The Board of Selectmen and Advisory Committee meet with the School Committee tonight to go over the K-8 budget. It’s a budget that has inspired significant debate on this blog in the past week (67 comments and counting). Read the full article → from Get your first look at the school budgets
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in govenment
Unless it’s an Olympic year, curling isn’t a sport that gets much attention. So you may not realize the MetroWest is home to a small but vibrant curling community. Some of those curlers — my husband among them — hail from Southborough. Two Southborough curlers, brothers Stephen and Korey Dropkin, will compete in the U.S. Junior National Curling Championship starting this weekend in Fairbanks, Alaska. Read the full article → from Southborough brothers curl for gold in Alaska
Southborough Cub Scouts held their annual Pinewood Derby last weekend. Cub Scout mom Laura Coldwell-Stewart was there and sent along some photos of the event. Read the full article → from Photos: Pinewood Derby
Readers pointed me to two interesting rankings by the Boston Globe this week. One ranking looked at the year-over-year increase in median home prices in Massachusetts communities, the other at median family incomes. In both Southborough ranked among the top. Read the full article → from Our home prices are going up and our incomes are high suggests data
The latest school budget — and in particular the question of whether to add back a teaching position — has been a hot topic on the blog this week. On Monday night, the Board of Selectmen and Advisory Committee will dig into some of the details as they meet to review the budget with the K-8 School Committee. Read the full article → from School budget, financial fundamentals to be discussed on Monday night
As the snow continues to pile up, the Southborough Fire Department sends along this important reminder. Read the full article → from A reminder from the Southborough Fire Department to clear furnace vents
The Southborough Public Library is hosting two events on Saturday, one for kids and one for adults. Here are the details. Read the full article → from Two library events on Saturday
You shovel your front walk, you shovel out your driveway, and if you’re nice you shovel out a nearby fire hydrant LINK, but are you responsible for shoveling out the sidewalk in front of your home? A reader asked about that last week, so I in turn asked DPW Superintendent Karen Galligan. Read the full article → from Good question: Do I have to shovel the sidewalk in front of my house?
The Zoning Board of Appeals last night voted to approve permits that will allow the Gulbankian family to continue operating a machine shop and bus terminal on their Mt. Vickery Road property, bring to resolution an issue that has drawn out for more than a year. Read the full article → from Decision reached on Gulbankians zoning issue, but not everyone is happy
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
It’s another snow day for kids in Southborough today. Superintendent Charles Gobron made the call early this morning to close school “because of the intensity of the present snow storm and the dangerous driving conditions.” Read the full article → from Schools in Southborough closed today
A sprinkler pipe in the ceiling of the Southborough post office froze and then burst yesterday, causing significant damage. Read the full article → from Broken pipe causes water damage at Southborough post office
Southborough Recreation is sponsoring a valentine workshop for kids in February. If you’re one of the first to register, you’ll get a special gift, so read on. Read the full article → from Valentine stamping workshop for kids