I laid awake for a while last night listening to every creak and groan my house made — and there were a lot of them — wondering if the roof was going to cave in at any second. Our house is still standing today, but with more heavy, wet snow forecast for this weekend, I wonder just how worried I should be. Read the full article → from UPDATED: More rain and snow on the way: Are you worried about your roof?
There’s no shortage of activities and programs for kids over February vacation this year. If you’re sticking around town and are looking for some fun things for your kids to do, check out these options. Read the full article → from What to do over February vacation: Lots of options!
The state attorney general has declined to investigate multiple alleged Open Meeting Law violations against the town, saying that the complaint was filed too late. Read the full article → from MWDN: AG declines to investigate Southborough Open Meeting complaint
After closing on Thursday because of snow and ice accumulation on its roof, Trottier Middle School will reopen on Friday. But not all of the building will be usable. Read the full article → from Trottier will be open on Friday
St. Mark’s School will hold it’s annual Wick Choral Festival this weekend. The pop festival features a cappella groups from ten area schools, in addition to St. Mark’s. Read the full article → from A cappella festival at St. Mark’s this weekend
Fire Chief John Mauro Jr. will tell you self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) are “literally the lifeline” of firefighters responding to any number of hazardous situations. He’ll also tell you many of Southborough’s SCBAs no longer meet current safety standards. But that’s about to change. Read the full article → from Southborough gets $85K grant to replace firefighting equipment
Selectman John Rooney thinks it’s time for the non-profits in town to step up. With the backing of the Board of Selectmen, Rooney recently asked both St. Mark’s and Fay School to increase their payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) donations to help cover the cost of town services they use, and to compensate for the loss of property tax revenue on residential property owned by the schools. Read the full article → from Rooney asks St. Mark’s and Fay to contribute more
The Metrowest Daily News today took a look at how teacher salaries in Southborough compare with the rest of the state. Here’s what they found out. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough teacher salaries are near average
Turns out it’s just too wintry outside to talk about summer camp. The Southborough Extended Day Program had planned on holding an open house for its Summer Fun Camp tonight at Trottier, but the event has been canceled due to the roof problems at Trottier. Read the full article → from Summer camp open house tonight canceled
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
Trottier Middle School will be closed all day on Thursday because of issues with heavy snow on the roof. Read the full article → from UPDATED: Trottier closed tomorrow due to ‘large amount of snow’ on the roof
Pizza 19 wasn’t the only local business before the Board of Selectmen last night. Colony Market was also there. But while Pizza 19 had their license granted, Colony Market had theirs revoked after selectmen determined the owner lied on his application for a liquor license renewal. Read the full article → from Selectmen say Colony Market ‘misrepresented facts’ to get liquor license
State Representative Steven Levy, who represents Southborough precinct 1, will hold office hours on Friday, February 4, at the Southborough House of Pizza (5 Main Street). Read the full article → from Rep. Levy to hold office hours in Southborough on Friday
Southborough kids have had plenty of time this winter to perfect their sledding skills and exercise their snowball throwing arms, but what about their reading, writing, and arithmetic? Read the full article → from It’s our fourth week in a row of interrupted school schedules