Heritage Day, Southborough’s annual fall festival will be held this year on Monday, October 11. Like last year you can expect a parade and vendors galore. The annual Heritage Day Road Race sponsored by Southborough Rotary will take place on October 10, and the Southborough Gardeners will again this year host a scarecrow contest. Read the full article → from Save the date: Heritage Day is October 11
St. Matthew’s and St. Anne’s churches expect about 200 parishioners at their annual church picnic on Sunday, September 19, to be held at Laborer’s Training Center in Hopkinton. Read the full article → from Southborough Catholics invited to annual picnic
The Recreation Department reports that some classes in their popular after-school program for kids at Finn, Neary, Woodward, and Trottier are already full. Others have just a few spots left. Read the full article → from After-school RAP classess filling fast
Girl Scouts do a whole lot more than just sell cookies — although thank goodness they do that, too. If you’re interested in joining a Southborough Girl Scout troop, consider attending their membership event next Tuesday. Read the full article → from More than just cookies: Join the Southborough Girl Scouts
The Tomahawks kick off their football season at home on Saturday night against St. Peter Marian. The game was originally scheduled for Friday night, but was moved to Saturday. Read the full article → from Algonquin football kicks off its seaon on Saturday night
No doubt you’re aware that the state primary election will be held on Tuesday, September 14. Polls in Southborough and across the state open at 7:00 am and remain so until 8:00 pm. Read the full article → from The state primary is Tuesday – find out who’s on the ballot in Southborough
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
St. Anne Church will hold an electronics and appliance recycling fundraiser on Saturday, September 18, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Read the full article → from St. Anne’s to hold electronics and appliance recycling day
The fact that St. Mark’s School doesn’t pay property taxes to the town has been a topic of conversation lately here on the blog. It’s anything but a new subject. We’ve talked about it before, and a year ago the town put together a committee to look at the voluntary contributions St. Mark’s and the other big non-profits in town — Fay School, The New England School for Children, and Harvard University — make to the town. Read the full article → from PILOT contributions in Southborough fall short of other towns
The Southborough Library has published its calendar of events for September, and there’s lots on tap for all ages from book groups to story hours. There’s even a baby sign language class being offered at the end of the month. Read the full article → from Something for everyone at the Southborough Library this month
Fire department logs for the week. Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
Every year the Southborough Recreation Department offers a range of classes and programs for all ages. Read the full article → from Register now for fall and winter recreation programs
It was a season of amazing moments for the Southboro Little League team, but I have to imagine one of the most amazing came on Saturday night, long after the season had ended. Read the full article → from Southboro championship Little League team honored at Fenway Park
The Southborough police and fire departments are each down an employee, and both chiefs went before the Board of Selectmen last week for approval on how to fill the vacancies. They got very different answers. Read the full article → from Selectmen consider how to fill police and fire vacancies