President Obama has ordered flags across the nation to fly at half staff until sunset on Tuesday, July 6 in honor of Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia who died on Monday. The exception will be on July 4, when flags will fly at full staff. Read the full article → from Why flags continue to fly at half staff
Southborough residents are invited to get involved with the campaign to reelect U.S. Representative Jim McGovern. Read the full article → from Southborough residents invited to join McGovern campaign
Math worksheets, spelling lists, announcements, letters to parents, sports schedules, concert notices. Have you ever stopped to consider how much paper is sent home with your kids over the course of the school year? One Southborough mom did, and it inspired her to undertake a very interesting year-long project. Read the full article → from Drowing in paper: A Southborough mom’s interesting experiment
In Southborough, we save our fireworks for Summer Nights in August. That means if you’re looking to celebrate the Fourth with a bang, you’ll have to make a bit of a trek. Read the full article → from Finding fireworks and fun for the Fourth
If you’re thoroughly sick of hearing about the Pizzeria Uno investigation — and I know many of you are — I suggest you read no further. But for those of you who have wondered why the town didn’t try a path like mediation before launching the 7-month investigation that cost the town at least $13K in legal bills, the Metrowest Daily News has the answer. Read the full article → from Town employees say they tried mediation in Pizzeria Uno incident
Several eagle-eyed readers noticed some black boxes cropping up around town and wondered what they are. Guesses included controls for new traffic lights and utility boxes. I asked DPW Superintendent Karen Galligan for the real story. Read the full article → from Good question: What are those black boxes?
What went on and off the market this week. Read the full article → from On the market this week
The annual Southborough Library Fourth of July Parade will be held tomorrow Thursday, July 1, at 11:00 am. All children are invited to march from the library to the Town House. Refreshments will be provided after the parade. Read the full article → from Reminder: Library Fourth of July parade to be held tomorrow
The Board of Selectmen again last night considered whether to reimburse $14K in legal fees incurred by town employees as part of the so-called Southborough Eight investigation. While two selectmen — Bill Boland and John Rooney — said they were strongly in favor of doing so, the board ultimately deferred its decision. Read the full article → from No decision on whether to reimburse legal fees for town employees
Tom Finelli, president of Southborough Youth Basketball, and four Algonquin hoops players hit the court at Woodward yesterday, but instead of basketballs they wielded paint brushes. Read the full article → from Woodward basketball court gets a new coat of paint
Fire department logs for the week. Read the full article → from What the fire department has been up to
The Southborough Library is hosting Truck Day on Thursday, July 8 — a day when kids who love trucks will get to do more than just read about them. Read the full article → from Truck Day at the Southborough Library
The Metrowest Daily News has published a couple of stories recently on a dispute between Gulbankian Farms and its neighbors. The Gulbankian family wants to park up to 14 school buses on their property at the corner of Mt. Vickery Road and Route 85 starting July 1. Some neighbors oppose the move because of concerns about noise, traffic, and emissions. Read the full article → from A return to bus parking at Gulbankian Farms?
Sandy Ellis, a nurse with the Massachusetts Nurses Association, has set up a meeting with State Representative Carolyn Dykema — who counts in her district Southborough Precincts 2 and 3 — to talk health care, and she’s looking for some Southborough residents to join her. Read the full article → from A chance to talk health care with Rep. Carolyn Dykema