need

November 4, 2011 03:15:20 PM
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In 1990 clergy from six Southborough parishes set up a food pantry in a small closet at Pilgrim Church. More than twenty years later, volunteers say the need for the service is as great as it’s ever been.

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MWDN: Southborough MCAS results mixed

October 14, 2011 01:28:08 PM

From the Metrowest Daily News The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Southborough middle schoolers met adequate yearly progress in English but not math, while students in the third, fourth and fifth grades succeeded in math but not English. To keep pace with yearly progress requirements, districts must have at least 95.1 percent of

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Town to conduct citizen survey this fall – what questions would you ask?

September 29, 2011 11:45:28 AM
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Southborough officials want to know if they’re doing a good job. It’s a question they plan to put to residents in a citizen survey later this fall.

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MWDN: State calls Southborough man mastermind of brother’s murder

September 21, 2011 09:11:17 AM

The murder trial of Southborough resident Treefon Manoloules got underway with opening statements at Barnstable District Court yesterday. Manoloules is charged with the 2009 slaying of his brother Aris in Hyannis. Treefon’s 19-year-old son and brother-in-law are also charged in the case.

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Westborough selectmen give go-ahead to CSX bulk transfer station

September 15, 2011 11:11:14 AM
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The Westborough Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on Tuesday night to approve the site plan for a new bulk transfer station off Flanders Road, paving the way for CSX to begin construction.

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